Ramila is from the Qusar region, and is a part of the Lezgi people group. Ramila is our star knitter. When she started she knit socks for us, but has now made every kind of item we sell. She learned how to knit sweaters in local patterns to perfection. Recently...
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Narmina
Narmina, age 58, is always delighted to have guests in her house. Visitors, who brave the dubious road to her mountaintop home, have the pleasure of seeing the surrounding Astara landscape. The long socks she knits are consistently precise and beautifully creative. Living with her husband, son, daughter-in-law and two...
Kamila
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Kamila is from the remote village of Hamosham in the region of Astara. She is part of the Talysh people group. One of our most efficient knitters, Kamila, who is often bedridden even after her multiple surgeries, has problems with her hip. When we met her in 2018 she was...