Knitters

Seadet is from the village of Piral in the region of Qusar.  She is part of the Lezgi people group. Seadet is very shy, so this picture is of her mother-in-law.  She didn't want her picture taken. Her father-in-law was her teacher in school and picked her for his son...

Roza is the quintessential woman. Being an exceptional mother, wife, homemaker, and knitter. She loves her two daughters and knits so that they can have a chance to go to university which no one in her family has been able to attain yet.

Adile is from the Qusar region and is a part of the Lezgi people group. She is the ideal knitter. Her socks are so perfect they look like they are machine made. She and her daughter, Gulnar, who is 21, work together knitting socks. Adile knits the patterns in the...