Saira

Knitters

Saira

Saira is from the village of Zarat-Kheyberi in Shamaxi.  She is part of the Tat people group.  Zarat-Kheyberi is one of the most remote villages in Azerbaijan.  No normal car can reach this village and it only has about 100 people living there and the school only has 5 students. ...

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Esmer

Esmer

Esmer is from the region of Qax.  She learned to knit from her sister and now uses her money to buy things for her three young sons.  She recently got to visit our Azerbaijani Socks shop and was so happy to see her socks for sale.  She loves all kinds...

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Meryem

Meryem

Meryem is from Khudat which is in the region of Khachmaz.  She lost her parents when she was young and was taken care of by some relatives.  She got married to a man who has some disabilities and they really wanted to have a child.  She got pregnant and gave...

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Meleka

Meleka

You can watch a video of her explaining her patterns here. She is from the village of Demirchi, Shamaxi and is a part of the Tat people group.

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