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Donate -- Donate Cusco now -- 01:44 -- 14ºc -- Eng Esp About Us Our Story Our team About Andean textiles Meet the Weavers Projects Get Involved Get Involved Cultural blog Workshops Store Find & Contact Us About Us Our Story Our team About Andean textiles Meet the Weavers Projects Get involved -- Get Involved Get Involved Cultural blog Workshops Store Find & Contact Us Taking care of native communities, nurturing and preserving their traditions while offering you nothing but top quality, hand made products. By weavers, for weavers The Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco (CTTC) is a non-profit organization that was established in 1996 by Andean weavers and their supporters. The mission of the Center is to aid in the survival of Cusqueñan textile traditions and to provide support to the indigenous people who create them. The Center works with ten weaving communities in the Cusco region of Peru on a fair-trade basis to help rescue traditions and promote the weavers and their work. Through community organization, workshops, educational opportunities and more the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco ensures that there is a future for Cusqueñan textile traditions. Learn More Education The Education and Community Development departments of the CTTC carry out different educational projects, as well as dictate workshops, organize contests, trainings, among others, which make each community develop work based on the organization and group work of the 10 associations. Learn More Social responsability Today the Center support groups of weavers in ten villages, spread across the Department of Cusco. Each community weaving association is encouraged to be independent and self-sufficient, relying on themselves, and incorporating elder weavers as mentors for younger generations. Learn More Store One Weaving at a Time This heirloom quality textile was woven by an Inca decedent in the old Inca Capitol-Cusco region. With your purchase, you are not only supporting a Quechua weaver and their family, you will be part of our Andean Cultural Preservation Learn More Textiles Cusco Our star products Hanan Bed Spread Juanita's Axu Runner 20% OFF Vest 20% OFF Poncho 20% OFF Tika Cape 20% OFF Ruana 15% OFF Ñañay Bag 15% OFF Ñawi Bag Warmi Purse Go to store > How can I pitch in? Be a part of an awesome experience Our volunteers I WANT IN TOO > You can also donate. Click here . Points of sale & exhibitions Come see for yourself CTTC Main Store - Cusco The main store is located in the heart of Cusco, exactly next to the Qoricancha. It has a variety of pieces belonging to the 10 communities as well as you can find weavers doing weaving demonstrations. The "Weaving Lives" Museum that has free entry shows and explains the weaving process Horarios de atención Everyday 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Encuentranos 1st Textile Center "Away Riqcharicheq" Chinchero The 1st Textile Center of Chinchero, which has a large store with a variety of products from the 10 communities, the weavers meet every day to weave their different pieces, in turn they give demonstrations of the weaving process.. Horarios de atención Mon – Fri 9:00 am – 4:30 pm ; Sat 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Encuentranos See all locations > Our workshops Come and learn how the locals do it Tubular Eye Border / Ñawi Awapa The border of the textiles is finished with a tubular weaving technique in some part of the Andes, called ñawi awapa or eye border. The weaver passes the weft through the warp after creating the pattern and then passes the weft through the edge of the textile with a needle so that the weft always stays on the same side it started on ready to pass through the warp in the same direction once more. More info here Sling Braiding Course The people of the Andes have used slings, or hondas, for thousands of years to protect their flocks of alpaca and llama. Men and women traditionally braid hondas of thick yarn made of llama wool, which is thicker and courser than alpaca. Llama wool produces yarn only good for rough textiles such as potato sacks and hondas . When the Spanish introduced sheep to the Andes, weavers began to use sheep wool to make hondas as well. In this course you will learn various styles and designs of braiding an honda . More info here Knitting Course Difficulty level: Extremely advanced Previous knitting experience is required for this course. You must already be a highly experienced knitter and must take all three days of the course. We do not offer one- or two-day versions of this course. More info here Weaving Course Learning to weave on a traditional backstrap loom is a challenging but rewarding experience. Children begin learning when they are about 6-8 years old. The first textiles they weave are thin ribbons called jakima . Your instructor will guide you through the ancient process of learning to weave on a jakima , beginning with plain-weave and moving on to simple designs. For those with prior experience, the class starts with more complex designs on larger textiles such as the chumpi , or belt. More info here Spinning Course Have you ever wondered how weavers use a simple drop spindle to produce the huge quantities of thread they need to create their beautiful textiles? How do they keep the spindle spinning, and what really are the mechanics behind it? Learn the answers to all of these questions and more as you practice making your own alpaca thread with a pushka , the Quechua word for drop spindle. Spinning instructors from the different communities one-on-one instruction to help you master the deceptively simple art of spinning. More info here See all workshops > Special activities Bring culture to life childrens, christmas, chocolatada Chocolatada 2020! Coming Soon! View detail Weaving, Demostration, Experience Weaving Demostration The first weavers center, the Away Riqcharicheq Weaving Association in Chinchero, a community located about 45 minutes outside the city of Cusco on the highway to Urubamba, is home to the original group of weavers who started the CTTC. Learn from the masters about the art of weaving in the Andes and browse the CTTC store where you can directly support the weavers through the purchase of their fine textiles. View detail tourincusco, travel, textileexperience Textile Tour Coming soon! View detail Our Supporters With just a little help from our friends Subscribe to our newsletter Stay tuned with our activities, new products and discounts. Subscribe Subscribe -- × × Support the revitalization of our ancestral art Andean weavers are currently facing multiple difficulties due to the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic. Before the outbreak of the pandemic, Cusco visitors used to support the continuity of their traditional art by purchasing their exquisite textiles. Their cultural production has become their main source of income since their. weaving associations partnered with the CTTC. Now, in the middle of the state of emergency in Peru, their livelihoods have been put at risk. In these challenging times, the weavers need our support more than ever. We can all help these extraordinary textile artists to continue. preserving their traditions while making a living through the preservation of their ancestral art. Please consider donating to our fund to aid the weavers from the ten weaving associations that are part of the CTTC family. Yes I want to donate -- Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco The mission of our ONG is to empower the weavers of Cusco through the revitalization of ancestral textile traditions. Enlaces Meet the Weavers About CTTC Find us Cultural blog Projects Get Involved Online store Last entries Exhibition "Awaqpa Wasin" "Weaving Lives" Museum Weaving Competitions - 2006 Dress of the Mummy Juanita Weaving Competitions - 2018 Paracas and Nazca Looping Contact us info@cttccusco.com +51 (084) 236880 Avenida El Sol 603 - A, Cusco, Peru Show in map > Copyright © 2020 Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco. Powered by P...