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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThe Andean regions of Peru and Bolivia may be the most forbidding areas on earth--cold, wind-swept, and desolate. One would hardly expect textile arts to flourish on these plains. Yet here the Quechua ... Read full review
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| Title | Andean Folk Knitting: Traditions and Techniques from Peru and Bolivia |
| Author | Cynthia Gravelle LeCount |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1990 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | May 5, 2008 |
| Length | 146 pages |
| Subjects | › › Crafts & Hobbies / Needlework / Knitting |
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