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Sisal fibres crochet or tied to hats and bags

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Mme Eva is living with her husband and children in a village on the central highlands of Madagascar. Eva is an artisan — but as the majority of the Malagasy people, she is also a farmer.
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Step 2. The sisal is wild growing and plenty around the village.
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Step 2. The fibers are in the sisal leaves.
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Step 3. With hand craft, Eva separates the fibres from the rest of the fleshy sisal leaves.
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Step 4. The sisal fibres are rinsed in pure water.
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Step 5. Eva twines manually the sisal fibres so that they become yearn. If dying, it is done with dyes complying with the ÖKO-Tex 100 standard.
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Step 6. The sisal yearn is crochet to a hat.
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Step 7. Mme Eva in the hat she has just finished crochet using the sisal growing around her farm.
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Step 8 Sisal hat crochet of naturewhite sisal. A much appreciated hat.
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Step 9. Also bags are made of the sisal yarn.
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Step 10. Tying is used as technique, an old bucket as form when crafting this bag.
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Step 11. Bag tied of sisal using the technique shown in the previous photo.
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Also this bag has been crafted using wildgrowing sisal, by artisans in the same village and by tying. However, the tying technique is in this case macramé and the result a flexible shoulder bag. Click on the photo for more information about the bag.
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Spa-bag macramé-tied of naturewhite sisal. Click on the photo to find it in La Maison Afrique FAIR TRADE assortment.

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    • Lecuring
    • Fair Trade crafts for Sustainable Development
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  • Hand Crafts
    • Basketry Sisal
    • Basketry Raffia
    • Basketry Grass
    • Basketry Sedges
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    • Basketry Woven Raffia
    • Anteimoro paper
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    • Gift packaging
    • Metal recycling: Model vehicles
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    • Stone crafts
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