https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/home-1 daily 1.0 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1524929003612-K4TUO6GPM9D66Y5FYXPE/salmon+thin+BG.png [Mission] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1641659497166-Q5LIZR5LSUIL5X8LMVLI/unsplash-image-kHYodJjUgzo.jpg [Mission] https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/take-action daily 0.75 2021-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1524928586892-ZXU8IJU2I3DZ7Z24KGEM/salmon+thin+BG.png Donate https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/what-we-do daily 0.75 2018-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1527102519243-MUAKV79KI75AQ6MRTMUP/Step+8.png Making Barak - Step 6: The Barak fabric is then cut into meters and tailored into all kinds of items from vests and coats to shoes and hats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1527100281086-AY2FLF66DQU6KDHAQCG5/Step+3.png Making Barak - Step 3: Traditionally spinning is done using a drop spindle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1527099678517-IVL8J3I9MX7HNF3ZOO7S/Step+1.png Making Barak - Step 1: The sheep need to be sheared. Then the raw wool is sorted by color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1529773306409-ME3KXBK3DS6V5HQA6GD1/Step+7.png Making Barak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1527102615080-3ZIQ8ILMRJQHU04GYC07/washing+Barak.jpg Making Barak - Step 5: After the weaving is complete the fabric is “fulled:” a soap solution in boiling water is poured over it and it is beaten and agitated to shrink it and make it softer. This last step is heavy work and the women’s husbands, fathers, and brothers often help out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1527100042345-10C1KRQFRYCDZ2AOXR8F/Step+2.png Making Barak - Step 2: Next the wool is washed, dried, and “carded,” that is, combed and straightened so it can be spun into yarn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1527102440931-KOMIBCINA8SO6BH8HFSS/Step+7.png Making Barak - STEP 4: The yarn is stretched between two beams approximately 5-7 meters apart on a ground loom. Ground looms have been used in the region for thousands of years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1529773566596-ERFXATQH3FQQJU3S7O8Z/counterbalance+loom+image.jpg Making Barak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5940716d17bffc8c6f2dba72/1524931070053-V9AS1C3JOVPVBY8ZWTHK/salmon+thin+BG.png Making Barak https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/partners daily 0.75 2013-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390409437321-Q9EZYDA52XWMFWJIQRU6/logo-2.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390409437266-8DADKO4VSI8O9JEYQ58I/logo-4.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390409437284-U9500QOC95REDBT90G9L/logo-1.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390409437242-8SZY5F04GD012C425QZ6/logo-3.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390505394162-W51WFS0M8F9TXWY7LPDY/chambers-10.jpg Partners https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/home-alt daily 0.75 2014-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500612440-PGQSIY8KL9F7T5VIXQLO/chambers-2.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Contact Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500503574-5BAPXZO9U06UV61P49UO/chambers1.jpg Home Alt Sustainability Starts with you Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500933384-LII4SRIPHFYOUFX0UCXC/chambers-4.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390504287124-HQ8GNX1JCE22V047MSQ9/chambers-8.jpg Home Alt Preserve Nature Join Us https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/gpia daily 0.75 2018-04-28 https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/resume daily 0.75 2017-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d00f106b8f5b01c8e73f52/1491858366054-VN3632LUL8YNY0SH4RCQ/color-3.png Resume https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/social daily 0.75 2017-04-26 https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/bamiyan-trailer daily 0.75 2018-03-28 https://www.bamiyanweavers.org/what-your-donation-can-do daily 0.75 2018-05-23