First, I want to show you a video of me weaving.
I have been weaving for about three years--since I was 11.
I have been weaving for about three years--since I was 11.
It's fun because you get to pick the colors and the design.
In the video, I am making a new blouse for my traje, which is the traditional suit that all the girls and ladies in my town wear here.
It takes me about three months to complete a weaving like this. I am getting close to finishing it!
Do you like it?
Here are some answers to your questions.
I don't have internet access or a computer at home and it's not very common in my town. So I don't go on the internet very often and it costs money when I do! When I go online, I like to play games!
An American who lives in my town has been reading me your comments. She translates them from English into Spanish for me and prints out the pages from the Web site. I like to see the pictures of my family.
I am so happy that you are all reading this. I feel like I have friends all over the world!
About the Worry Dolls. They are called Quita Pena in Spanish. I don't have any of them and they aren't traditional in my town. But my mom said that kids in another part of Guatemala called Solola have them. Kids tell the dolls their worries at night and put them under their pillow. In the morning the dolls have taken their worries so they are all gone!
In the video, I am making a new blouse for my traje, which is the traditional suit that all the girls and ladies in my town wear here.
It takes me about three months to complete a weaving like this. I am getting close to finishing it! Do you like it?
Here are some answers to your questions.
I don't have internet access or a computer at home and it's not very common in my town. So I don't go on the internet very often and it costs money when I do! When I go online, I like to play games!
An American who lives in my town has been reading me your comments. She translates them from English into Spanish for me and prints out the pages from the Web site. I like to see the pictures of my family.
I am so happy that you are all reading this. I feel like I have friends all over the world!
About the Worry Dolls. They are called Quita Pena in Spanish. I don't have any of them and they aren't traditional in my town. But my mom said that kids in another part of Guatemala called Solola have them. Kids tell the dolls their worries at night and put them under their pillow. In the morning the dolls have taken their worries so they are all gone!
Keli that is really neat!!!! I learned how to weave baskets last summer. When I was 13. I think it would be cool how to weave cloth.
Please keep blogging.
Elizabeth :)
I really wish I could weave! It sounds fun. Whats the best thing you have ever weaved? I hope you finish your blouse soon. Good luck!
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WOW!!
I never knew people in Guatemala could weave so perfectly!
I really enjoyed the video!
that is so cool
IS that easy.where you get it.did you learn it.
Hey, this is Alexis and Liccia. Do you have a playground at your school? We do. It has swings and slides and a basketball court. There are also monkey bars. We enjoyed learning about Guatemala. Goodbye!
my friend has brought me back presents from near where you live worry dolls like mentioned and a woven bag i hope to visit there one day i would never believe that a kid could learn haw to weave so good in just three years i could never weave as good as the pictures shown
Hoo! I think will be very hard!
that is really neat, but i think weeving will be hard
Is it hard to weave? What do you do at school? Are you an only child?
I wish I could weave that well!
What kind of animals do you have where you live?
November 9, 2009
Dear Keli,
What is your favorite food? We like pink. What colors do you like? My teacher's name is Mrs. Sankal. What is your teacher's name? We read that you like Latin music. What song do you like?
We have chores, too. Yaire helps take care of her little brother and Maria picks up papers and books. What are your friends' names?
Thank you for being our friend!
Bye for now,
Maria and Yaire
what were you weaving? i loved the colors! and the design was pretty, too!
you are a smart girl ,your weaving so nice,i am being attracted by them,i am in China,welcome to China!
hi im chris my grandma lives in santa rosa in guatemala and i went to huehuetenango once
Hi! That was really cool. U weaved perfectly.
that's so cool.
I live in the USA I love what you are weaving. You are very talented.I do not sew,but would like to learn someday. It must be nice to carry on a family tradition. I go to school and dance ballet and hang out with my friends. I am Spanish/Irish & Italian,but I have friends who are different ethnicities and religions from me. But we are all the same inside,just girls who like to play and talk.I will send u a picture ,my mom just has to figure out if it is safe and how to do it .I also like Spanish food and Latin music,my Grandma and Grandpa speak Spanish. They grew up in Puerto Rico.I live close to New York City,but live in a suburb near the ocean.Hope to hear from u soon ur pen pal isabelle
Hi everyone one .my name is jade im 12 yrs old i luv to sew .i can make alot of different things ,such as purses and dresses and skirts.anyway keli your the best weaver i have ever met. your blouse is pretty. can u write back soon?can anyone tell me how to design ur own page thanks.
hey everyone,im glad you guys all like something different i luv to sew toodles
....i am in a plane trying to go......
awsome I have never weaved!!!
One word, COOL!
I weaving grade k.I was so awesome!
That IS really cool, that must take skill to even do something like that, i am 11 also I like to sew!
Ilove the things you sew. Your clothes are so pretty.
Hi, I am a teacher in California and learned about your blog not that long ago. I showed my students and we were all very interested in learning about the cultures. We find your blog very interesting. I would love to travel overseas, like Shanghai, China. Mrs. Powers, I've seen you post here and you mentioned you teach in China. I have some questions about teaching in China.
That looks really fun! I love sewing and knitting. I wish soooo much to be in Guatemala.
Hello.Keli.Is weaving difficult to do?In Korea,there are weaving machines and do the weavings(but I suppose all the country has that).
That is wicked cool! I wish I knew how to weave! I don't even know how to sow! you are soooo lucky.
Sweety699,
that is so cool & so pretty!!
that is so cool
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats neat....... Your talented!
there fab.Wish I could do that!
that is so cool!! i wish i could do that!! so pretty!!:)
Thank you for your blog. I am very interested in Guatemala. Our Home School is doing a Geography Fair and I have chosen to present Guatemala. Your blog is very interesting and will help me with my presentation. I live in the USA in the state of Indiana.
i really love those desienges my freind likes to make desienges too!i think you make them really good.
I did that with my teacher in fine arts and it was so cool and awesome and it was fun
we learend that
Hola! I never thought that could seem so easy! I tried once but I hurt myself. Do you do that to help your parents and get them money, cause if you do it's really awesome how you help your parents!
Awesome!!!!!!!!That is so kool
wow i wish i could do that!!!!!! can you post more videos?????
That's cool and one day I might do that! I wonder if there are a lot of girls your age that weave like that in your town?
You weave really good! :)
Ur really good at that i have never done that in my life.But it looks really hard and pretty.;)
that looks so pretty !!!!!!!! :) lol
i would like to learn how to weave. it looks like fun. those are pretty designs. mabye i would be able to make one like those.
OMG i'm from Guatemala!!!!! I love the weaving your making i have a pice of cloth my parents got when they came for me its really pretty.,But I like the one you made just a bit more!!!=D
Wow those are very good you could sell those lol
WOW!!!!!! That's soo awesome!!!
that is so cool! i could never do that.....
That looks cool ... but difficult !
you do a good job!
How long did it take you to learn?
That is so cool!!!I wish I could do that:)
How long did it take you to learn to do that? the things you make are very cool.
That video was so cool of you weaving.
I love to weave to!! :)
that is so cool. I am from America so i cant/dont do a lot of the things on this blog. i find many of the things amazing that you do every day.
Hey!That is so cool that you can weave! I have always wanted to know how to do that. It is so hard, to me of course, to know how to do that! Thank you for talking to me!
That is sooooooo cool! I want to learn how to do that one day.You just made my day with your amazing weaving i hope you will put a picture of it on your blog so i we can see the finished peice of art!!!!!!!!
That is AMAZING! Keep up the great work.
hi am clarissa and am new here for what I have seen your life is really interesting and the weaving seems very hard its amazing how you do that!!! really amaze XD!
that is really cool the only i can do thats even close to that is the cross stitch and backstitch and running stitch
That's really cool about the dolls. They sound like something that is traditional my family they are called dream catchers. They keep bad dreams and bad spirits away and Kelly keep posting picture of your weavings they're so pretty
-maliea
wow ! that looks cool but rellyy hard to do iit!
Wow thats so cool! I have some worry dolls too! Once I tried weaving, it was really confusing.I wish I could live in Guatemala.
wow that is so cool you have a great skill keep it up
Weaving looks really hard, it looks even harder to weave a whole outfit. How you do it?
that weaving loom is cool did someone from your family make it?
weaving sounds cool! is it as hard as kniting?
Oh my gosh! I so want to try to weave.
Please show me how. lol
that is cool!
To bad you doon't have much internet access. I practically LIVE off the internet.
A group of people from a village came and showed us my school how to weave. It was RELLY hard. You must have a lot of talent ;-)
Wow! Your weaving is beautiful! I wish Icould weave like that!How often do you weave? I hope you keep blogging, oh and post photos. You are so talented!:)
WOW. THAT IS AMAZING!!! I TRIED TO WEAVE BUT COULDN'T. YOU HAVE SUCH TALENT!!!