This is a weaving factory in Baguio that also has a shop upstairs that sells all the different items these people weave. They have shawls, tablecloths, napkins, wall hangings and purses just to name a few.
They sit there all day (it looks like back breaking work) and move forward and back to create the design that is to be made at their loom. They feed the stick through the threads just like the type of weaving looms the Native Americans use to make their blankets. They can pass that stick with the thread through the loom with such precision that you can hardly see it happen; it doesn't get caught as it passes through to the other side either. You can tell these people have been doing this for a very long time by the speed at which they work.
This is what the other side looks like, where the threads come from. There is a huge spool of all these threads even and straight. I tried to figure out how they could get them so straight and perfectly aligned so they won't have tangles. I couldn't figure it out. Whoever loads all that thread on the big wheel (you can't see it) has to be very precise or you could never create such beautiful things.
The weavers were happy to let us take pictures as they work. The weavers are happy to have us come and watch. We were amazed at the designs that were being created when we visited. This lady was busy at work but happy to pose for a picture. There were about 12 looms going. I don't know their work hours but most Filipinos work a 6 day work week and with long hour days.
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