“I want to encourage young people to learn weaving, so they will never forget where they come from, to hold their culture alive and also pass it down to the next generation.” This is how Ku Say, a ...

Whenever Wei Fengxian attends a big event in her home county, she and her family wear delicately embroidered clothes feature their ethnic identity: the Dong people. The 51-year-old woman began to ...

Knitting, crochet, embroidery and sewing. Skills that were once reserved for grey grandmas. These were seen by some as “old lady hobbies.” But those days are long gone. Needlework isn’t only popular ...

Master embroiderer Madina Kasimbaeva is breathing new life into Uzbekistan’s Tashkent school of suzani. Her handmade textiles empower women and have earned worldwide recognition, from Qatar to the ...