Sometimes it pays to take the road less traveled. Such is the case when it’s the only road to the village of Huacatinco in the Ocongate region of the Cusco highlands of Peru. Here we were, five of us in a four-wheel drive pick-up truck, during rainy season, off to meet the artisans who hand knit alpaca hats, embellish their jackets, vests, and hats with white beads, and backstrap weave shawls and scarves. These artisans are the newest coop-member group of the Center for Traditional Textiles of C
