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What a day we had. Boarded bus #15 and traveled downtown Anchorage to the People mover station. Guess what was right across the street? The Oomingmak Musk Ox CoOp. What an interesting shop. All the products sold there are made from Quivit and knit by Natives all over Alaska. They purchase all the Musk Ox down that is combed from the 40 musk oxen from the farm in Palmer and when they have 600 #'s they send it (of all places) to a mill in South Carolina that handles fine down like Quivit and Cashmere (there are only a few in the US). Then it is distributed to the Native knitters, both men and women to knit. They are paid by the stitch ( # cast on and # of rows knit) for the scarves, hats, headbands or gloves. Beautiful workmanship. The headbands are double knitted. Most of the Quivit that is sold in Alaska is produced in Canada. Found some great Artic lace pattern books. We then went to the Alaska Museum. What a great place. The gift shop had books, quivit, and hand made items of Alaska - the jewelry is beautiful.Some of the paintings just took your breath away. The Alaksan History part was amazing. The clothing and beading was beyond words. Nothing was wasted from the hunting kills of the seals and whales. Even the intestines were dried and sewn together to make waterproof jackets used to keep them dry during hunting in boats. Don't have a clue where we will be going tomorrow when we leave Anchorage, except that it will be somewhere down the Kenai peninsula. Love ya'll.
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What a day we had. Boarded bus #15 and traveled downtown Anchorage to the People mover station. Guess what was right across the street? The Oomingmak Musk Ox CoOp. What an interesting shop. All the products sold there are made from Quivit and knit by Natives all over Alaska. They purchase all the Musk Ox down that is combed from the 40 musk oxen from the farm in Palmer and when they have 600 #'s they send it (of all places) to a mill in South Carolina that handles fine down like Quivit and Cashmere (there are only a few in the US). Then it is distributed to the Native knitters, both men and women to knit. They are paid by the stitch ( # cast on and # of rows knit) for the scarves, hats, headbands or gloves. Beautiful workmanship. The headbands are double knitted. Most of the Quivit that is sold in Alaska is produced in Canada. Found some great Artic lace pattern books. We then went to the Alaska Museum. What a great place. The gift shop had books, quivit, and hand made items of Alaska - the jewelry is beautiful.Some of the paintings just took your breath away. The Alaksan History part was amazing. The clothing and beading was beyond words. Nothing was wasted from the hunting kills of the seals and whales. Even the intestines were dried and sewn together to make waterproof jackets used to keep them dry during hunting in boats. Don't have a clue where we will be going tomorrow when we leave Anchorage, except that it will be somewhere down the Kenai peninsula. Love ya'll.
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