#7051 Watching Men Knit on Taquile Island in Lake Titicaca, Peru

As you walk down a dirt path on the small island of Taquile on Lake Titicaca, you can’t help but feel as if you’ve gone back in time. There are no vehicles, no electricity. You round a corner and see a man, standing alone near the edge of a cliff seemingly pondering the vastness of the lake…knitting. You do a double-take. But yes, he really is knitting. For hundreds of years, the men of this tiny island have been knitting wool hats and they can often be seen strolling together, chatting, laughing…and knitting. Colorful styles indicate the wearer is married, white ones scream “single!”