Pelos caminhos da lã: uma etnografia do artesanato crochê em Jacquard feito por mulheres em Jaguarão/RS

Abstract

This dissertation presents an ethnography about the know how - do of handicraft in raw wool, specifically jacquard crochet, which is made by women in the Jaguarão region, extreme south of Rio Grande do Sul, on the border with Uruguay. Wool handicraft involves different knowledge and practices revealed through many techniques and ways of transforming wool. The goal is get to know wool handicraft and the knit the production processes align, involving humans, animals, things and environments. The study covers the artisanal production process, from the creation of the sheep to the techniques of shearing and the preparation of the wool to the making of the final pieces, understanding how the knowledge is transmitted, the materials used, the organization of the production process and the relationship between artisans, sheep farmers, shearers, associations of craftsmen, wool cooperatives and state agencies. This study is linked to the National Inventory of Cultural References of Countryside handling (INRC Countryside Handling) and, after debates with the INRC, we came to the recognition of wool handicraft as a know how - do of extensive livestock farming in the sul-rio-grandense pampa, as well as the feature of jacquard crochet and the relationship of the women with such handling.