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Umnugovi’s ‘Best Craftswoman’ Promotes Traditional Mongolian Knitting

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Mongolia, Asia

Uuriintuya Tumenbayar knits using a traditional Mongolian method called zoos shiree suljmel, or coin table knitting, in Dalanzadgad, a city in Mongolia’s Umnugovi province. Uuriintuya, who was named the best craftswoman in Umnugovi province in 2019, promotes and teaches this method on her website, Ancestral Craft.

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Umnugovi’s ‘Best Craftswoman’ Promotes Traditional Mongolian Knitting