There’s an enterprising lady who has a weekly stall in the Sarandi Peatonal in the old city of Montevideo.  She sells knitted dolls, munecas,  some this size, 45cm , some 20cm andshe alsom makes small knitted heads for keyring tags.  And they’re all great.

With knitted outfit depicting the famous revolutionary khaki battle fatigues and star-adorned beret, this is the unmistakable figure of Che Guevara, ‘Che Papa’.  About 45cm tall and knitted, plus sporting hand embroidered facial details, it’s one of a series the artist Graciela makes, each tagged with her name and mobile phone#  plus a feature I don’t think they need – a little wristband with ‘Uruguay’ printed on it.  As if you’d forget where you bought this wonderful creation!

I think the hand stitched facial features are very good – the eyes have a touch of the soulful look in several of the famous photos of him, including ones that we saw in the Museo de la Revoluction at Santa Clara, Cuba, when we were there a couple of months ago.

Knowing my love of creativity in textile and fibre, Mike suggested we go to her sunday market stall on Tristan Navarja and check the rest out. Today was a beautiful day, so we went and found two more irrestible figures – and I will show them on this page shortly… and will keep an eye on this artist/craftsman.