The Guaraní word Ñandutí
means "White Spider"is the name
which was given in Paraguay to a
Needle lace, its name comes
rhea, that makes spider with
work and patience like a spider web
the design of the socket. The Ñandutí
corresponds to one of the expressions
popular features of Paraguay
based on old Spanish lace
and unknown origin. Continued from
colonial era - art colonial and
according to their different receive grounds
names.
Roquette Pinto, an anthropologist
Brazil was the first collected
and classified their basic reasons
in a field in Itauguá,
home of this craft, a city founded
in 1728. Marketing this
product is the main source of employment
and income of the town. It
frequently used as lace
clothing tablecloths, curtains,
etc.
The most likely source of
Ñandutí 'spider'or 'lace
of Paraguay "is the Tenerife lace
(Canary Islands), leading to colonization
in the seventeenth and
XVIII.
Until very recently
weaving was common
they spun their own thread using
the he'y (time) and home looms,
currently used industrial yarns.
Are woven over frame
light wood and canvas, which
once the socket is removed,
their designs have referents
animal and plant sciences
which are named: Arasa
Poty, Arasa Avati, Panambi between
others.


Glossary:
Poty Arasa: Guava Flower
Arasa Avati: Corn Flower
Panambi: Butterfly