Chiloé is a paradise for crafts and craft workers. Textiles come from thousands of rural weavers who also produce basket ware for fishermen, farmers and the home. Working by hand, craftsmen cut housing shingles and boat building timbers. Stonemasons carve useful implements for the home. Chilotes and tourists can buy handcrafts in the markets; the most important of which is in Dalcahue every Sunday morning. There are other markets in Ancud, Castro and Achao.
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Chiloé is a paradise for crafts and craft workers. Textiles come from thousands of rural weavers who also produce basket ware for fishermen, farmers and the home. Working by hand, craftsmen cut housing shingles and boat building timbers. Stonemasons carve useful implements for the home. Chilotes and tourists can buy handcrafts in the markets; the most important of which is in Dalcahue every Sunday morning. There are other markets in Ancud, Castro and Achao.