Sometimes a name can be very successful and compatible with the one that carries it, some other times it needs some explanation and this is my case!

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<sub>An unusual point of view of my loom.</sub>

In my father's village they have this specific word "traisto" which is the handwoven feeder they used in older times to feed the horses and the donkeys. In this area of Greece, they have a very strong accent, I usually don't understand everything that they say and it is very sad that I had the same problem with my grandmother, too. I was often looking for my cousin's help to understand what she was telling me... My father's family was a very poor one and he had to leave from his family and village at the age of 12. Moving in the big city, he totally lost his accent, so I was not familiar with it as I could listen to it only some days every year when we were visiting grandma.


![IMG_4845.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/traisto/23w2oUiX3jmTp2GxTPGL9nyHtGAyLkoh76kH4zcjWojnmAdACtMe2Pqm6ADiZXHwydyjY.jpg)
<sub>Natural brown wool yarn.</sub>

When the locals say this word, it sounds more like "trasito" because of the heavy "s" they have. When I first (and once) listened to this not commonly used word, I had to ask several times to understand if the correct form is trá-i-sto or trasito. And I don't know why, but it ringed a bell.

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In those times you had to do everything with your hands. The traisto was not a piece of art, it was an everyday item usually wooven by rough yarns and resused clothes.

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<sub>I have a special preference for raw natural yarns.</sub>

So, this is the name I use for my weaving "business" and it came natural when I signed up in HIVE to register as traisto. A few days later, I realised that I have already started sharing some very personal thoughts and that it might not have been a good idea to mix it with my work. It is also then that I realised that I can't change the username. On the other hand I am sharing my passage in life through this blog and there is nothing I need to hide or to be secretive about. And that's a very liberating thought.

I guess this name is a tribute to my roots, to my female-line from my father's part, to my grandma that I wish I could understand more of her stories, to the simple handwoven/handmade items that were made mainly to make everyday life easier and yet still had some style.

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<sub>And a preference for recycled material. This is a rug made by sheets of my childhood. </sub>

This is my entry to the  [contest](https://peakd.com/hive-124452/@ladiesofhive/ladies-of-hive-community-contest-65) by [Ladies of Hive](https://peakd.com/c/hive-124452/created) and my reply to their question What is the story behind your Hive username?.
Thank you amazing @trucklife-family for the invitation!!! 
I would like to invite @buckaroobaby, I wonder what this name means... It certainly sounds great!


PS 1. All the beautiful photos are taken by @fotostef.
PS 2. As I was writing this post, it came to me that my name sounds more like a bot's name than a human's :)


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<center>If you would like to know more about me this is my [introduction post](https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@traisto/to-know-us-better-my-introduction-post)!</center>