How Polish women turned a century-old craft into a global fashion sensation

A woman makes traditional lace from cotton yarn in the village of Koniakow, in Poland’s Beskid Mountains. Photo: DANIEL FRANEK/AP

Wieslawa Juroszek was only six years old when she learned the intricate handicraft of lace crocheting from the women in her family as part of a long tradition in their little mountain village.

Now, 53 years later, she is part of a new generation of women using those skills to make Koniakow famous far beyond Poland’s borders.