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May 17, 2008

Peru Pictures

Forgive my blogging absence, I just got back from Peru/Argentina and still processing my experience there. It is a total heaven for anyone interested in textiles. Here's a few pics.

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Yarn hand-spun from alpaca wool.

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Downtown Cusco "Down with Privatization" ... the government is considering privatizing Inca ruins, obviously a devastating idea to everyone we talked to.

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Machu Picchu

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Yes, they sell sweaters on the train to Machu Picchu

Posted by cat at 11:59 AM