The McKinley 28" loom came mostly assembled. I only needed to put the shedding device on it and unpack the warping bars, etc.
I spent the time waiting for the loom planning my first project. I've decided to do tapestries representing my travels. The first design is Peru. When I think of my travels to Peru a few things came to mind. I started by looking at my photographs from the trip. I knew I had a picture of a painting I found interesting. It is of two llamas. This will be the focal point.
The next thing I remember is our trip to see the Nasca lines. These are lines and figures carved into the desert floor. They are huge and can only be seen from the air. There is much controversy about why and how these lines were created. There are straight lines that look like landing strips and figures like a monkey, spider, humming bird, and a man waving hello.
In addition to flying over these lines, which was over way too quickly, our trip to Nasca involved a high speed drive through torrential rain on some of the most dangerous roads in Peru. They were curvy with cars passing other cars on narrow passages. There was no rest during this ride from Nasca to Lima. Because of weather conditions our small flight from Nasca to Lima kept being postponed and we had to be back in Lima for our international flight back to Phla. We made it to our hotel with half an hour to spare. So, the figures from Nasca will be featured in this tapestry.
There were many other things I could choose from our trip to Peru, like Machu Picchu, the beautiful dresses of the women, our visit to the floating islands on lake Titicaca, the art in the monastery, the homes in the countryside backed by the glaciers, etc., etc., etc. looks like I will have more than one tapestry of Peru.
Also while waiting for my loom to arrive, I tied heddles. I'll address this in a separate blogg.
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