machinery is cool

are you sick of peru yet?  i hope not because i still have a lot more i want to share...

and today it´s some photos from our visit to the michell alpaca factory.  i was particularly inspired by the images of machine after machine completing the same process.

the size and number of machines provided us with a sharp contrast to the many peruvians who complete the whole process by hand...from shearing, to cleaning, to spinning, to plying...while in the factory huge quantities go through each process at a rate so rapid that no human hands could even try to compete.

any of you knitters out there who use alpaca or wool yarn from peru probably have bought yarn made at michell and then sold through another company.  and you would probably be jealous to know that we were able to buy bags of 100% alpaca yarn for only a few dollars each through the michell outlet store. (of course, adding in the airfare to peru might make you feel better.)

Comments

[julie]

wow..thats so interesting! Love the big sacks of wool up at the top!

[lisa s]

wow that machinery is SO cool!!!

[Julia]

Wow, neat. I want alpaca yarn on the cheap!

[gracia]

Sick of Peru? Hardly... in-fact, it's quite the opposite.
see you, g

[Mar]

¡qué de cosas bonitas estás descubriendo! hacia tiempo que no me pasaba por aquí y qué de cosas nuevas tienes...espero que me entiendas, si no dímelo y te escribo en inglés, o al menos lo intento! ;)

[risa]

julie - i loved all the sacks of wool and alapaca too. and there were hugs piles of fleece on the ground that i wanted to run and jump in!

lisa - aren´t they inspiring? i should send you some of the other photos of machinery i took...

julia - ah hah! maybe now you´ll wanna spend more time in peru?

grache - i´m glad you´re not sick of my posts!

mar - si! puedo entenderte. me gusta mucho los mensajes en español.