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The Inca Connection |
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Inca
Weaving
In Latin America, Inca weaving is called "Tapis" or old picture. The Incas had a reputation for being the best weavers of their time. They wove some of the finest tapestries with the most complicated designs. While the weavers of Renaissance Europe used 85 threads per inch, the Incas used 500. Small wonders the Spanish naturally thought the finer Inca textiles were silk.
Inca weavers wove their tapestries, blankets, and other goods using a method which employs a pole in lieu of the loom that is so familiar to us today when we think of weaving (shown in the picture above).
Individal families handcraft all of our Tapis off of a pole in their casitas or houses. The men shear the sheep, and the women clean and spin the wool by hand. Weaving is an arduous task and is done by the men. Together, the men and women formulate the design to be woven and the thread colors that will work best. Most of the designs have been passed down from family to family for generations. Click Here to See our Weaving and Woven Goods Image Gallery
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