Weaving in Beauty

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1. 1 On July 16th, 2009, barney rieff said:

   If you don’t mind, I have some questions on when and where you have classes using the small loom you show in the directions. I also have alpaca and llama yarn from my ranch, could this be used in weaving on the loom? Thank you

   posted on July 16th, 2009 at 9:45 am

2. 2 On July 16th, 2009, Mary Walker said:

   Thank you for contacting me! I guess this means that I should put a link to our classes on those plans! If you follow the Learn to Weave tab on the web site, you’ll see the Weaving in Beauty classes that Jennie Slick and I do in Window Rock, Arizona and Garden City, Utah. Next year, we’ll also be teaching at Convergence 2010 in Albuquerque. The loom itself could be used in any Navajo weaving workshop class, so you may also want to look at the Where to Learn Indigenous Weaving Techniques too.

   The link for our classes is http://174.121.153.8/~atlohi1/find-a-weaving-class/weaving-in-beauty-classes.

   The link to see every Navajo Weaving class that I know about is

   http://174.121.153.8/~atlohi1/find-a-weaving-class/where-to-learn-indigenous-weaving-techniques.

   You can certainly use your llama and alpaca yarns. I have seen one beautiful Two Grey Hills style rug done with llama. I haven’t used them myself, but there’s no reason that they can’t be used. The llama rug that I saw had a little difference in the hand and drape of the fabric, but you’d expect that because of the difference in elasticity of the fiber. The Navajos call the llama tl’izi bida’a, which means “the goat’s uncle” and quite a few people use llamas as guard animals for their sheep.

   Thanks for your interest in Navajo weaving techniques!

   posted on July 16th, 2009 at 10:15 am

3. 3 On June 28th, 2010, Nan Newberry said:

   What type of yarn do you suggest for the warp ? Are there directions for this in your building a loom ? Thank you , Nan

   posted on June 28th, 2010 at 9:52 am

4. 4 On June 29th, 2010, Mary Walker said:

   The directions are only for building the loom and do not address weaving techniques. Our weaving techniques book, sold in the Weaving in Beauty Mercantile covers the knowledge needed to get started weaving the Navajo way.

   posted on June 29th, 2010 at 12:36 pm

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