Comments on: Build a Navajo Style Loom

By: connie price

connie price — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:26:01 +0000

I recently asked for printed instructions to the small workshop loom-my son downloaded them for me. I am so excited to get started. thank you for having them on this site. Connie

By: connie price

connie price — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:35:28 +0000

i am interested in learning to weave and I cant download the directions to the small workshop loom(Iam new to computor),so I was wondering if you could print it out for me.I would send a stamped envelope and cash to cover expences. Thank you

By: Mary Walker

Mary Walker — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:28:17 +0000

The nails are part of what you need for the warping process. They aren’t needed to build the loom.

By: Teshna

Teshna — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:31:41 +0000

What are the twelve nails for? My husband wouldn’t put the metal pipe on it. He kept it all nature….thanks for the plans. Now I am almost ready to begin an adventure.

By: Mary Walker

Mary Walker — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:36:30 +0000

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.

By: Nan Newberry

Nan Newberry — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:52:14 +0000

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

By: Mary Walker

Mary Walker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:15:25 +0000

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!

By: barney rieff

barney rieff — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:45:05 +0000

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