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Navajo Ladies

20th March 2009

Navajo Ladies

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Navajo Ladies (The Girls) by Mary Walker

I’m getting ready for a dye class today, so I’ll just add a picture of a small (12″ x 18″) piece that I finished last week.   I used hand-dyed Burnham’s Trading Post yarn in size 2.  The colors are from cochineal, indigo, osage orange and aniline yellow and black.     I had a lot of fun working with each of the figures to select the shawl she is wearing.  The weaving is a gift for a friend who is recovering from mitral valve replacement surgery and I’ve been working on it since last July.  You can click on the picture for a larger view.

Mary Walker

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  1. 1 On March 20th, 2009, Sandy Gally said:

    Mary,

    I wish I were your friend receiving this “small” piece. It may be small in size but huge in detail. I LOVE it, the colors, design, the whole kick and caboodle.

    Thanks for sharing.

    posted on March 20th, 2009 at 11:28 am

  2. 2 On March 20th, 2009, Alison said:

    Mary- That is so beautiful- I just love it- Your color and design sense is right on! Do you teach dye classes? thanks

    posted on March 20th, 2009 at 10:21 pm

  3. 3 On March 20th, 2009, Caroline said:

    Mary, it is beautiful!

    posted on March 20th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

  4. 4 On March 21st, 2009, Shari Elliott said:

    Mary,
    Your new rug is great! Where do I find out about the yarn ‘dying’ classes? There is so much to learn. I find it all very interesting. Have a great day, Shari Elliott

    posted on March 21st, 2009 at 7:31 am

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    kathleen higham: I'd like to join with you when it starts again!

    Mary Walker: The Munsell color system was developed to provide a precise numeric description of color based on hue, value or lightness and color purity (referred to by Munsell as chroma). This precision is helpful in mixing dyes to achieve the desired results. There is a Munsell study group on Weavolution.com, but I was too busy teaching right now to join. I hope there will be enough people interested to do another group later this year. If you haven't already joined Weavolution, I'd encourage you to do it. The current study group is called the Munsell+dye study group.

    Emmy: I'm curious now. What is a Munsell group? Thanks Emmy

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