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Mini Sheep Is Life In Ganado, AZ This Saturday

28th June 2007

Mini Sheep Is Life In Ganado, AZ This Saturday

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I know it’s short notice, but the Hubbell Trading Post Historic Site and Sheep is Life will be holding a Mini Sheep is Life Celebration this coming Saturday, June 30 in Ganado, AZ. Workshops will offered on Traditional Rope Braiding and Diné Horse Cinch Weaving. Workshops are $30 each or $50 for both. Other events during the celebration include a Sheep to Loom demonstration and a sheep shearing contest.

I recently attended part of the Sheep is Life Celebration in Tsaile, AZ and it was a really nice and refreshingly low key event. Rachel Dahozy and I teamed up to do some wool dyeing and we got some really nice results as you can see from this picture. Yarns Dyed at 2007 Sheep is LifeI handled the non-native dye pots and used freeze dried indigo and cochineal. Rachel and some other participants harvested wild carrots, which gave us some nice yellows. Since we had blue from indigo and reds from the cochineal, we had all three primary colors and got come nice overdye combinations like the turquoise green at the lower left.

The Hubbell site opens at 8 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time and events start at 10. You can get more information by contacting Roy Kady at (928) 656-3498 or Anne Worthington at (928) 755-3475. If you go, please consider sharing your experience with us!

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    Raymon: I have a blanket simialr to the pink blanket. My dad's family had sheep. Every year they would gather the wool and take it to Utah Woolen mills and make beautiful wool blankets. Similar to Pendleton blankets, in many different colors. Love the turquoise jewlrey. My mom has a big beaded bag of it that I hope I get a few peices of (she's half Native American) She finds it kind of amusing that Native American prints etc. are "in" right now.

    Remigio: Way to go, Navajo Nation! Either cease-and-desist, or collect roiaetyls for the use of your name (only on quality products of which you approve, of course). Same with sports teams that use Native names as mascots. Until recently, the University of North Dakota was paying the Standing Rock Sioux annual roiaetyls to use the name Fighting Sioux , which was a win-win and a source of pride for both parties. Unfortunately for both the Tribe and the university, political correctness put an end to that.

    Ann Puzio: Hi Mary, Need to change to the waiting list for 9/13-20th. I hope this is possible.Also, going to see if I can sign up for the online class, need to check my computer. Thanks ann

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