Posts by Mary Walker
A Weaving in Beauty Milestone: ‘Atł’óhí Binaltsoos (The Weaver’s Book) Available for Pre-order and Download
Five years ago, Liz Munk, Jennie Slick and I decided that we wanted to add to the materials available to help people learn to weave the Navajo way. In particular, we wanted to provide a more detailed look at every phase of the warping process and add to the documentation on turned joins and diagonal…
Read MoreHeading Home
Window Rock, AZ All of the students from our May class have headed home and most of them are already there. I’m still in Window Rock to take care of a few errands and I’ll be heading back to the Phoenix area today. I’ll be writing about the class this week, but I wanted to…
Read MoreThe Dye Plants of Spring
Window Rock, AZ Today, Rose and Henry Lee Dedman helped us to dye some wool in the Navajo way, over an open fire. We collected ground lichen, sage and rabbitbrush on the Defiance Plateau and used walnut hulls and wild carrot that we had harvested last year and stored. One of the students brought a…
Read MoreHigh Water at Canyon de Chelly
Window Rock, AZ A very deep and welcome snow pack in the Chuska Mountains has led to historically high water in Canyon de Chelly, about 67 miles from Window Rock. The canyon was even closed to tours during late April, but the waters have receded enough in the last week or so to allow people…
Read MoreThe Natural Color Palette at Toadlena and Two Grey Hills
Window Rock, AZ Today we went to the Two Grey Hills area, about 70 miles northeast of Window Rock. We took a spectacularly beautiful route along Indian Route 12 and crossed Narbona Pass on New Mexico route 134, stopping to visit the abandoned Crystal Trading Post, where J.B. Moore helped to extend the market for…
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