It’s All About the Rugs
Weaving Instructors Seen On the Web
Marilyn Greaves is an instructor in Navajo weaving techniques in the Sacramento, California area and her classes are listed in our popular Where to Learn Indigenous Weaving Techniques guide to classes and workshops. Recently, she gave a program for the Nevada City Weavers Guild in Nevada City, CA and one of the attendees, Birdsong…
Read MoreWeaving Appreciation Walk in Scottsdale
Why do we seem to ignore the resources that are close to home? Well, I’m busy and I have a business to run plus um, ah aren’t most of the Native American galleries in Scottsdale dealing mostly in jewelry? I was shaken out of my ignorance last year while I was helping a friend try…
Read MoreMeet the Weavers: Nellie Glasses
Nellie Glasses made the long trip from her home near Rough Rock, Arizona to the recent Pueblo Grande Rug auction in Phoenix. Nellie’s work often includes hand carded and handspun yarns and is very traditional. She occasionally does sandpainting and tufted rugs. She sometimes uses native plant materials such as Navajo tea and wild carrot…
Read MoreGathering of Weavers Picture Gallery: A Guest Post
Phoenix, AZ I was out of town during the Gathering of Weavers on November 1 and Roberta Sauerwein graciously offered to write an article and take pictures of the event. I’ve heard heard that the event resulted in several sales for the weavers. I’ll be sure to let you know if it will be repeated…
Read MoreWeaving Worlds PBS Schedule
I’m seeing a lot of traffic from people who seem to be looking for information on broadcast schedules for Bennie Klain’s Weaving Worlds documentary on PBS. The best source of information I’ve found is at the PBS site. At this site, you can select the program and see when it will be broadcast on a…
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