Textile Analysis
13th Annual Sheep is Life Celebration
Diné be’ iiná, Inc. The Navajo Lifeway For Immediate Release: June 2009 Contact: Shanna Downey, 505.863.3192 For a complete schedule, visit www.navajolifeway.org 13 Annual Sheep is Life Celebration Free Events & Fun for the Whole Family Friday and Saturday, 19-20 June 2009 Navajo Preparatory School Campus, 1220 West Apache, Farmington, NM Friday, 19 June…
Read MoreHistoric Blankets and New Wool: Toadlena and Two Grey Hills
Window Rock, AZ Yesterday, our class took the afternoon off to visit Toadlena and Two Grey Hills, about 70 miles northeast of Window Rock. We took one of my favorite routes: north on Indian Route 12, east on New Mexico 134 over Narbona Pass and then north on 491 before making a turn toward Toadlena…
Read MoreOctober Weaving in Beauty Class: Canyon De Chelly
Today, six members of our class went to Canyon de Chelly for a half-day tour. The weather was perfect and we had a great time guided by David Benally, who has been taking people through the canyon for 29 years. You can see David pointing out some of the features of the canyon below. The…
Read MoreThe Navajos and The Amazing Cochineal Beetle, Part I
Jennie Slick and I are in Albuquerque on our way to do a three day workshop in Massachusetts. Just before I left Phoenix, I washed and rinsed some custom yarns for the students to look at. One group of them was dyed with cochineal. There’s a picture of the grouping below. Isn’t it amazing that…
Read MoreEarly Development of the Storm Pattern Rug
Building on yesterday’s post on the Storm Pattern variant, the earliest illustration that shows what today we would call a Storm Pattern rug comes from J.B. Moore’s 1911 catalog. The rug is plate XXIII and a reproduction of the color plate appears below. The illustration shows a Storm Pattern that is little different in design…
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