Weavers and Their Stories
Meet 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 MoreWeaving Worlds Schedule Updates
Bennie Klain, the director of Weaving Worlds, wrote to say that the PBS broadcast schedule can be found at http://www.itvs.org/shows/ataglance.php?showID=7762. if you click on the broadcast link, you’ll be able to see when the documentary will be shown in your area. DVD’s for home use can be ordered at:http://www.visionmaker.org/weavingworlds_h.html. DVD’s licensed for educational use can…
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…
Read MoreBookwork
For the last three years, Liz Munk, Jennie Slick and I have been working on a new instructional book on Navajo weaving. We’ve completed sections on loom building, spinning and warping and drafted sections on weaving. Right now, I’m working on pulling all of this work into book form, which is why I haven’t posted…
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