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Native Fiber Artisan Mountain Retreat

By Mary Walker | July 15, 2008

Registration is being coordinated through the Toadlena Trading Post web site.   Per the description on their site: “The week-long retreat will be a healing experience which will include an opening & closing ceremony. Irene will conduct lessons on Navajo Churro Sheep and sheepherding techniques along with stories of sheepherding, and a Tobacco Ceremony for the…

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Native Fiber Artisan Retreat in the Chuska Mountains

By Mary Walker | July 15, 2008

Chuska Mountains, NM We’ve received a note from Jane Ginn telling us about a Youtube video that she’s released showing an interview with weaver and shepherd Irene Bennalley.  We’ve embedded the video above for your viewing pleasure!  At the end of the video there are some details on a healing retreat that Irene will be…

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Here is our schedule as of right now!  Our week-long classes for 2023 are almost full.  

Upcoming Classes

Now Through 1/20/24 - The Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League: A Fiberholic Chatting Support Group

December 19, 2023 (05:30)

Hey, fiber enthusiasts!  Would you like to join some like-minded knitters for two hours of knitting and chatting fun on Tuesday and Thursday evenings?  Of course you would!  The Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League invites you to tune in via Zoom and knit with your favorite project.  It's not a class, but your fellow participants are happy to answer questions, recommend references, and perhaps recommend a class that will help you progress.  No by-laws, no officers, no gossip, and no politics!  They are just a great group of fiber friends.  Join regularly, or check in when you can.  

How to join?  Put the free product in your cart, and check out.  You'll get a "ticket" for the Zoom meetings until the end of 2023.  Such a deal! 

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Now Through 1/20/24 - The Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League: A Fiberholic Chatting Support Group

December 21, 2023 (05:30)

Hey, fiber enthusiasts!  Would you like to join some like-minded knitters for two hours of knitting and chatting fun on Tuesday and Thursday evenings?  Of course you would!  The Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League invites you to tune in via Zoom and knit with your favorite project.  It's not a class, but your fellow participants are happy to answer questions, recommend references, and perhaps recommend a class that will help you progress.  No by-laws, no officers, no gossip, and no politics!  They are just a great group of fiber friends.  Join regularly, or check in when you can.  

How to join?  Put the free product in your cart, and check out.  You'll get a "ticket" for the Zoom meetings until the end of 2023.  Such a deal! 

Register

Navajo Weaving Techniques Class at Weaving in Beauty (In-Person Seven Day Class) - Join a Class Wait List

April 28, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

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Navajo Weaving Boot Camp 2024 - Join a Class Wait List

May 12, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

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Navajo Weaving Techniques Class at Weaving in Beauty (In-Person Seven Day Class) - Join a Class Wait List

June 16, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

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Navajo Weaving Boot Camp 2024 - Join a Class Wait List

June 23, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

Register

Navajo Weaving Boot Camp 2024 - Join a Class Wait List

July 21, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

Register

Navajo Weaving Techniques Class at Weaving in Beauty (In-Person Seven Day Class) - Join a Class Wait List

August 4, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

Register

Navajo Weaving Boot Camp 2024 - Join a Class Wait List

September 1, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

Register

Navajo Weaving Techniques Class at Weaving in Beauty (In-Person Seven Day Class) - Join a Class Wait List

September 15, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

Register

Navajo Weaving Techniques Class at Weaving in Beauty (In-Person Seven Day Class) - Join a Class Wait List

September 29, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

Register

Navajo Weaving Boot Camp 2024 - Join a Class Wait List

October 13, 2024

If the class you'd like to take is full, we'd be glad to have you join the waiting list!  If an opening occurs, we'll contact everyone on the list for that event, and the first person who says "yes" will get the seat. 

Sign up for as many lists as you'd like.  It's free, and we really appreciate our students who can join us with less notice.  It helps us to be flexible and responsive.  

Register

May 19-22, 2025 - Navajo Weaving Techniques Boot Camp in Steamboat Springs

May 19, 2025 (09:00 a.m.)

Navajo Weaving Techniques Class Steamboat SpringsNavajo Weaving Techniques Boot Camp in Steamboat Springs Essentials 

  • Tuition for the class is $675 and includes the use of a loom and tools for the course duration.  
  • You may also bring your loom subject to space limitations.
  • You will warp the loom on the first day of class. 
  • We will supply the yarns and other equipment that you'll need, and you'll get a digital copy of our textbook. 
  • That's right.  You can try this for four days and only invest your tuition. 
  • We'll let you buy all the equipment you want, but you don't have to. 
  • We can't guarantee that you'll love weaving the Navajo way, but we can guarantee that you'll gain new insights into Navajo textiles.    

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