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Rug of the Day: A Trip to Red Mesa in a Chrysler Touring Car

By Mary Walker | April 26, 2011

Tempe, AZ In 2008, I had the chance to spend a couple of days at the Los Poblanos Inn and Cultural Center in Albuquerque.   The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and began its history as the home of the Simms family, who helped found the Creamland Dairy business.  The…

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Rug of the Day: The Zoned Diamonds of Verna Smith

By Mary Walker | April 25, 2011

Tempe, AZ Verna Smith’s meticulous blending of color and masterful weaving technique would be striking even without her eye-catching use of zones of contrasting design.  With her design sense, her weaving is recognizable as soon as you see it.  In the piece above, photographed last year at Richardson’s Trading Post in Gallup, New Mexico, using…

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Weaving in Beauty is dedicated to expanding the appreciation and knowledge of the textiles of the Na

If you want to learn to weave or brush up on your skills, consider taking one of our classes. Our student, Lauren Foghorn, started weaving about three years ago and is showing off her latest project! We're just about to schedule our next beginner class, so look for an update in the next few days.

If you know the basics but want to move forward, try our Hybrid Continuing Class. It meets every Saturday from 10 AM to 1 PM. It's $35 per session, and you attend on your schedule. For instance, you can buy a subscription for four classes for $140 and use the subscription for the day(s) of your choice. You'll get a schedule update every week so you can plan ahead.

If you're interested in one of our multi-day classes, our schedule for 2025 is getting full. Here's the current status:
May 4-10 Gallup Weeklong: Full
May 19-22 Steamboat Springs Boot Camp: Full
June 8-14 Gallup Weeklong Class: 1 seat open
July 6-9 Gallup Boot Camp: 4 seats open
July 20-23 Gallup Boot Camp: 2 seats open
August 31- September 6 Gallup Weeklong: 5 seats open
September 14-17 Gallup Boot Camp: Full
September 28-October 4 Gallup Weeklong class: Full
October 12-15 Gallup Boot Camp: 1 seat open

See our complete schedule at mercantile.weavinginbeauty.com/events-and-classes/
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If you want to learn to weave or brush up on your skills, consider taking one of our classes. Our student, Lauren Foghorn, started weaving about three years ago and is showing off her latest project!  Were just about to schedule our next beginner class, so look for an update in the next few days.  

If you know the basics but want to move forward, try our Hybrid Continuing Class.  It meets every Saturday from 10 AM to 1 PM. Its $35 per session, and you attend on your schedule.  For instance, you can buy a subscription for four classes for $140 and use the subscription for the day(s) of your choice. Youll get a schedule update every week so you can plan ahead.    

If youre interested in one of our multi-day classes, our schedule for 2025 is getting full.  Heres the current status:
May 4-10 Gallup Weeklong: Full
May 19-22 Steamboat Springs Boot Camp: Full
June 8-14 Gallup Weeklong Class: 1 seat open
July 6-9 Gallup Boot Camp: 4 seats open
July 20-23 Gallup Boot Camp: 2 seats open
August 31- September 6 Gallup Weeklong: 5 seats open
September 14-17 Gallup Boot Camp: Full
September 28-October 4 Gallup Weeklong class: Full
October 12-15 Gallup Boot Camp: 1 seat open

See our complete schedule at https://mercantile.weavinginbeauty.com/events-and-classes/
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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. 

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League - The Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League: A Fiberholic Chatting Support Group

February 06, 2025 (05:30 p.m.)

Hey, fiber enthusiasts!  Would you like to join some like-minded knitters for two hours of knitting, chatting, and having 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 work on 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 2025.  Such a deal! 

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Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League - The Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League: A Fiberholic Chatting Support Group

February 11, 2025 (05:30 p.m.)

Hey, fiber enthusiasts!  Would you like to join some like-minded knitters for two hours of knitting, chatting, and having 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 work on 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 2025.  Such a deal! 

Register

Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League - The Gallup Socker and Allied Sports League: A Fiberholic Chatting Support Group

February 13, 2025 (05:30 p.m.)

Hey, fiber enthusiasts!  Would you like to join some like-minded knitters for two hours of knitting, chatting, and having 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 work on 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 2025.  Such a deal! 

Register

May 4-10, 2025 - Navajo Weaving Techniques Class at Weaving in Beauty (In-Person Seven Day Class)

May 04, 2025 (09:00 a.m.)

Our week-long weaving class is a six-day total immersion into weaving and modern Navajo life in and near the Navajo Nation at our store in the diverse and artistically vibrant Gallup, New Mexico community.

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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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