Gerard Begay’s Poncho: Returning to the Roots of Navajo Weaving
Most of us think of the rug as the quintessential product of Navajo weaving but pieces like Gerard Begay’s poncho, woven for the just concluded Santa Fe Indian Market, go back to the times when Navajo weaving was woven mainly for use by Navajo people. The rug as a floor-covering is a collaboration between traders…
Jane Hyden’s Navajo Shoe Game Pictorial Rug
A Story of Night and Day: the Navajo Shoe Game Pictorial Rug Jane Hyden’s latest Pictorial rug celebrates the very first Navajo Shoe Game or Késhjéé. This first game was played long, long ago. At that time, the night animals and the day animals did not understand the importance of the cycles of the universe…
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Upcoming Classes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
May 19-22, 2025 - Navajo Weaving Techniques Boot Camp in Steamboat Springs
May 19, 2025 (09:00 a.m.)
Navajo 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.