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Posts Tagged ‘Alice Van Winkle Thompson’

Crownpoint, December 2010

December 13, 2010

Crownpoint, NM This month’s Crownpoint Rug Auction was well attended by buyers and weavers.  While not all of the rugs were sold, an estimated 75% of them did.  The Spider Rock Girls had a booth in the crowded hallway outside the auction and reported that they sold everything that they brought, but most went for…

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An Alice Van Winkle Thompson Weaving on The Loom

December 16, 2009

Tempe, AZ Alice Van Winkle Thompson and her daughter-in-law Glenda are approaching completion of the Ganado Red rug in the picture above.  It is woven with Brown Sheep yarn that’s been re-spun so that it’s more tightly twisted for better design definition.  Alice and Glenda have chosen colors that are just a little different from…

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