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Weaving In Beauty Spring Weaving Class Begins
Window Rock, AZ Our spring weaving class and tour is off to a great start. We went to the Crownpoint Rug Auction on the first evening and we spend the next day at the Friends of Hubbell Native American Arts auction in Ganado. We came back to Window Rock with several rugs (including the…
Read MoreCanyon de Chelly and Lunch with the Spider Rock Girls
Yesterday, our group did a field trip to Canyon de Chelly for the morning tour. It was cold enough that the tour guide offered us blankets and they were welcome during the first part of the trip out to Antelope House. We took many pictures of the Anasazi ruins in the canyon, and we marveled…
Read MoreWeaving in Window Rock, Day 3
Today, we made a morning visit to St. Michael’s Mission, about three miles from our class site. The gardens there are at their height and they have a small museum that details the activities of the Franciscans in the development of the Navajo census and in documenting the Navajo language. The prayer chapel on the…
Read MoreSpinning and Dyeing in the Shade House
Today, we concluded our advanced weaving seminar, which has been newly dubbed Camp Weave-A-Lot, and we started our Natural Dye Retreat. We met at Burnham’s Trading Post in Sanders, AZ and got a look at some of the vegetally dyed colors that Marie Begay is able to achieve. We were also treated to a weaving…
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