The Weaving News
Window Rock, AZ Let me get you caught up on the activities of some of our recent classes in Window Rock. I was forced to abandon daily entries during the classes because there were continuing connectivity issues both with the hotel broadband and with the broadband service that I have on my laptop. Being forced…
Date:September 12, 2009 (Preview and auction time pending) Preview: 11 AM – 1 PM Auction starts at 1 PM Location: Gunsmoke Saloon, 644 N Navajo Dr # C, Page, AZ Map Link to Blair’s Trading Post Auction Information Phone: (800) 644-3008 Email: blairs@blairstradingpost.com Details: 300 vintage and contemporary weavings; held near scenic Lake Powell. Auction…
This rug auction is held in conjunction with the Totah Festival Indian Market at the Farmington Civic Center. The Totah Festival runs September 5 and 6, 2009. These beautiful, authentic, hand woven Navajo Rugs can be viewed on September 5th from 9:00 am until auction time at 1:00 pm the same day. These rugs are…
Rug Check-in Times: Friday, September 04, 2009: 9AM to 1PM at Gateway Park Museum & Visitors Center 4PM to 6PM at the Civic Center Theater Saturday, September 05, 2009: 9AM to noon at the Civic Center Theater Rugs will not be accepted after 12PM on Saturday! Rug Auction Starts at 1:00 PM For more information…
Tempe, AZ The Spider Rock Girls Back to School Sale was a big success, with Lavera Blake selling her large Burntwater Double Diamond rug on Ebay at the asking price and the other girls selling some smaller pieces in various patterns on Ebay and directly to clients. Lavera passed her Certified Nursing Assistant examination and…
Window Rock, AZ How can it be Wednesday night? We’ve been busy going through our itinerary for this week’s class and I realized I haven’t had time to write this week. Monday, we went wild carrot hunting with Rose Dedman. Wild carrot, also called dock root or canyaigre, has the Latin name rumex hymenosepalus. It…
Window Rock, AZ Today was a beautiful summer day, just right for a trip to Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, about 30 miles west of here. We headed for a shady spot in the parking lot and managed to park right next to Geno Bahe. Geno now works part time in the trading post,…
Window Rock, AZ The summer series of Weaving in Beauty classes started yesterday with eight students. Once we had the looms warped, we headed to Gallup for dinner at Earl’s and a visit to the nightly Native American dance show on the plaza at the McKinley County courthouse. We were treated to a performance by…
Tempe, AZ The Spider Rock Girls are raising money for their back to school expenses and auctions and sales to traders are slow for them right now. They have two items on Ebay at the moment. Under normal circumstances, the only way to get one of their weavings is through competitive bidding or by being…
Click on any picture for a closer view Tempe, AZ As I planned to, I attended last Friday’s Dinéjík’éhgo ‘Atło (Weaver’s Day) at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock. I thought that I’d probably write an article on the event over the weekend, but it took me a couple of extra days to distill…