The Weaving News
The Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association has released their auction schedule for 2009. The auction is held on the second Friday of each month at the Crownpoint Elementary School in Crownpoint, NM. You can get further details on the auction at www.crownpointrugauction.com. A typical month’s auction features 200+ rugs in all sizes and styles. The auction…
Master weaver Roy Kady sent a note today inviting one and all to a Spin Off at the Kady family sheep camp near Teec Nos Pos, AZ in the Four Corners area. Please note that this is a camping experience on four wheel drive roads. Roy has included suggestions for the equipment you’ll need if…
Like a lot of people in Diné Bikeyah (the Navajo homeland), I have a job back in a city. I do my rug repairs and appraisals in the Phoenix area. I’m not Navajo, but I feel the pull of both cultures as I get ready to leave Window Rock and return to Phoenix. I…
Our weaving class is winding down this evening. Two of the students, Diane Woods and Vickie Norrid, had to leave this afternoon and the rest of us are packing projects and thinking about leaving Window Rock tomorrow. We ended the week by going to the Gallup Flea Market, an incredible venue for regional arts, crafts,…
A visit to Gallup Our field trip for today was a visit to several of the trading posts and businesses which cater to the Native American clientele in Gallup, New Mexico, about 24 miles from where we are holding our class. We started our day at Glenn’s Bakery, which is strategically located across the street…
Today, we took a field trip to Two Grey Hills and Toadlena. From Window Rock, you can take a scenic drive up Inidan Route 12, turning east on New Mexcio 134 for a breathtaking trip into the Chuska Mountains and Narbona Pass. En route, we stopped to admire the scenery and the summer wildflowers. One…
Today, we got up early and took the 54 mile trip to Chinle, Arizona for a half day tour of Canyon de Chelly. We left Thunderbird Lodge, which is part of the trading post founded by Cozy McSparron, and traveled about nine miles down the northern part of the Canyon, Canyon del Muerto and about…
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…
Today, our class started with loom warping and we had all eight warps done by noon, which is a real tribute to the students’ focus. Warping a Navajo loom is a complex process that requires attention and strength and Jennie Slick likes to have the students warp as a team of two so that each…