For more on the details of the rug, the history of the Pentium, and the Fairchild Navajo plant, read Ken Shirriff's original blog post here. Those interested in seeing the weaving in person will ...

Today's topic is Native American rugs, but there is a pressing question ... That tribe, the Pueblo, already had a long history of weaving but their work was mostly utilitarian and fairly simple ...

Weaving Passions: Journey Stories from the Dinetah to the Little Red Cottage on Brown: Connecting the Threads of Navajo Rugs, Theo Wittman and Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania. Copies of the book can be ...

The tribe is well known for weaving the wool of Churro ... spinning and dyeing Churro wool and the history that lives in between each thread. The Navajo Nation celebrated Sheep Is Life week ...

She names every rug, usually based on an event at the time she is weaving, her works becoming a catalogue of memories. Sitting on a pillow that mimicks a Navajo rug but was purchased at a big-box ...

Navajo weaving originated as wearing blankets, not floor rugs, but the arts and crafts ... In American Western history, we celebrate mountain men and cowboys, but we forget about the importance ...

Horizons: Weaving Between ... of scanned Navajo textiles and photography, 36 x 24 inches (81.28 x 60.96 cm) (image courtesy the artist) Left: Artist once known (Diné), “Rug” (1880–7 ...