How To Weave A Navajo Rug Book

This is the updated 2020 edition with new pictures and updated text.

How to weave a navajo rug book.

Good illustrations and a good list of materials needed. I am looking forward to your 2nd article. Spurgeon jun 1 2008. Would have enjoyed seeing some actual photographs of the finished loom and throughout the book regarding how to weave.

Rugs posts story of navajo weaving and indian trading h. For the first time master navajo weavers themselves share the deep inside story of how these textiles are created and how their creation resonates in navajo culture. What makes navajo weaving different is its density. The best thing about the book was the instructions on building a navajo loom.

How to weave a navajo rug has detailed how to instructions meticulously illustrated by a navajo artist from warping the loom to important finishing touches. Free shipping by amazon. There are scores of books about navajo weaving but no other book like this one. For the first time master navajo weavers themselves share the deep inside story of how these textiles are created and how their creation.

Weaving the navajo way how to create rugs miniatures and more. Navajo blankets rugs and tapestries are the best known most admired and most collected textiles in north america. I was asked by a local native american museum research center if i would research some donated rugs to see if they were authentic navajo. Not a bad book but pretty old.

Thank you for your info on navajo rug weaving. How to weave a navajo rug has detailed how to instructions meticulously illustrated by a navajo artist from warping the loom to important finishing touches. Navajo weaving books skip to main search results amazon prime. Meant to keep out cold and hold up to years of heavy wear the weave is extremely tight.

James the classic study of navajo rugs and the trading posts associated with each unique rug style. The author spent four summers 1930 33 living and working among the navajo during which time she learned the principles of weaving. I am a weaver for many yrs on traditional floor looms. A great value and a terrific little navajo rug reference book with concise and accurate information about navajo rugs.

For the first time master navajo weavers themselves share the deep inside story of how these textiles are created and how their creation resonates in navajo culture. In this book she takes readers through the same process introducing the careful details the personalities she encountered and the materials and methods of weaving in the navajo style. Even when cut it will not unravel. This book provides step by step instructions to weave full size and miniature navajo style rugs.

Weaving the navajo way is probably the most complete how to book on navajo weaving available today. 1 16 of 207 results for books.