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Every year, I travel to the Navajo Reservation to weave with my teacher, Sarah Natani. She teaches
me to weave in the Navajo way, tells stories of her family and her culture, and makes the MOST delicious fry bread!!!
This rare opportunity has changed my life and weaving in the Navajo way has been a true gift that makes me a better person.
Here are some pictures of my favorite weavings. Please don't copy them without permission.
And FINALLY! The first edition of Sarah's Gift is complete and available for purchase at blurb.com
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Caroline's first weaving, May 2006. Started at Table Mesa. Won 4H Champion ribbon at Washington County Fair,
Oregon.
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Lora's first weaving started at Table Mesa, Sept. 2005.
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Lora's "Portal" started December 2005, a study of vertical joins in commercial yarn.
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Lora's "UFOs Over Two Grey Hills", started at Table Mesa May 2006, a study in diagonal joins
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Lora's "A Happy Rug", July 2006, a celebration of natural dyed yarns combined with commercially dyed yarn.
Yarns dyed at Table Mesa with Orange Osage, wild carrot, and rhubarb root using Sarah's special cave alum.
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Lucy's Two Grey Hills style weaving using natural colored handspun yarn
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Elsie's Two Grey Hills style weaving
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Daisy's Storm Pattern with handspun Ganado red
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Corn yeis as seen in an antique shop in Lincoln City, OR
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Yamora's Father Sky - Mother Earth
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Laura's Yei weaving at age 14
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Lora's "Big Diamond Twill", Sarah's pattern in naturally dyed yarns: indigo, cocchineal, and Oregon grape, use of 4 sheds,
also a study in warp repair. Weaving began at Table Mesa in Sept. 2006.
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Lora's "Neon Turtle" using natural dyed yarn of Orange Osage, Oregon Grape, and cocchineal. Began at Table
Mesa, May 2007.
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Sarah's pictoral of sheep
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Lora's "Bellagonna Finds Spiderwoman" begun at Table Mesa, Sept. 2007 using natural dyes: indigo, black walnut,
sage, and rhubarb
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Sarah's stars and stripes
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