Navajo Rug Weaving - Stock Photos
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Navajo Rug LoomThis loom is completely set up and being used to weave a Navajo rug. The rug has just been started and you can get an idea of what it will look like from the completed work at the bottom. You are looking at the front … MORE>>> |
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Navajo Rug Loom SetupNavajo rugs are NOT woven on a continuous loom. The warp thread you see in this picture is one continuous length of wool. Heavy yarn was wrapped around the dowel at each end of the loom and the warp was threaded through it. *Navajo … MORE>>> |
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Navajo Rug Loom HeddlesHeddles are used to pull selected warp threads back so weft alternates. In this picture you can see how thread has been tied around every other warp and then attached to long dowel so they can all be pulled at once. This is …MORE>>> |
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Navajo Rug Loom Bottom FrontThis picture of the front bottom gives you an idea of what the finished Navajo rug will look like. You can see how the continuous warp thread goes around the heavy dowl at the bottom and how that is wired to the heavy … MORE>>> |
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Navajo Rug Loom Bottom BackAs you can see, the back side of the loom, where the weaver sits, is a whole lot more complicated than the front. You can see how the weaver is using short lengths of yarn of the various colors to weave each color … MORE>>> |
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Navajo Rug Weavers View – HeddlesThis closeup of the heddle from the back side of this Navajo rug shows how the heddle is set up to allow the weaver to pull every other warp thread toward herself. You can see how each thread goes around one of … MORE>>> |
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Navajo Rug Yarn SpinningTraditional Navajo rug makers did not use a spinning wheel. Yarn was spun by sitting with the top of one of these spindles on the spinner thigh with her rolling it down her leg to make it spin while she controlled the supply of … MORE>>> |