Navajo Rug Weavers View – Heddles
This 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 the warp threads and is tied back to the heddle.
As you can image, there is a lot of work involved in getting ready to weave a Navajo Rug. The weaver needs to decide what size rug to make, make sure she has the right colors and amounts of your, and have a design in her mind.
There are also some practical considerations. Small, rough rugs can be done quickly and immediately sold. A larger rug will bring more money, but if it takes several weeks to complete that is several weeks without income. Really large Navajo rugs were frequently the result of a trader who made progress payments so a good weaver could afford to spend the time required.
