I guarantee my jewelry is made with high quality craftsmanship. Please contact me if you have any concerns or problems with the jewelry you purchase from me.
I will give a 100% refund 5 days after purchase for jewelry and textiles that are not damaged and not worn. All I ask is that you give me email notification that you're returning the item within the five day window.
All prices are subject to change without notice.
Special orders require a 50% deposit at time order is made. Absolutely no refunds on special orders.
No refunds on items that are purchased at a discount or on sale (i.e. less than retail).
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I have been weaving miniature rugs lately and exploring different colors, designs, and techniques. I am offering another miniature weaving and some weaving tools. Take a look and consider purchasing these items. These items are handmade and are gone when they’re sold.
I am also still offering Navajo weaving classes and Native art shopping tours. Please contact me if you have any questions about these offerings. Thank you. Enjoy!
Morris
Navajo Weaving Tools Offering #1
These toosl are authentic Navajo handmade. The small weaving batten (top) is made from oak with a light varnish finish. The weaving finishing comb (bottom) is made from exotic Purpleheart wood.
Small weaving batten (top), L= 12″, W= 3/4 ”
Price: $16 plus $6 shipping in U.S.
Weaving finishing comb (bottom), L= 8″, W=7/8 ”
SOLD
Navajo Weaving Tools Offering #2
These weaving combs are authentic Navajo handmade weaving combs. Made of exotic Purpleheart wood. Natural matte finish with no laquer nor varnish.
One of my goals on my site is promote Navajo weaving and Navajo made products. I want to make Navajo handspun yarns, Navajo made weaving tools and hand-dyed yarn available to fiber artists who have an interest in Navajo weaving.
A few years ago I “hand-dyed” dozens of skeins of Navajo Churro wool by fermenting them in a prickly pear dye bath. I purchased my yarn from Connie Taylor when she was still living in Ojo Caliente, NM. Connie now lives in southern Colorado and she can be reached through her website, http://www.navajo-churrosheep.com/member-webpages/CerroMojino.html. I’ve known Connie for years and I really like she raises Navajo Churro sheep while still being involved in Dine’ be’ Iina’ (Navajo Lifeway) organization, http://www.navajolifeway.org/.
Here’s how I fermented the skeins of yarn. I washed my skeins in very warm water to wash out the oils–lanolin and spinning oils–that were still in the yarn. I then rinsed and soaked the yarn while I sliced up the prickly pear fruits. I filled my containers with water and added the sliced prickly pears. I mixed the prickly pear bath differently each time with the wool depending on what I wanted to achieve. I wanted to make some yarns have more varigated, streaks of color while other were very uniform. In the end, it was up to Mother Nature’s gifts of prickly pear, water and the fermentation process that produced the following yarns I have available for sale.
I did rinse and wash the wool after the fermentation so there’s no funky smell in the yarn. I aired out the yarn and rinsed the yarn. Word of caution about these colors. Although the prickly pear fermented dye bath is self-mordanting, the colorfastness is not absolute as with all vegetally dyed yarn. As a hand-dyer, I am very conscious that I wash my yarn so the excess dye does not “bleed” into the neighboring colors when used in a weaving or knitting project. In short, please keep in mind the pink color may fade with exposure to different types of light and washing.
Please contact me if you have any questions. (By the way I usually do not offer my hand-dyed yarn for sale to other fiber artists). I did the dirty, smelly work for you so you can now enjoy this beautiful naturally dyed pink Navajo Churro wool yarn!
Prickly Pear yarn #1
Weight: 4oz Navajo Churro wool yarn, single ply
This yarn has some light to dark pink streaks in it. Overall subtle streaky appearance.
Quantity: 1
Price: $32 plus $8 shipping in the US
Prickly Pear yarn #2
Weight: 4oz Navajo Churro wool yarn, single ply
This yarn has some light to dark pink streaks in it. Overall subtle streaky appearance.
Quantity: 1
Price: $32 plus $8 shipping in the US
Prickly Pear yarn #3
Weight: 4oz Navajo Churro wool yarn, single ply
This yarn is uniform in color withs some peach to orange highlights. Soft pink color.
Quantity: 1
Price: $32 plus $8 shipping in the US
Prickly Pear yarn #4
Weight: 4oz Navajo Churro wool yarn, single ply
This yarn is the darkest pink of the yarns featured here. The actual color is darker than yarn #3 above. There are some dark pink streaks in this yarn.
