Navajo Weaving with Two- or Four-Harness Looms
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A 1937 article by Ellis Prentice Cole describing how a Navajo weaver sets up an upright loom and weaves, based on the author's observations in Arizona. It explains the heddle stick, sword and fork beater, and how designs are built with finger-placed colored weft, including vertical and diagonal edges. It then advises how to imitate Navajo-style tapestry rugs and cloth on two- or four-harness hand or foot-power looms, with notes on warp spacing, yarns, fringe, and selvages. Illustrations include a loom photograph and line drawings of the loom and design methods.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- October 1937
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- PDF provided by Judith Combs.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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