Shepherd's Cross in Claremore is handing down the art of Navajo weaving. As students learn how to weave a Navajo rug, they also learn the history behind it. "We're losing a lot of these older ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Like all legends, the story of Spider Woman changes depending upon whom you ask. The Hopis say she wove the ...

There I compared subtle Pueblo and Hopi weaving with the bolder work of the Navajo; saw a rug done in the traditional, geometrical, muted Two Grey Hills style by Daisy Taugelchee, a master Navajo ...

Navajo mythology teaches that a legendary, holy woman who lived at Spider Rock – a tall red spire in the Canyon de Chelly, Ariz. – was taught to weave by a spider. Spider Woman, in turn, taught the ...

“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one day she may grow to be a fine weaver ...

Deb May leaned back to survey her work, a neat row of orange and brown wool tightly wrapped around a piece of wood. Did it look right? Would there be enough to make a knot and then warp the other side ...