Indiana Watson's Indian Weaving

CHURRO NAVAJO RUGS

Our Navajo rugs are woven with 100% Churro Navajo sheep, single ply wool yarn. These pieces are chronologically numbered in sequence with a “Cortez Collection” designation, such as “CC-250” (meaning the 250th rug we’ve had woven). The single ply mill spun weft yarn used to weave our rugs is Navajo Churro sheep wool. Inquire for pricing and detailed information for each rug.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE TEXTILES AND OTHERS NOT SHOWN, PLEASE CONTACT US BY TELEPHONE AT 970-564-1544 OR BY EMAIL AT: indy@indianweaving.com

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Serrated Saddle Blanket with Indigo Green 37" x 60".

Serrated Pillow (companion to Serrated Saddle Blanket)
18" x 24".

Cows and Horses Pictorial Saddle Blanket 31" x 60"

Classic Period Design Serape Rug with Indigo Blue & Indigo Green
46" x 74"

Spiderwoman Cross Rug with Colorful Feathers 36" x 71"

JB Moore Crystal Rug
46" x 96"

Hubbell Trading Post design rug
47" x 73"

Teec Nos Pos Rug
47" x 88"

ANGORA NAVAJO BLANKETS

Our Angora Collection (AC-number, same sequential chronology as our Churro rugs) is the designation for our Navajo textiles woven with single-ply, 70% mohair (Angora goat) / 30% wool yarn. These are our very special and unique Navajo blankets, suitable for wearing, display (on mannequins and walls), and for covering furniture such as beds and sofas. They may also be used with care as rugs. We shave them after they are woven to remove fuzz. Shaving enhances the sheen and luster, and clarifies and defines design. Our Navajo Angora blankets replicate Classic and Late Classic Navajo weaving (pre-Civil War through the 1880s).

Dazzler Serape / Child's Blanket w Indigo Blue and Indigo Green
40" x 62".

First Phase Chief's Blanket with Indigo & Cochineal 66" x 54"

Our "HALI" article in which this First Phase Chief's Blanket appears (Issue 147, July-August 2006 - see the Publications page)

This blanket is shown in the museum section below. Contact us for more information.

Indigo Man's Wearing Blanket / Serape 53" x 78"

Indigo Blue & Green Serape 36" x 60"

ANGORA BLANKET ON LOAN TO THE AMERICAN TEXTILE HISTORY MUSEUM

We have loaned one of our Angora First Phase chief’s blanket to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA. The museum requested the loan to exhibit this Navajo blanket at their Grand Opening Exhibition, June 2009 through June, 2010. The museum displayed it as a replica faithful to the earliest Navajo chief’s blankets. It remains on continuing loan and display. Our loan of it was extended following the close of the Grand Opening Exhibition. It is displayed in a showcase.

Entrance: National Textile History Museum's Grand Opening Exhibition

Exhibition Showcase with our Navajo First Phase Chief's Blanket

Navajo weaver Lily Lee's Angora First Phase Chief's Blanket

Navajo weaver Lily Lee holding her First Phase Chief's Blanket

The Museum display label for our First Phase Chief's Blanket

CUSTOM WEAVING: NAVAJO CHURRO RUGS AND ANGORA BLANKETS WOVEN TO CLIENT SPECIFICATIONS

We have received requests from clients over the years for a rug or Angora blanket woven to their specifications, including size, fiber, design, dyes and colors. Some of those custom woven pieces are displayed here. Please inquire about our weaving your custom Navajo rugs and blankets. We have woven many replicas of the light blue indigo Angora blanket shown, designed by the Japanese textile designer Hiroki, for example. These blankets replicate the ancient ethnographic blankets woven by the Japanese Native Peoples – the Ainu, the same concept for weaving our replica Navajo blankets.

The 6’ x 8’ Navajo rug on the floor was woven to replicate the Pendleton Co. “Navajo Water blanket” wool trade blanket being held by a Navajo weaver.

The 6’ x 8’ “Navajo water blanket” rug is shown on the weaver’s loom.

This pictorial rug was woven for “BUFFALO BARRY”

This pictorial rug was woven for “ABKA”, the American Bowie Knife Association. Colors were specified by the client. “ABKA” is not easy to read.

This Ute Style First Phase chief’s rug was woven to a specific size and design, in a shape wider than typical for its height, to fit a wall space in a client’s yacht.

This Ute Style First Phase chief’s rug was woven to a client’s specified size and design with a specified thread weight yarn, a yarn which is finer than our routine rug wt. yarn.

This Second Phase chief’s rug was woven to a size and design specified by a client.

This Angora 5’ x 4’ blanket was woven to the specifications of a Japanese textile designer named Hiroki. The colors and dyes of light blue indigo and cochineal red, as well as size, fiber and design, were all specified. We have woven many of these same blankets for Hiroki.

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