A Guide to Navajo Rugs

Price: $4.99
Publisher: Western National Parks Association (1992)
Number of Pages: 42
ISBN: 978-1877856266

This booklet describes the basic characteristics of today's most common Navajo rug styles. But every rug, like its weaver, is an individual. In Walk In Beauty, Mary Kahlenberg and Tony Berlant describe Navajo textiles as manifesting their weavers place among people, their integration with the landscape, and their oneness with the spiritual forces of life.

A Guide to Navajo Weavings

Price: $9.95
Publisher: Rio Nuevo (1997)
Number of Pages: 72
ISBN: 978-1887896078

Kent McManis and fellow trader Robert Jeffries have provided us with the definitive introduction to one of the most popular American Indian arts -- Navajo rug weaving. It covers development from the seventeenth century through innovations of the craft today--everything from the classic Chief's Blankets, to the famous Two Grey Hills designs, to the latest in pictorial rugs. Of great help to the new collector is the list of standards in judging the quality of a rug and advice for its proper care. Fully illustrated with stunning examples of over fifty rug types.

Navajo and Hopi Dyes (Nonabah G. Bryan)

Price: $15.99
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs ()
ISBN: 1-883736-08-0

It is especially satisfying to publish this combined book of Navajo and Hopi Dyes. Since 1973 I have devoted my time to researching and publishing educational materials on Indian history and Indian studies. In 1974 I was able to buy the Navajo dye source shown on the cover of this book. The artists-designer is unknown. The poster from this dye source is a popular item. The 27 specimens shown were the largest variety I had seen, up to that time. Our largest purchase has 60 specimen. The Navajo Native Dye Appendix, following the Navajo section, shows the number of specimens displayed on the two sources. These native dyes continue t hold worldwide interest. The contrast of the Navajo and Hopi uses continues to be seen in this combined book. Both booklets were originally published to preserve the traditional methods and recipes for the tribal members.

Navajo Weaving Way: The Path from Fleece to Rug (Noèl Bennett)

Price: $21.95
Publisher: Interweave Press, Incorporated ()
Number of Pages: 160
ISBN: 1883010306

Noel Bennett met traditional Navajo weaver Tiana Bighorse in 1968. In time Tiana took her into her family as a daughter. Together they sheared sheep, collected plants, dyed wool, carded, spun, and wove. This book records their many experiences together, a collaboration that spans nearly thirty years. In 1971, Tiana and Noel wrote Working with the Wool: How to Weave a Navajo Rug. Noel later wrote Designing with the Wool and The Weaver's Pathway. Now, this single, authoritative volume brings together those three books - with updates and revisions - as well as excerpts from other published articles and books by Noel and Tiana about Navajo weaving, culture, and history. Detailed charts and illustrations help the weaver find her way step-by-step through the making of a first sampler and through several more advanced techniques. Brilliant photographs by John Running illuminate the pages.