Navajo Weavings - A Heritage in Wool

I apologize to all of you who have commented. It's been a bit hectic, but I'm going to make a real try at catching up with comments and responses today and tomorrow. In the meantime, I've been scheduled for my MRI. I'll be there on Thursday the 23rd early in the morning. Chickie Mama will pick me up from the shop and take me down to Midwest Radiology and the back afterward. She's been a total blessing in all of this - such a great friend. 

Navajo weavings are stunning, hand-loomed on 
a vertical loom, and quite collectible. We have 
several on walls throughout the house, and we've 
sold them at the shop for years. They're not as 
popular up here, so we'll have to send them South 
for auction sale. This particular weaving is in 
a pattern called "Ganado". 

DH has been busy photographing items that we need to either put up for auction or take down to the Southwest to sell more directly. These are items that this area simply doesn't understand or appreciate - antique Navajo weavings are the main component. There are auctions that specialize in that particular product, and others that concentrate on artwork from the SW that will welcome weavings. We have a LOT of them, because we love them. I have weavings throughout my house, not on the floors - on the walls. 

I took a week's workshop in Navajo weaving techniques 
at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico many years ago. I had a 
total blast and ended up with a very small, slightly lopsided 
weaving. I gave it to my Mother as a gift, and inherited it 
back from her after her death. It's hanging in my house now, 
along with MUCH better and larger weavings from more 
qualified tribal women. LOL

I have a lot that I have to catch up on today, and I do want to respond to some of your very kind comments and positive thoughts, so I'm going to cut this very short today. Tomorrow my treadmill people will be here to install a part that was backordered, and maybe we'll get a bulb behind the ON/OFF switch. As DH noted, it's a transparent red switch, so it seems reasonable that there should be a light that will turn ON when the machine is on, and OFF when it is turned off again. Makes sense to me. They'll check that out. Have an excellent day and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.