Navajo Weavings

Where did Navajo people come from?

• Southwestern United States• Western New Mexico, southern Utah and

northern Arizona.

How did the Native Americans make Weavings?

• How did they make yarn?• Where did yarn come from?

Story of Mae Beth

• Mae Beth used sheers to cut wool off the sheep.

Mae Beth cleaned the wool

• Mae Beth cleaned the wool with her hands.

Cleaning wool

• These are the carding combs that Mae Beth used to clean the wool.

Spinning wool

• This is the spindle that Mae Beth used to spin, yarn, and fiber the wool.

Dry the wool

• The sun dries the wool.

Dye the wool

• These are the plants that are used to dye the wool that came from the sheep that Mae Beth sheared.

Dye the wool

• This the fire and wash tub that boiled the water and dyed the wool that came from the sheep that Mae Beth sheared.

Loom

• This is the loom that Mae Beth used to create the rug.

Weaving

• This is the precious Navajo rug that Mae Beth made from the wool that came from the sheep that Mae Beth sheared.

Home

• This is Mae Beth’s home where she creates weavings.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ByYj5G4-Hc

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtKnvc_9No

Objectives

• The students will be able to understand the process of weaving used by the Navajo Indians.

• Students will be able to recognize patterns in pictures of rugs made by different tribes.

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic weaving techniques by making a weaving using yarn.