The book Indian Blankets And Their Makers was written by author James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 Here you can read free online of Indian Blankets And Their Makers book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Indian Blankets And Their Makers a good or bad book?
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128. Navaho Weaver at Work. Showing batten stick horizontally placed ready to beat down the weft. FIG. 129. Batten Stick in Position to Allow Weft to Pass Through. FIG. 130. Novel Arrangement of the Loom. (From a painting by Cassidy Davis, owned by J. L. Hubbell, Ganado, Ariz. ) A NAVAHO WEAVER AT WORK 107 of colored, and larger balls of white, black, or gray yarn being used as shuttles, though occasionally a thread may be wrapped around the end of a stick for more convenient handling. Squatted... upon a sheep skin or a folded blanket before the warp, she decides to begin by weaving in the lower shed. She draws a portion of the healds towards her, and with them the anterior threads of the shed; by this motion she opens the shed about i inch, which is not sufficient for the easy passage of the woof. She inserts her batten edgewise into this opening and then turns it half around on its long axis, so that its broad surface lies horizontally; in this way the shed is opened to the extent of the width of the batten about three inches; next the weft is passed through.
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