Najavo Weavings

A good Navajo weaving is anything but flimsy. Three million pairs of boots and shoes tracked across a rug carpeting the entrance floors to the New Mexico state exhibit hall at the 1933 Chicago world’s fair. Not a thread was found to be broken. The Navajos created woven blankets and rugs that are beautiful, practical and, some say, so tightly woven they could hold a bucket of water and not lose a drop. The bold, geometric designs show up in everything from shoulder blankets, worn like shawls