Navajo Rug Red Color Runs

A colored photo of a southwestern rug practically jumped off the page of the pueblo chieftain classifieds in july and early august.
Navajo rug red color runs. Burnham s trading post yarn is custom spun to our specifications. The colors in navajo weaving can come from a variety of sources. Weavers around the nearby trading post at klagetoh arizona also owned by hubbell often worked in the same colors and patterns but reversed the color scheme and used a grey ground with red white and black central motifs. The cochineal came in the form of a cloth called bayeta which the navajo then unraveled and respun to be used for blankets and clothing.
Ganado is a classic navajo design style that originated in 1878 at a new mexico trading post run by a guy named john lorenzo hubbell who found he could sell red rugs by the trainload back east via mail order catalog. We carry a wide variety of navajo rugs in almost any traditional style and color. Navajo rug red found in. And while methods have varied over the years early navajo weavers began using natural plant dyes as far back as the 1700s.
In the 1700 1800s the wool was often dyed with indigo dye blue and cochineal red. Rugstudio sample sale 127665r red area rug safavieh adirondack adr117f red black area rug surya steinberger sib 1005. History of red mesa rugs between the years of 1860 and 1910 the introduction of commercials dyes and yarns began to rapidly change the color palette of standard navajo weavings. When you see a mass produced rug pitched as having a native american design it s usually a riff on a ganado.
The rug has whirling logs on it a sacred navajo symbol. Teec nos pos two grey hills yei and ganado red navajo rugs are our speciality but we also carry many other traditional styles. Instead red cloth was imported from england as the english were accomplished at extracting carmine dye from the cochineal beetle. All of our navajo rugs and weaving s for sale are bought from the navajo weaver at our store on the navajo indian reservation.
Back then wool was often dyed using. Colors in navajo rugs. Weavers have been dyeing the wool for their weavings to create beautiful artistry nearly as long as they ve been making rugs tapestries throws and blankets. The red mesa designed blankets were the only ones that moved forward into the rug period to become a regional style all other blanket styles faded away.
Ganados remain one of the most widely recognized styles of navajo rugs. The ganado and klagetoh style rugs continue to be made to this day and are among the most popular of all navajo rug designs. Although we make every effort to make sure that yarns match in color between runs it is best to purchase enough yarn in the colors that you need to complete your project.