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i ended up here trying to learn how to use my drop spindle (still no idea, none of the videos make any sense to me), but i find it interesting that the way i ended up making my yarn with my tool was way closer to that of the navajo spindle/the technique she's using. i wonder if it's something in my dna, the movement just made more sense to me

Great video, thanks 😊

Thanks for sharing.I really like the idea of rolling a long rod for spinning 😊

Thank you so much for sharing - your singing, carding, spinning, and how you raise your sheep. In reading about Diné weaving, I have found reference to second and third spinning, but I have never seen this demonstrated or explained. Can anyone shed some insight into this for me? Thank you!

Thank you very much for sharing.

Interesting. Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing.

Wonderful film with a most endearing subject. Learning how to spin myself, it is astonishing how many different techniques and traditions there are to produce yarn. Learned much through this - thank you all! 👏👏👏❤

I cherish people who are preserving traditional fiber arts and the folkways that accompany those arts❤. Thank you for sharing with us!

You are awesome

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Yah a teh Nahnibaa, u got some good looking sheep there.good singing too.

I've never seen a Navajo Spindle, that is so cool. I feel like I could really get into spinning that way

Beautiful thank you for sharing your voice and song! It brought tears to my eyes. I have no knowledge of my ancestors as it was hidden by my great grandmother for her protection and her children as I have come to understand. I wonder how much of my love for fiber arts and even the urge to get sheep comes from my ancestors.

Great song just love it and I see my mom Thanks you ❤

It was such an honor to watch your beautiful demonstration and to listen to your melodic voice. Thank you for sharing your culture and teaching us about your process. I am a knitter who lives in Amsterdam but moved from Arizona a couple of years ago. I work in yarn procurement for a knit shop and am trying to learn all I can about the process from land to sheep, to fleece to the people that prepare the yarn for handmade projects. I am so inspired to learn to prepare yarn and spin it myself.

Beautiful, fascinating video. But I do have a question: it's unusual to see spinners swap colours on the one yarn - unless they're using wool that has been dyed in multiple colours. I don't think I've ever seen a spinner deliberately change the thickness of the yarn they are making mid-yarn as it were. Was this for demonstration purposes or is it something the Navajo do traditionally or is it for a particular purpose? Sorry, more questions, do you ply the yarn once you've spun it? What will this yarn be used for?

Thank you.

I don't believe I could have said it better than Deborah Rosen, above. She is an eloquent writer and a keenly perceptive person. May I add my simple gratirude to you, ma'am, for sharing your ancient wisdom, your beautiful songs and your powerful medicine with those of us who would seek to learn at your knee. Many thanks from Tennessee!

Great Video :)

Thank you for this lovely demonstration - the minutes where you are just singing and spinning are so soothing. I love learning the types of activities that were historically evening-womens'-social types of things. A lot of my fiber and textile hobbies fit in here, even though I do them alone nowadays

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I am looking to acquire a Rio grande wheel . Wondering if a great wheel can be converted.

I love seeing how different cultures and communities spin their fibers. It’s such a common craft world wide with such beautiful variations. Thank you for sharing your art and craft with us ❤

Congratulations TahNibaa’, for your 2022 National Heritage Fellowship. This weaver and shepherd got recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Thank you, TahNibaa Naataanii, for sharing the songs and stories and keeping these historic traditions alive. I found myself trying to sing along with her, though I don't think I did very well. I know zero Diné.

I love the beautiful colors of your churro sheep, and the funny way they inspected the camera in the opening scene. I stayed with a Dine" family sometimes in the summer, and loved spinning. It was so soothing. Watching you card and sing and spin brings back many memories.

This video was a joy to watch. My mother’s family can be traced back to Polish spinners and weavers who moved from Poland to Flanders and The Netherlands out of poverty back when the Flemish cloth and tapestry industry was famous and profitable. They settled, integrated, became prosperous themselves. Somehow the art of spinning and weaving appeals to me and fascinates me but I’ve never taken the plunge more than very occasional dabbling. The background is vastly different, there is no comparison between the paths history has taken our families. But it strikes a chord. I do have a deep respect for family and for tradition. Maybe it’s that… One thing I absolutely loved was the connection you can feel throughout this video. The introduction alone: connecting to both the the maternal and paternal lines, followed by “I am a mother, I am a daughter, I am a weaver…” 💖 Every fiber in the yarn and later in the finished fabric is going to breathe the respect, the love, the tradition of the spinner and weaver. That makes the resulting work invaluable. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing ❤

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Thank you. I've seen old historical photographs where the wool was slapped upon cacti (pre card era). Enjoy your wool/sheep...my family and I raise sheep as well. ❤️🙏

I got a thigh spindle like yours a few years ago, but I don't draft like this. I might have to learn

Thank you for this. A friend just gifted one to me. I'm going to try it tonight, but going to learn from elders tomorrow night. Do you ever teach in Albuquerque?

that is beautiful!

Thank you so much.

I wish I could spend the day listening to you❤

Where is the tension adjusted on these wheels?

Hello from Devon UK. I am a spinner using an Ashford wheel but I love the idea of trying a Navajo Spindle. Are they available to buy in the UK?

Aheehee for sharing! I love this so much!!! I wish I could have learned this from my grandmother before she passed away.

Beautiful and fascinating! Thank you ❤

Work and song go together, not like the insensate noise from the Radio, but son from the soul. Thank you for this, and the lesson in Navajo spinning.

Peaceful.

Such a beautiful way to work. Singing and carrying tradition. Thank you for sharing your light. I am not native but I always feel such a connection with the old ways that I feel emotional about it.

As I remember it 💓

I could listen to her speak and watch her spin for hours

Hello. I came out of a mild interest in the spinning, and became absolutely fascinated by her singing and explanations of the cultural heritage! I especially loved that she took the time to explain the song after having sung it. It is wonderful to have even a small insight of what the song was about. It makes me also very curious into what the other 'weaving/working' songs are that she spoke about. Would I be wrong to presume that there were small weaving instructions 'woven' into the music? Ummm... no pun was intended! ;)

Thank you so much. I came onto RUclips looking for information about Navajo spindles and spinning to share with a long-time friend who is a new spinner, and I found your wonderful video. I had the honor of visiting with your mother on the Navajo Nation a long time ago--likely the summer of 1996. So glad to "meet" you through this video.

Looking through you tube, learning about spindles, and stumbled onto a beautiful soul. Thank you for posting. Blessings ~

My first attempt at spinning was on a Navajo spindle, and after trying other types, I always come back to this method. It's so relaxing. And you give yourself a nice leg massage in the process!

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