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From the beginning, "most aspects of Churchill Weavers … set them apart from the rest of the mountain weaving ventures…." [4]: 134, 10 Unlike other mountain weaving enterprises Churchill Weavers employed both women and men and by the late 1940s provided jobs to as many as 150 people. Women tended to dominate other handweaving operations.
Chilkat blanket attributed to Mary Ebbetts Hunt (Anisalaga), 1823-1919, Fort Rupert, British Columbia.Height: 117 cm. (46 in.) [1] Chilkat weaving is a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest Coast peoples of Alaska and British Columbia.
Chilkat blanket in the collection of the University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Alaska. Traditional textiles of Northwest Coast tribes are enjoying a dramatic revival. Chilkat weaving and Ravenstail weaving are regarded as some of the most difficult weaving techniques in the world. A single Chilkat blanket can take an entire year ...
Fashion trends come and go, but one baby blankie has been in style for the past 60 years -- and you're probably familiar with it. In fact, you were probably wrapped in it. Nearly every newborn ...
Special blankets known as baby blankets are used to protect infants from the cold. Small children (and some adults) may also use a blanket as a comfort object. [12] Blankets may be spread on the ground for a picnic or where people want to sit in a grassy or muddy area without soiling their clothing. Temporary blankets have been designed for ...
The thick handspun yarns and synthetic dyes are typical of pieces made during the transition from blanket weaving to rug weaving, when more weavings were sold to outsiders. Commerce expanded after the Santa Fe Trail opened in 1822, and greater numbers of examples survive. Until 1880, all such textiles were blankets as opposed to rugs.
The blanket, which is 100% cotton and flannelized, has been used to wrap brand-new babies, but also doubles as a multi-use baby product for parents who end up taking one home from the hospital.
An example of the twine weave pattern from a blanket in the collection of the Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Twining is a type of weave and its modification double twined and two and three strand twining are used in many of the finest pieces of Salish weaving. The design produced is similar on both sides of the web.