Spinning and Weaving in the Colonial US

Apparently documenting history in film (now video) is not a new idea. Here, via the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1920 or so (!) are some reenactors showing us how spinning and weaving were done closer to Colonial times in the US.   (How many reenactors were there in 1920?) Impressive!

Navaho carding and spinning

This lovely video features Clara Sherman, a master spinner and weaver from the Navaho Nation, which is located in northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico (I had to look that up!). 

I was unsure how long the Navaho had used sheep for textiles, turns out it's a long time...have a listen to this courtesy of NPR...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127797442