Monday, May 9, 2011

Chimayo, New Mexico


Orgega’s Weaving
In the early 1700's, a young man named Gabriel Ortega was among a group of settlers who came to the Northern Rio Grande Valley to settle in what is now Chimayo, New Mexico. In those days life was difficult which meant Gabriel Ortega and his contemporaries were self-sufficient people. One of the skills needed to survive was weaving, with which they made clothes, blankets, rugs and even mattresses.  


  

Owner of Ortega's weaving


 Picking out items they like best

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