This undated photo shows Anna Brown Ehlers, right, and her daughter wearing Chilkat blankets she wove. (Photo courtesy of Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie/National Endowment for the Arts) Chilkat weaver ...

“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one day she may grow to be a fine weaver ...

When I was a kid, I would weave warm and fuzzy miniature blankets for my Barbie dolls using a tiny loom. Maybe it's no wonder, then, that years later my husband and I covet decorative, traditionally ...