Take In Chama's Peaceful Paradise
TIME SLOWS TO a relaxing pace in Chama, making it easy to pause and take in the beauty of the surrounding mountains, rolling meadows, and sparkling Río Chama that runs along the east side of this…
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Tag: Tierra Wools
Weaving Workshops at Your Fingertips
AT WILD WEST WEAVING, in Silver City, owner Hosana Eilert specializes in Chimayó– and Río Grande–style weavings created with handspun and dyed Churro fleece. Her three-hour Beginner Río Grande Weaving…
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Chama Goes Full Steam Ahead
FROM WHERE WE STAND in a grassy basin, brush conceals the herd of cattle, but when the Trout Stalker Ranch manager calls them with a trilling prrr, cows moo back. The herd plods down the slope and…
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Fresh Meat at Shepherd's Lamb
Clockwise from top left: Ground lamb, loin chops, rip chops, kebab meat, shank, frenched rack of lamb. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. THAT SMILING FACE AT THE SANTA FE FARMERS’ MARKET belongs to…
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Sheep School
Above: Kathleen Mower (right) holds a freshly cleaned and combed ball of sheep's wool. Photographs by Stefan Wachs. LAST YEAR, TWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS, I found myself shivering in a dusty barn in…
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Dyed in the Wool
Above: Learn to make your own yarn at the Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center. Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. WEND INTO WEAVING HOW TO START Get acquainted with the state’s Fiber Arts Trails…
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