ways to use up yarn

This is one pretty charming way. Especially if you are on the receiving end.  I like how she braided strands together instead of just wrapping it round and round.

From my friend Julie. She said she thought of consulting  Shear Spirit and making a Navajo Braid with the yarn. Her saying that, and actually referencing the book? A gift, too.

Navajo braid from churro sheep roving  on Jay Begay's ranch, on the rez in Arizona 

Here's a link from our photo shoot there.

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ps inside was the novel Swamplandia by Karen Russell.