Contemporary Navajo Weaving: Two Grey Hills, Weaver Rena Begay, 72 x 43

  True Two Grey Hills rugs are woven of natural, undyed, hand spun wool in designs of white, black, and brown. Weavers produce subtle shades of these basic hues by carding together wool from different sheep. The wool is often quite fine, requiring more weaving time but resulting in an exquisite rug.

Because of the considerable time and effort required to prepare hand spun wool, rugs made from it may cost twice as much as those of comparable size made from commercial yarns.The design does not represent hills. Two Grey Hills rugs are named for a village in New Mexico. They tend to have a plain, dark border, but the patterns are often more complicated than those of a Ganado or Klagetoh. Like other styles with borders, many Two Grey Hills rugs have a spirit line.