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Transitional blanket
Date:	Circa 1880-1885

“I like this because the squares are all squares—there are no diamonds to mix it up. The weaver was consistent in her design choices.” —Barbara Ornelas (laughing)

“Diamonds are just little dots, like pixels, which are squares, so they’re all squares anyway.” —Michael Ornelas

“Yeah, mom. You take a diamond and turn it and—you know what you’ve got?—you’ve got a square!” —Sierra Ornelas (smiling)

“This blanket was woven at the end of the “wearing blanket era,” just as the railroad came into the Southwest in 1881. The heavier handspun yarns and synthetic dyes are typical of pieces made during the transition from blanket weaving to rug weaving.” —Ann Hedlund

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Tapestry weave, interlocked joins

0.79 x 1.13 m; Tassels 0.040 m
44.488 x 31.102 in.; Tassels 1.575 in.

Catalog No. 8369

ASM purchase from Nelle A. Dermont, 1919

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Grey	None	10
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Red	Synthetic	40
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Yellow	Native	40
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	White	None	40
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Green	Indigo+Native	40
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Orange	Synthetic	40
Weft	Wool	Handspun	--	Z	--	Blue	Indigo	61
Ecord	Wool	Handspun	3	z	S	Red	Synthetic	2
Other	Wool	Commercial	(2	z	S)Z	Red	Synthetic, Tested 2004	--
* threads/inch