Rocks Formations of the San Juan Basin-New Mexico

I have been working in Farmington, NM for nearly two years and have had the pleasure of seeing some fantastic Rock Formations. I told my co-worker today that Farmington seems to look all the same but at the same time, looks different around everyone corner. Some of these images have been posted to FB. I wanted to take a closer look at some of these quite wonderful rocks in the San Juan Basin.

Eyelet Rock_Manzanares Mesa
 

When I first arrived here in Farmington, i wasn't sure what to think of the place. Once i started looking about, i really fell in love with the place.
The rock formations and unique landscapes are what I really love. Here are few of the awesome rock formations that I have seen. Once I have learned the rock formations in strata, I will post again. tj

Hole in the rock 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Eyelet rock is just off of Highway 64 on your way to Dulce. It is just before you approach Manzanares Canyon.



Hole in Rock is up near the Cedar Hill area. There little community before the Colorado border. I walked out to a fire and spotted this cool formation on my way out. It was so cool. It reminded me of the shafts in those caverns back east. 



Off to right is what i call Molar Rock, found in Kutz Canyon.
Can you say erosion. A lot of formations look like this and you can almost always predict wind and water type erosion through the years.

Molar Rock

Flintstone Rock

I call the formation on the left, Flintstone rock. Just because. Everytime i drive off the beaten path, I see another arch of some kind.







Last but not least (below), Duck in a rock found in Vereda Canyon. Spendid family of Ducks eh? ~ Tess

Ducks in a row Formation

Knitted Navajo rug design

Wide Ruins Design

Starting in the 1920's, Native American rug designs were named for the regions where they originated. Some of my favorite rug designs are from the Navajo Reservation. My friend Hank Hayou from Chinle, Arizona made me two rugs. One was a Ganado Red design with an an eye dazzler.  The other rug Hank made was the Wide Ruins design.  The art of weaving is alive and well. The idea of making a rug sounded so intriguing to me. I liked the mystery of how they weaved designs using wool from local wool, dyed from natural fibers. I once asked one of my friends if she would teach me to weave.  After thinking about it, I decided that i would just watch people weave.

Hank Hayou presenting the Ganado Red with eye dazzler

The rug pictured above was the rug made for my Mom. My neighbor and friend Hank Hayou wove this rug  night after night. He finally finished it and offered it up to me. I thought it was brilliant.
http://navajorug.com/html/navajo-churro-collection.htm

I have decided to knit a pillow using the color work of the Navajo designs with the fair isle knitting technique I know so well.These are the two pillows that I have knit in the round. I will secure stitches and steek them as soon as I can.

Desert pillows knit in Fairisle

When you knit in the round, you are able to see your colorwork, eliminating the purl stitch. This is nice once you get the steeking figured out. The photos below show the technique for steeking. To secure the steek, you crochet up along the steek stitch. Once you have mastered that, you cut along the edge. Then you can open up your work. For this particular project, I am making pillows for my friend Marilyn. The photo shows me securing the stitch up the center of the steek stitches.

Once you have it secured, you cut along the steek, opening it up as you go. This is the scary part because you don't want to cut your work, especially fairisle. Once you are done, you can open up your work. I have put one row of knit edge on this but I am suppose to do an applied I-cord now. Now all i have to do is sew the knit piece to a backing and then wrap around my pillow that i bought for $1.50 from sierra trading post. I will be working on another pillow called the Mosaic pillows. tess *