La Nativa Jorongo

La Nativa Jorongo is giving us all the happy feels that say it’s all on the details. All sales are final  One Size  Hand wash cold. Hang dry   Did you know la Jerga is part of the Rio Grande weaving tradition that goes back to Spanish Colonial times is called jerga. Historically, jerga was woven as a utilitarian fabric, used as a tarp, or carrier, or for wrapping things up. It was strictly a wool textile. Someone with wealth might demonstrate that by putting jerga down as a floor covering. It was woven in long strips and cut and seamed to make a piece of fabric of the desired size. And many of the jergas that survived to the present are very large. The Spanish Colonial jergas were woven on simple four harness looms made of raw lumber. Two Rio Grande looms, a four harness loom on the left and a two harness loom on the right. The Spanish Colonial jerga was woven on four-harness looms using a straight twill, or, less commonly, as a diamond twill. Moving into more modern times, the jerga s