6. MARIE LEARNS TO WEAVE
It is about this period in my own weaving career that Marie tells me the story of her own struggles in learning. "You have good yarn and good tools," she says, "and we help you all we can. You ought to learn fast. When I learned no one would help me, and I had to teach myself." So saying, she tells me the following story.
When Atlnaba was little, an older sister who was an expert weaver was living.
Atlnaba, a mere baby of four, earnestly watched her older sister at her work. Finally,
Atlnaba said she wanted to weave too. The elders thought her desire amusing, but Adjiba was lenient and let the baby try to weave on her own blanket. The sister showed the child how to work; she learned remarkably fast. She had no loom of her own at first, but if she made mistakes
