The 'Colorful Cowgirl' spins horsehair into mecate reins, the family's craft | Oregon Field Guide

Known as the "Colorful Cowgirl," Gloria Michelle is putting her personal twist into a four-generation family tradition of handmaking mecate reins out of horsehair.
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  • @kimbernimue7721
    @kimbernimue77214 ай бұрын

    This is incredible, love so much!!!!!!!

  • @jer3996
    @jer39968 ай бұрын

    I always pick a video for the fam to learn something over dinner.....at the table. I think I'm gonna get some interest tonight.

  • @lisakuehn6436
    @lisakuehn64362 ай бұрын

    Beautiful.

  • @starrider4878
    @starrider487810 ай бұрын

    Beautiful ☝️💜💫

  • @MattCookOregon
    @MattCookOregon10 ай бұрын

    Love it.

  • @2012feartheginger
    @2012feartheginger10 ай бұрын

    This is stunning. I would love one!

  • @Samtzu
    @Samtzu6 ай бұрын

    Absolutely beautiful. I don't ride, but I would love a rope like that... and I'll bet that they are STRONG!!

  • @nmelkhunter1
    @nmelkhunter19 ай бұрын

    Very neat. I just watched a video on my cellphone about a tradition that’s 300 ? years old being built on equipment that also very traditional. That’s way neat!

  • @collettespeidel
    @collettespeidel4 ай бұрын

    These are beautiful...where can i get them?

  • @ritamclaughlin9681
    @ritamclaughlin96819 ай бұрын

    Beautiful! As a hand spinner, I wonder how you are balancing the twist,especially when you plied all those strands together. Very interesting!

  • @jjackson-7660
    @jjackson-76603 ай бұрын

    How long are your strands before you start twisting? There must be a lot of shrinkage as they twist. Absolutely beautiful.

  • @carlosmante
    @carlosmante10 ай бұрын

    The word Mecate cames from the Mexica or Nahuatl "Mecatl".

  • @hubriscube
    @hubriscube10 ай бұрын

    *deleted*

  • @grungerobotnow

    @grungerobotnow

    10 ай бұрын

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  • @hubriscube

    @hubriscube

    10 ай бұрын

    @@grungerobotnow I mis-read. That's actually hilarious.

  • @d.e.7467

    @d.e.7467

    Ай бұрын

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