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Just a few of the foreign invited guest speakers: Luisa Govea of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, weaver of fine silk ikat shawls using designs from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Ann Pollard Rowe – I met her in 2007 at the Textile Museum in Washington, a meeting which led me to a wonderful weaving and spinning adventure in coastal Ecuador and it was lovely to have the opportunity to see her again. She gave a presentation entitled “Looms of the Americas”. D.Y Begay who spoke on the traditions and practices of Navajo weaving. Judith MacKenzie’s talk was entitled “Fibers of the Americas”.