Los Vigiles Living Traditions Fiber Studio and Supply

10/29/2026

10/29/2026

More mug rugs.

10/22/2026

A women’s fitted Chimayo vest available for sale.

10/03/2026

Formerly the Taos Wool Festival, now beginning a new chapter in Durango.

Join us in Durango, Colorado the first week in October for the Mountain and Valley Fiber Arts Festival (formerly the Taos Wool Festival). A fiber arts festival for makers, learners, growers, artists, and the beautifully fiber-curious.

10/03/2026

This month, our spinning group will be at the Mountain and Valley Fiber Arts Festival on Saturday, October 3rd, not at the Museum. If you are interested in anything related to the fiber arts, go to the festival at the fairgrounds. More information is available on their website mavwafiberartsfest.org.

10/02/2026

It’s Wool Month 🤍🐑

This October, we’re bringing together farmers, makers, designers, brands and wool lovers to celebrate one of the world’s most remarkable natural fibres: wool.

We’ll share the stories, people and products that make wool special, from the farmers caring for the land and their flocks to the makers, designers and brands. Let’s share the facts, celebrate the people behind it and tell everyone how brilliant wool really is. 🐑🤍

To launch Wool Month 2026, we’re sharing this beautiful image and the words of Australian photographer, writer and grazier Xan :

“I’ve always been drawn to people who live and work on the land. Growing up, many of our friends and family were graziers. Conversations often centred around the weather, the wool market and the price of sheep and cattle.

Now, I too am one of those people. I’m married to a grazier, and together we run a sheep grazing enterprise consisting of merinos and composite ewes. We’re passionate about our land and care deeply about maintaining healthy soils, plenty of groundcover and giving paddocks a rest from livestock grazing. This love and way of life is what drew me to documenting farming as a photographer and writer.

Here in Australia, the merino is synonymous with Australian farming. Some of the finest and softest wool is grown by farmers I’ve had the opportunity to meet and photograph. Growing such an exceptional and environmentally friendly product means caring for the merinos that grow it. You can see the pride farmers have for their flock. They’re committed to breeding healthy, well-cared-for merinos that thrive, because a healthy merino grows beautiful wool.

I’m forever inspired by the people I meet when capturing farming operations. Many are family run, with everyone involved, from parents and grandparents to the kids.

For many of us, farming is not just a job, it’s a way of life. It’s caring for the land and livestock, waking early, finishing late and working through blistering summers and bitterly cold winters.

This love for what they do, what we do, is why I love to photograph it.”

09/29/2026

Getting ready for Durango wool festival for the last 9 months. Our life feels full and productive. Come see our new works at our studio and/or Durango fiber festival this weekend.