Lisa Rayner

Lisa Rayner has been writing about weaving techniques and patterns, permaculture, solar cooking, home canning, and sourdough baking since 1996. Lisa is also a longtime weaver. Lisa lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 7,000 feet elevation at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the Rio Grande Rift, formerly living in Flagstaff, Arizona at 7,000 feet at the foot of the San Francisco Peaks (Hopi: Nuva'tukya'ovi, Diné/Navajo: Dook'o'oosłííd) on the Colorado Plateau. ※ 1970s Learned how to weave on rigid heddle & shaft looms as a child ※ 1988 Geology intern, Museum of Northern Arizona ※ 1991 Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Interpretation (geology and ecology), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff ※ 1993 Black Mesa Permaculture Project Design Certification, Black Mesa, Arizona ※ 1994 Coconino County Master Gardener Program, Arizona ※ 1995 Began weaving professionally ※ 1996‒2013 Wrote six books on permaculture, solar cooking, sourdough & natural canning ※ 2004‒2012 Juniper Street Community Garden Coordinator, Flagstaff ※ 2008 Martin-Springer Institute Moral Courage Award, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff ※ 2008 Friends of Flagstaff's Future Livable Community Award, Flagstaff, Arizona ※ 2009 Garden’s for Humanity Visionary Awardee, Sedona, Arizona ※ 2013 Lisa Rayner Handwovens Etsy shop opened ※ 2015 Handwoven magazine published Lisa Rayner's Mermaid Scarf article with the scarf as the cover photo ※ 2023 All NEW book editions published on Amazon ※ 2018 to present Publishes weaving books and patterns on Etsy