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Weaving Articles

Paper Wall Hangings
Don't throw out that gift wrap. Recycle it with these woven wall hangings.

Japanese Paper Weaving
The art of weaving with paper has been perfected in Japan in the techniques of Shifu and Saga Nashiki.

Spiral Socks
Tuatara posted this recipe for making spiral socks. No heel to turn!

Summer & Winter Draft
The 4 shaft Summer/Winter draft gives simple and versatile blocks of colour.

Christmas Gift Tags
Print these Christmas gift tags for your special woven and handspun gift giving.

Handmade Felt
You can easily make your own felt in your bathtub. Here's how.
Handmade Felt - part 2

Lovers Knot Draft
A traditional overshot pattern.

A Yarn Tells a Story
A 3 metre piece of yarn tells of Norse travels in the Canadian Arctic.

Cat's Paw and Snail's Tail Draft
A traditional Overshot draft of cat's paws walking in a snail's trail.

NAFTA & Hand-loomed Products
Under the Free Trade Agreement, it might be possible to export handwoven products duty free.

Advanced Twill Draft
A silk and tencel scarf using an advanced twill draft.

A Good Shed
You can get a good shed even on a counterbalance loom. Here's how.
A Good Shed - part 2

Textile Dictionary
Our Textile Dictionary is an ongoing project of textile terms, translations and definitions of weaving and spinning terms.

Bubble Draft
Weave "shrinky-dink" fabrics and other 3 dimensional effects with this draft.

Textiles Stamps
A virtual gallery of postage stamps that have a weaving, spinning or textiles related theme.

Museum of Textiles
A visit to the Museum of Textiles in Toronto, and the Mothers of Invention exhibit.

Clipart - Overshot Buttons & Drafts
Dess up your computer with these Overshot clipart buttons and related weaving drafts.
Clipart - Overshot Buttons & Drafts - part 2

Wool Roving Rug
Warm up your toes on this easy-to-weave rug, made with wool roving.

Finnish Textiles
A gallery of traditional Finnish textiles: Poppana, takana, doubleweave pickup, raanu, rya.
Finnish Textiles - Doubleweave pickup, Takana
Finnish Textiles - Rya rugs

Finnish Textiles - Raanu, wall hangings

Finnish Lace Block Throw
Weave a cotton throw in lace weave.

Ladder Hem Stitch Finish
A Ladder Hemstitch can make a nice finish for the edge of your handwoven throw or table runner and can be quickly sewn on the loom.

How to Fix a Threading Error
Have you ever made a huge threading error, or even a small one, and don't want to undo it all and rethread? A replacement heddle might be the answer.

Turkish Spindle - Product Review
A Turkish spindle is an ingenious invention that forms a centre-pull ball as you spin.
Turkish Spindle - Product Review - part 2

Loom-Shaped Clothing
Gloria Vaughn Hann describes her method of designing clothing on the loom.

Lucet Braiding
Instructions for using a Lucet to make flat braiding.

Renaissance Faire
I had an unique and enjoyable opportunity to give a spinning demonstration at a Renaissance Faire.
Renaissance Faire - part 2

Natural Dyes and Recipes
A table of natural dye and mordant recipes.

Add a Guild
Submission form for adding your guild to our database.

HWSDA Conference 2000
A photo gallery of the workshops and show during the recent Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Conference in Edmonton, AB.

Resources for the Creative Traveller
A book review and a guided tour of what you will find in your travels to the U.K.

Huck Lace
Huck lace weaving drafts.

Hemp and Leno Lace Project
Weave a hammock using hemp, leno and huck lace.

Junk Store Treasures
A photo gallery of antique and well-used spinning wheels and tools.
Junk Store Treasures - part 2
Junk Store Treasures - part 3
Junk Store Treasures - part 4

Handspun Silk Top
Using handspun Rainbow-dyed silk top, this summer sweater pattern knits up quickly.
Rainbow Dyed Silk
Handspun Silk Top - part 3
Handspun Silk Top - part 4

Table of Setts
Though you still need to sample, this handy table of setts for cotton and linen yarns will get you started on your weaving project.

Water Jug Warping
Are you waiting for a family member or friend to help warp your loom? You can do it better by yourself.
10 Steps of Warping
You can learn to warp your loom, in 10 easy steps.

How Your Spinning Wheel Spins
Learning to control twist and tension on your wheel.
Adjusting the Scotch Tension

McMorran Balance
Using a McMorran balance to calculate how much yarn you have left.

Spinning Pet Fur
Is spinning your pet's fur illegal in New Jersey?

Make Your Own Dye Box
Using a dye box can prevent nasty dye spills.

Atayal Weaving
Kathleen Forance Johnson shares her travels and weaving experiences with Atayal weavers of Taiwan.

Improving Your Edges
One of the biggest challenges for the beginner weaver is to produce clean selvages.

Name Drafting - 8 Shaft
Continuing from the previous feature, name drafting using 8 shafts.
Name Drafting Part 2
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Handweaving Books

Weaving for Beginners: An Illustrated Guide (Peggy Osterkamp's New Guide to Weaving Series) Provides beginners with the information they need to weave in a clear and enjoyable step-by-step way. UK: Weaving for Beginners
The Handweaver's Pattern Directory Introduction to the tools, equipment, fibers, and yarns used with four-shaft looms, this reference features patterns for 600 different weaves, including twill, zigzag, diamond, herringbone, and block UK: Handweavers Pattern Directory
The Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns A thousand different patterns on more than 25 weave structures. UK: 8 Shaft Patterns
The Weaver's Companion (The Companion Series) Information on looms, yarn, methods of warping, drafting, troubleshooting, planning, and fabric finishing. UK: Weavers Companion
A Handweaver's Pattern Book A collection of 377 patterns for four-harness weaving, organized in groups of similar designs. This is one of the first weaving books I bought and it is still one of my favourites. UK: Handweavers Pattern Book
The Magic of Handweaving About the art of hand weaving, including the history and heritage of this timeless art, how looms work, what tools and equipment to use, the basics of good technique. UK: Magic of Handweaving
The Big Book of Weaving: Handweaving in the Swedish Tradition: Techniques, Patterns, Designs and Materials This book covers basic subjects such as warping a loom and making bobbins of weft, as well as more elaborate, highly decorative projects: baby blankets, shawls, table cloths, and linen hand towels. UK: Big Book of Weaving
The Treasure Chest of Swedish Weaving Complete pattern drafts for rugs, curtain, table cloths, towels, bedspreads. UK: Treasure Chest of Swedish Weaving
Hand Weaving Patterns From Finland UK: Handweaving Patterns from Finland
Keep Me Warm One Night: Early Handweaving in Eastern Canada Coverlets & other items, including clothing, primarily of the 19th Century. UK: Keep Me Warm
Manual Of Swedish Handweaving A comprehensive book on handweaving in general which draws on the Swedish handweaving tradition, looms, charts, diagrams, weave composition patterns, technical drawings. UK: Manual Of Swedish Handweaving
Swedish Handweaving 180 handweaving patterns for pillows, curtains, blankets, rugs: 4 harness twills, honeycomb, lace, rosepath, extended point twills, damask. UK: Swedish Handweaving
The Weaver's Book: Fundamentals of Handweaving UK: Fundamentals of Handweaving
Key to Weaving: A Textbook of Hand-Weaving Techniques and Pattern Drafts for the Beginning Weaver A definitive guide to handloom weaving: step-by-step instructions, intricacies of color, fiber and how to use them effectively. UK: Key to Weaving
Weaving For Worship Handweaving for Churches and Synagogues UK: Weaving for Worship
Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age From the Industrial Age to the Information Age, connecting the loom to thefirst proper computer. UK: Jacquards Web
Mastering Weave Structures How to design threadings, channel the design power of the tie-up, and make the most of threading options, as well as understand fibers, setts, and color interactions. UK: Mastering Weave Structures
Favorite Scandinavian Projects to Weave: 45 Stylish Designs for the Modern Home A collection of 45 different furnishing textiles: colorful blankets, fanciful table runners, classic curtains, and embroidered hand towels. UK: Favorite Scandinavian Projects to Weave
Rug Weaving Techniques: Beyond the Basics Concise instructions and explanatory diagrams techniques for plain weave, twill and block weaves. UK: Rug Weaving Techniques
Weaving Made Easy: 17 Projects Using a Simple Loom The small, portable rigid heddle loom can be used to easily produce loose, drape-friendly fabric as well as dense, sturdy material. UK: Weaving Made Easy
The Weaver's Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid Heddle Loom Techniques include leno, Brooks bouquet, soumak, and embroidery on fabric. UK: Weavers Idea Book
Collapse Weave: Creating Three-Dimensional Cloth Collapse cloth when removed from the loom and washed, takes on an entirely different appearance as the threads draw up and create puckers. UK: Collapse Weave
The Weaver's Studio: Doubleweave How to weave a tube, and a tube within a tube. UK: Doubleweave
Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving Wonderful projects and plain-weave variations, this user-friendly guide covers choosing, setting up, and weaving on a rigid heddle loom. UK: Hands on Rigid Heddle
The Woven Bag: 30+ Projects from Small Looms (Writers Digest Guides) Each bag is created using small looms, such as potholder looms, frame looms and knotted mesh looms. UK: The Woven Bag

Linen Weaving

Linen from flax seed to woven cloth Learn about flax cultivation, processing and spinning, natural and synthetic dyeing, and weaving and finishing linen cloth. UK: Linen from flax seed..
How to weave linens UK: How to Weave Linens
Reflections From A Flaxen Past : For Love of Lithuanian Weaving Flax tools and faces from archival photographs; textile images and patterns. UK: Reflections from a Flaxen Past

Rug Weaving Books

Making Rag Rugs: 15 Step-by-Step Projects Step-by-step instructions for 15 rugs that are hooked, prodded, clipped, or braided. UK: Making Rag Rugs
The Rag Rug Handbook Rag rugs from basic information to drafts for 20 traditional two- and four-shaft patterns. UK:Rag Rug Handbook
The Braided Rug Book: Creating Your Own American Folk Art The classic guide to an enduring American craft - Beginners will learn about wools and other materials, how to care for finished rugs, and how to recognize a quality rug. UK: Braided Rug Book
Twined Rag Rugs: Tradition in the Making Twining done with rag strips is an effective technique for making sturdy objects like rugs, bath mats, baskets, and bags. UK: Twined Rag Rugs

Weaving Videos

Warping the Loom Back to Front - A DVD Workshop with Peggy Osterkamp This workshop thoroughly explores the process of dressing a loom by yourself, from back to front. UK: Warping the Loom

Silk Textile Books

The Silk Weavers of Kyoto: Family and Work in a Changing Traditional Industry The makers of obi, the elegant and costly sash worn over kimono in Japan, belong to an endangered species. Tamara Hareven integrates historical research with intensive life history interviews to reveal the relationships among family, work, and community in this highly specialized occupation. UK: Silk Weavers of Kyoto
Silk Paper: A Guide To Making It And Using It In Textile Art the basic methods for creating silk paper in step-by-step detail to create flat and 3D designs, from framed pieces to jewelry. UK: Silk Paper
The Book of Silk Following the Silk Road from China and Japan through Asia into Europe, the story is as variegated as the rich colors, weaves, and embroideries that were used for the ceremonial or everyday accoutrements of the wealthy and powerful. UK:Book of Silk

Weaving and Dye Books

Woven Shibori (The Weaver's Studio series) Unlike traditional shibori, which uses stitches placed by needle on commercial cloth in the dyeing process, the "stitches" used in this new process are woven directly into the cloth, thus becoming part of the cloth's construction. UK: Woven Shibori

Weaving Books: Kindle

Small Loom & Freeform Weaving Kindle version Included are 30 small weaving projects, some of which can easily be completed in an evening or weekend. UK: Small Loom and Freeform Weaving

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