Did you know that the loom and the computer are related? In 1740 Jacques de Vaucanson designed the first usable automated draw loom.… Read more...
Salish Wooly Dogs
Woolly Dogs
by Elizabeth Flower Anderson Miller
I have been studying since 1987, the wool dog or woolly dog, grown for at least 700 years, possibly 2500 years, by the First Nations or Native American peoples in the areas now western British Columbia and western Washington.… Read more...
Salish Blankets
The Salish were known as the weavers of the Pacific Northwest. They used the materials around them, hair from mountain goats, and fibers from native plants such as Indian hemp and stinging nettle.… Read more...
Valentines Heart Draft
A Valentine Heart Weaving draft woven on 6 shafts.
Andean Weaving
Follow these links to sunnier climates and wonderful weaving sites.
Nilda lives in the mountains of Peru. She has tended sheep since she was small.… Read more...
Weavers Guilds
If you are a beginner weaver, you may have already purchased a book or two on learning to weave. Someone may have given you a small table loom, or perhaps you have jumped right in and purchased a larger floor loom.… Read more...