Weaving Resources
The weaving resources are separated into multiple categories. We realized that some of the links could be in more than one category, but to eliminate duplicate listings, we chose to only list each link once, hopefully in the more representative category.
- Guild of Canadian Weavers newsletters. These are located in the “members only” section of their website.
- Using a warp as a Blank Canvas. from Handwowen Magazine.
- Instructions to make a möbius cowl — all woven, no sewing — shown on a rigid heddle loom, but should be adaptable for other looms.
- Short video from the San Juan County Textile Guild (Puget Sound) demonstrating an attractive finishing for rug fringe.
- Craft in America: Visionaries featuring interviews with Jack Lenor Larsen (textile designer) and Kay Sekimachi (fibre artist), among others (~1 hour).
- Blog The Tea Towel and Why Weavers Love Them by Qualicum Weavers and Spinners Guild.
- Lily Hope: Tlingit Weaver of Chilkat and Ravenstail from Handwoven Magazine. An excellent introduction to Lily Hope can be found on her website.
- First Phase Chief’s Blanket story by John Moran Auctioneers (youtube video)
- Weaver’s Word Finder by Harriet D Tidball.
- A Pocket dictionary of weaving terms for today’s weavers by Madelyn van der Hoogt.
- Weaving Linen (1940-1949) by British Instructions Films presentation.
- Singles Warp? Yes, you can! by Spin Off Magazine.
- Visions From The Loom: featuring The Saunderstown Weaving School (show).
- Handweavers Guild of America Facebook albums of current and past exhibits.
- Marcy Petrini’s pictionary. It’s a fabulous collection of more than 70 weave structures.
- Adventures in Shibori, handweaving exhibition From Dianne’s Loom Talk blog.
- Use your Thrums: Knotted Cut Pile by Handwoven Magazine.
- Use your thrums and weftovers: Dryer Balls by Handwoven Magazine.
- Handweaving.net This site provide the global weaving community with access to thousands of weaving drafts and pdf downloads of many historical weaving documents.
- Joan Carrigan was invited by Jane Stafford Textiles to teach an introduction to basketmaking. How to Weave an Open Twined Garlic Basket is the resulting video.
- Other Fibrey things happening in 2020 from Dianne’s Loom Talk Blog.
- Two more exhibits from the virtual Convergence 2020: Seasons in the Smokies (wearable art) and Vistas Along the Appalachian Trail (yardage).
- The Mexican weaver reimagining an ancient Zapotec art form, a BBC Cultural Frontline introduction to textile artist Porfirio Gutierrez.
- Ancient Weaving with Porfirio Gutierrez from PBS SoCal.
- Why Not Knot? by Handwoven Magazine.
- Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) weekly hour-long event called Textiles and Tea, via zoom or follow live on Facebook or on the HGA website.
- How an 1803 Jacquard Loom Led to Computer Technology (2 min Youtube video)
- Randall Darwall: On handmade vs industrialized weaving, a quick 2 minutes video.
- Textile artist Cameron Taylor-Brown website, a talk on her textile philosophy given at the opening of her Material Meaning Exhibition.
- Facebook video of a loom build entirely from Lego.
- YouTube video record of an annual event called Weaving the Bridge at Q’eswachaka.
- The story of a sheep-to-shawl competition held on SaltSpring Island, as told by Sarah Thornton from Ply Magazine
- Yarn Standard PDF chart to guide spinners and weavers when translating wraps per inch (WPI) from SpinOff Magazine
- Bernat Klein Foundation Award: results of a competition which challenges students to seek inspiration in the Klein archive collection
- Exhibition of California Fibers Figuratively at Front Porch Gallery (Youtube video)
- California Fibers group Website
- Weaving himalayan blanket (houndstooth pattern) using a backstrap loom (Youtube ~16 min)
- The Soul and Song of Weaving: interview with Navajo weaver Barbara Teller Ornelas)
- How a $40,000 Swedish Carpet is made (Youtube Video ~6 min)
- The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make (dhaka muslin 1000+ thread counts) by BBC
- Janet Stafford Textiles’ Master Sett Chart.
- How an 1803 Jacquard Loom Led to Computer Technology (2 min Youtube video)
- Randall Darwall: On handmade vs industrialized weaving, a quick 2 minutes video.
- Textile artist Cameron Taylor-Brown website, a talk on her textile philosophy given at the opening of her Material Meaning Exhibition.
- Facebook video of a loom build entirely from Lego.
- No Wool, No Vikings (audio version also available) from Hakai magazine
- YouTube video record of an annual event called Weaving the Bridge at Q’eswachaka.
- The story of a sheep-to-shawl competition held on SaltSpring Island, as told by Sarah Thornton from Ply Magazine
- Yarn Standard PDF chart to guide spinners and weavers when translating wraps per inch (WPI) from SpinOff Magazine
- Bernat Klein Foundation Award: results of a competition which challenges students to seek inspiration in the Klein archive collection
- Exhibition of California Fibers Figuratively at Front Porch Gallery (Youtube video)
Historical
- Ancient Weaving with Porfirio Gutierrez from PBS SoCal.
- The Mexican weaver reimagining an ancient Zapotec art form, a BBC Cultural Frontline introduction to textile artist Porfirio Gutierrez.
- Weaving Linen (1940-1949) by British Instructions Films presentation.
- How an 1803 Jacquard Loom Led to Computer Technology (2 min Youtube video)
Technics
- Why Not Knot? by Handwoven Magazine.
- Using a warp as a Blank Canvas. from Handwowen Magazine.
- Instructions to make a möbius cowl — all woven, no sewing — shown on a rigid heddle loom, but should be adaptable for other looms.
- Short video from the San Juan County Textile Guild (Puget Sound) demonstrating an attractive finishing for rug fringe.
- Use your thrums and weftovers: Dryer Balls by Handwoven Magazine.
Weaving Organizations
- Guild of Canadian Weavers newsletters. These are located in the “members only” section of their website.
- Handweavers Guild of America Facebook albums of current and past exhibits.
- Handweaving.net This site provide the global weaving community with access to thousands of weaving drafts and pdf downloads of many historical weaving documents.
Resources
- Janet Stafford Textiles’ Master Sett Chart.
- Yarn Standard PDF chart to guide spinners and weavers when translating wraps per inch (WPI) from SpinOff Magazine
- A Pocket dictionary of weaving terms for today’s weavers by Madelyn van der Hoogt.
- Marcy Petrini’s pictionary. It’s a fabulous collection of more than 70 weave structures.
- Handweaving.net This site provide the global weaving community with access to thousands of weaving drafts and pdf downloads of many historical weaving documents.
Stories
- The story of a sheep-to-shawl competition held on SaltSpring Island, as told by Sarah Thornton from Ply Magazine
- YouTube video record of an annual event called Weaving the Bridge at Q’eswachaka.
- How a $40,000 Swedish Carpet is made (Youtube Video ~6 min)
- Weaving himalayan blanket (houndstooth pattern) using a backstrap loom (Youtube ~16 min)
- Randall Darwall: On handmade vs industrialized weaving, a quick 2 minutes video.
Interviews
- Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) weekly hour-long event called Textiles and Tea, via zoom or follow live on Facebook or on the HGA website.