Weaving Textiles Crafts

The craft of weaving is also known as "handweaving", to distinguish it from mass-production machine weaving which makes most of the fabric today. It is creating fabric from fiber, by interlacing warp and weft threads. This category and its subcategories cover informational and educational sites about weaving and weavers, equipment, techniques, festivals and events.

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• Weaving in Beauty - Information on Navajo weaving and culture including events, educational opportunities, bibliography and advice on purchasing textiles.
  
• Spinning Down Under - Information on small loom building, weaving how-to, projects, and textile craft links.
  
• Santa Fe School of Weaving - List of classes and workshops, also supplies available.
  
• Blackdown Hills Natural Fibres - Group of fibre farmers, processors and users working with Alpaca, Cashmere, Mohair and wool products.
  
• Blazing Shuttles Handweaving - Kathrin Weber Scott's handweaving and hand-dyeing images and process information. Fiber Classes offered to Guilds and Art/Craft Schools.
  
• Telia Rumal, Double Ikats of South India - Exhibit entitled "An Endangered Species". Covers techniques, history, culture, and styles.
  
• 21st Century Art - Online exhibition of fabric making and embellishment, with emphasis on grid-based designs.
  
• Inkle Weaving - Instructions, pictures, patterns, and resources.
  
• Fibrearts Online - Weaving - Directory of sites for exploring weaving on the web.
  
• Crazy As A Loom Weaving Studio - Studio tour and hand wovens including portage fluff rugs, placemats, blue jean rugs, scarves, shawls, and table runners.
  
• Melentine - Free weaving projects aimed at the beginning weaver.
  
• Brunold Software - Db-Weben is software for handweavers. Free demo version available.
  
• Northup Studio - Information on beginning and continuing weaving courses, a Central Oregon Fiber Arts Calendar, instructor profiles and class outlines.
  
• Linda Hartshorn, handweaver, dyer - An online portfolio of Linda's work, information on weaving classes and workshops.
  
• Ralph Griswold's Digital Weaving Archive - A collection of out-of-print documents on weaving, textile manufacture, design and pattern.
  
• School of Rio Grande Weaving Traditions - At Tierra Wool Los Ojos Handweavers in northern New Mexico. Includes curriculum and schedule.
  
• Weaving Art Museum and Research Institute (WAMRI) - Online virtual galleries present changing exhibitions of masterpieces of textile art from the eastern Mediterranean.
  
• Bonnie Tarses - Textile designer specializing in one-of-a-kind and custom handwovens. Trademark techniques include color horoscope weaving, words in color, and easy ikat.
  
• The Textile Museum - Located in Washington, DC, the Textile Museum is dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile arts. The museum's calendar, exhibitions, and shop are available.
  
• MayanCulture.com - Promotes Mayan weaving. Describes materials, techniques and patterns.
  
• Silk Art Foundation - Produces Renaissance velvet and brocades in Florence, Italy. Information on master courses offered, history and techniques.
  
• Paul O'Connor Double Weave Notebooks - Photos and explanation of doubleweave from the weaver's books.
  
• 1999 Midwest Weavers Association Conference - Gallery of works and information on teachers who taught at this conference.
  
• Fibreholics - New Zealand weaver displays galleries of textiles woven from yarn, silk, woll, cotton, linen and possum.
  
• Tim's Rudimentary Treadle Reducer - A calculator to find a skeleton tie-up to reduce the number of treadles required for a weaving pattern.
  
• Weavezine - Free online weaving magazine with articles for weavers of all levels, providing inspiration and information on techniques.
  
• Pam Hutley: tapestry weaver - This site deals with the activities of the Australian fabric artist Pam Hutley.
  
• Taniko Weaving - Gallery and information on New Zealand Maori weaving, a twined method of creating native geometric designs by artist Judy Shorten.
  
• Walster Weavers - A Shetland group handweaving wool and other fibres on handlooms, producing clothing, accessories and home items.
  
• Saori Hand-weaving of New England - A site promoting the form of weaving from Japan known as Saori. Lessons available in Worcester, MA.
  
• Gill Back's Weaving - Spinner and weaver with a gallery of handwoven rugs, cushion covers, wall hangings, shawls and scarfs.
  
• Interactive Tartan Weaver - A tool which allows the user to design a tartan by choosing a stripe sequence from a selection of colours.
  
• WeaveCast - Monthly radio show broadcast via the web focusing on topics and stories of weavers of all skill levels and experience.
  
• Snail Trail Handweavers - Makers of handwoven rugs, hangings, and fabrics. Offers residential and non-residential courses in weaving, spinning, and dyeing.
  
• Loop of the Loom - Hand weaving studio in New York City, specializing in Japanese Saori method. Includes schedule of upcoming events, classes and online gallery.
  
• Scalpay Linen - Spinners, weavers and dyers of linen and wool based in the Outer Hebrides.
  
  

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