Links

Our members generously reviewed websites of interest to our group and these links are good as of 9/27/2023.

Please let us know if you find new sites to add or if a link is broken. We hope to keep this as up-to-date as possible!

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New Finds

Scientific American: Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power

Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic.

scientificamerican.com/article/viking-textiles-show-women-had-tremendous-power/

Local Teachers and Classes

Jill Sanders: Weaving and sewing classes. heartgallery.com
Lorri Scott: Fiber arts classes. lasfibers.com

Guild Member Web Sites and Videos

Gudrun Polak: Card weaving. theloomybin.com
Martha Stanley: Weaving Four Selvedge on a Floor Loom video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPJHWsFPwXU&t=272s

Interest Group Resource Links

Basketry

Natural Dyeing

Maiwa Natural Dyes website: https://naturaldyes.ca
Maiwa Guide to Natural Dyes document: static1.squarespace.com/static/5c70844577b903aa58efe47b/t/61e8a1c8cd34c67d0ccf5c01/164 2635842146/guide_to_natural_dyes.pdf

Spinning

Stitchery

https://www.textileartist.org
Scissors: https://www.frenchneedle.com/collections/scissors
Needle guide: https://www.jjneedles.com/images/needles-guide/Hand_Sewing_Needle_Size_Guide_Type_Length.pdf
Check out the how to section for videos of stitches. The site also has a lot of info in the tips section, and free patterns and stitch-alongs. It’s worth signing up for her blog. She posts almost daily. needlenthread.com
You may know this site. Access to vintage needlework books a real rabbit hole. antiquepatternlibrary.org
A stitch dictionary! pintangle.com/stitch-dictionary
An exquisite stitch dictionary! rsnstitchbank.org
Some pretty embroidery to look at. victorianweb.org/art/design/embroidery/index.html
Explore the bayeux tapestry! (Its actually an embroidery). Really interesting. bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry
There is a local group but they focus on needlepoint. egausa.org/library
Wonderful classes both zoom and in person. sfneedleworkanddesign.org
Shopping: needlestack.com
Field trip: All the stuff! lacis.com/retail.html
This is the woman who inherited a warehouse of trims, etc. tinseltrading.com
Great source for linen. Always different, beautiful things. slowfiber.com
The site also has a lot of info in the tips section, and free patterns and stitch-alongs. pintangle.com/product-category/stitchers-templates

Tapestry

Weaving

Weaving Project Record (PDF)

Books

Visit our Guild Library online at the Members Only section of the website!
Wild Color by Jenny Dean
The Art and Science of Natural Dyes by Joy Boutrup and Catharine Ellis
The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing by J.N.Liles
Singing the Blues by John Marshall

Fiber Arts Resources

Archive of documents on weaving and related topics from the University of Arizona: www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/index.html
The Boston Database of Natural Dyestuffs: dyeanalysislcms.net
A digital weaving archive with drafts, historic weaving documents, and more. Handweaving.net
Interweave: knitting, crochet, beading, jewelry, mixed media, and more. interweave.com
The Loom Room: Basic information about weaving and looms, and links to many online videos. theloomroom.co.uk
Reno Fiber Guild Resources for New Weavers: renofiberguild.blogspot.com/p/try-your-hand-at-handweaving.html

Supplies, Dyes, Fibers, Fabrics, Seeds

Maiwa: maiwa.com
Dharma Trading: dharmatrading.com
Botanical Colors: botanicalcolors.com
Botanical Colors Feedback Friday Live: sessions on Fridays via ZOOM which can also be accessed for later viewing. botanicalcolors.com
Maiwa Free Tutorials: naturaldyes.ca/tutorials-1

Online Blogs

Gist Yarn & Fiber weaving blog/journal: gistyarn.com/blogs/journal
Daryl Lancaster blog: https://weaversew.com/…/03/01/and-what-a-night-it-was/

Online Classes

Jane Stafford Textiles: An online guild with go at your own pace lessons. janestaffordtextiles.com/online-guild/
Rebecca Mezoff Tapestry Studio: rebeccamezoff.pathwright.com/library/
Warp & Weave: online weaving with color classes and blog. classes.warpandweave.com/
Weaving with Janet Dawson: Focus on Overshot. weavingwithjanetdawson.com/

Online Communities

Ravelry: Online community of knitters, spinners and weavers. ravelry.com
Weavolution: Online community of weavers. weavolution.com

Online Tutorials

Brocaded tablet weaving: facebook.com/423136744862691/posts/649985578844472?sfns=mo
How to hang your textiles: museum.gwu.edu/hanging-textiles

Organizations

The American Tapestry Alliance: americantapestryalliance.org
The Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds (ANWG): northwestweavers.org
The Center for Traditional Textiles in Cusco, Peru: This organization was started by Nilda Callanaupa. It maintains a reciprocal relationship with weavers in Peruvian villages, providing them with a place to stay in Cusco while they demonstrate and sell their traditional textiles, and provides organizational support for weavers in the communities. textilescusco.org
CNCH (Conference of Northern California Handweavers): Site includes links to member guilds, member’s home pages, classes, comprehensive supplier’s list, and much more. cnch.org
The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.: weavespindye.org
Mexican Indigenous Textiles Project: This is a project of Robert Freund to document indigenous Mexican textiles from 300 villages with photos of the textiles, people wearing the textiles, village life,and surrounding environment. mexicantextiles.com
The Textile Arts Council in the de Young Museum, San Francisco: textileartscouncil.org
The Textile Museum, Washington,D.C.: textilemuseum.org
The World Shibori Network: shibori.org
Carmel Crafts Guild: carmelcraftsguild.org
Black Sheep Guild: blacksheepguild.org
Anne’s Web (spinners): facebook.com/anneswebspinning
Fiber Artisans: fiberartisans.org
Bay Area Basketmakers: bayareabasketmakers.wordpress.com
Glenna Harris: glennaharris.org
Pajaro Valley Quilters Assoc.: pvqa.org
Knitting Guild of Santa Cruz: knittingguildofsantacruz.com
Stitchers by the Sea: stitchersbythesea.ega-gpr.org

Publications

Interweave: knitting, crochet, beading, jewelry, mixed media. interweave.com
Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot: weavespindye.org/ssd
Threads: threadsmagazine.com

Suppliers – California

The Lace Museum: Lace making supplies (Sunnyvale, CA). the-lace-museum-shop.myshopify.com
Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles: Good source for supplies and hand work classes (Berkeley, CA). lacismuseum.org
Thai Silks: A very affordable light and sheer fabric, but it looks and feels very different than the silk that is bought in Uzbekistan (Mountain View, CA). thaisilks.com
Yarn Shop Santa Cruz: yarnshopsantacruz.com

Suppliers – USA

Botanical Colors: Dyes. BotanicalColors.com
Dharma Trading Company: Fiber art supplies, dyes. dharmatrading.com/fabric/silk/silk-gauze-3mm.html?lnav=default.html
Eugene Textile Center: eugenetextilecenter.com/home
Gist Yarn & Fiber: gistyarn.com
Halcyon Yarn: halcyonyarn.com
Interweave Press: Knitting, crochet, beading, jewelry, mixed media. interweave.com/store
Kauni Wool: Yarn, pencil roving. etsy.com/uk/shop/Kauni?ref=l2-shopheader-name&section_id=7899360
Lone Star Loom Room: lonestarloomroom.com
Outback Fibers: All things felting – wool, silk roving, fabrics, embellishments. outbackfibers.com
Paradise Fibers: Everything spinning, knitting, weaving. paradisefibers.com
Susan’s Fiber: Yarn, fiber, spinning wheels. susansfiber.com
WEBS: yarn.com
The Woolery: woolery.com?aff=136
The Yarn Barn: yarnbarn-ks.com
Zellinger Wool: zwool.com/buy-wool-online/buy-pencil-rovings-combed-tops

Suppliers – Canada

Chaotic Fibres: Wool, silk, unique specialty fibres, and yarns for your spinning, felting, weaving, knitting, and other fibre arts projects. chaoticfibres.com
Legacy Studio: Fibre art supplies for rug hooking, felting, and hand-spinning. legacystudio.ca