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BASKETRY

  • Arizona Highways July 1975 

  • Indian Basket Weaving: Navajo School 

  • Plaited Basketry: The Woven Form LaPlatz, Shereen

  • Indian Basket Weaving: Pomo, Yurok, Pima Navajo Newman, Sandra Corrie

 

COLOR

  • NOTAN: The Dark-Light Principle of Design Bothwell, Dorr & Frey, Marlys

  • The Makers Hand: A Close Look at Textile Structures Collingwood, Peter

  • Woven Works Hamamura, John & Susan

  • ITTEN: The Elements of Color Itten, Johannes

  • The Enjoyment & Use of Color Sargent, Walter

  • Interaction for Handweavers Sullivan, Donna

  • Color Exercise of the Weaver: How Yarn Colors Interact on the Loom Weigle, Palmy

 

CLOTHING

  • Master Weave Sturctures Alderman, Sharon

  • Cut My Cote Burnham, Dorothy

  • Applying the Pulled Warp Technique to Loom-Shaped Clothing Evans, Kerry

  • Treadled Toggs Evans, Kerry

  • Clothing: Hand Woven Approach Hamaker, Barbara

  • Clothing: From the Hands that Weave Mayer, Anita

  • Five: Ethnic Patterns Porcella, Yvonne

  • Plus Five: Ethnic Patterns Porcella, Yvonne

  • Hand Woven Designer Patterns: Jackets & Blouses Scorgie, Jean

  • Hand Woven Designer Patterns: Simple Skirts Scorgie, Jean

  • Designing to Weave & Sew Scorgie, Jean

  • Weavers Wearables West, Virginia

  • Weaving You Can Wear Wilson, Jean

 

DVD

  • Color Interaction for Handweavers 

  • Double Weave Barrett, Clotilde

  • Double Weave Basics Moore, Jennifer

  • Dress Your Loom the Swedish Way Ashenden, Becky

  • (The) Gentle Art of Plying Mac Kenzie, Judith

  • Hand Spinning Advanced Techniques 

  • Handwoven Structure & Pattern 

  • Kumihimo – Japanese Braiding Owen, Rodrik

  • Loom Owners Companion – Maintenance & Repair Knisely, Tom

  • Navajo Weaving Parts I & II Walker-Maloney

  • (In) Praise of Simple Cloth Buchanan, Rita

  • Rug Weaving: Block Weaves & Shaft Switching Collingwood, Jason

  • Spin to Weave Lamb, Sara

  • Spinning & Weaving the Ashford Way 

  • Spinning Wool Basics & Beyond 

  • Start of Spinning Casey, Maggie & Jang, Eunny

  • Tapestry Crochet Moore, Jennifer

  • Triangle Frame Loom: Weaving Magic 

  • Warping Your Loom Van Der Hoogt, Madelyn

  • Warp Painting Plus – Garment Design & Construction Tips Freeman, Mollie

  • Weaving Four-Selvage Textiles Stanley, Martha

 

DYEING

  • Natural Dyes & Home Dyeing Adrosko, Rita

  • IKAT Technique Battenfielt, Jackie

  • Rocky Mountain Dye Plants Bliss, Anne

  • Dye Plants & Dyeing Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  • Navajo Native Dyes: Their Preparations & Use Bryan, Nonabah

  • Hopi Dyes Colton, Mary Russell Ferrell

  • Your Yarn Dyeing Davenport, Elsie

  • The Dye Pot Davidson, Mary Frances

  • Painting Warps Farrow, Hazel

  • Blue Prints of Fabric: Uses for Cyanotype Hewett, Barbara

  • The Complete Illustrated Book of Dyes from Natural Sources Krochmal, Arnold & Connie

  • Hopi Dyes Vinroot, Sally & Crowder, Jennie

  • California Dye Plants Wilkins, Marilyn

 

ETHNIC

  • Techniques of Guatemalan Weaving Bjerregaard, Lena

  • Bolivian Highland Weaving Cason, Marjorie & Chandler, Adele

  • Textiles of Ancient Peru D’Harcourt, Raoul

  • Warp & Weft from Tibet King, William

  • The Art of TAANIKO Weaving Mead, S. M.

  • Backstrap Weaving: Northern Ecuador Redwood

 

GENERAL HISTORY

  • In Celebration of the Curious Mind Blinks, Anne

  • Keep me Warm at Night: Early Hand Weaving in Eastern Canada Burnham, Harold & Dorothy

  • The Textile Tools of Colonial Homes Channing, Marion

  • Magic in the Water: Wet Finishing Hand Wovens (with CD & Swatches) Fry, Laura

  • Weaving: A Handbook of the Fiber Arts Held, Shirley

  • The Pleasure of Pattern Justema, William

  • Hands on Weaving Lieber, Barbara

  • The Shuttle-Craft Book of American Hand Weaving (2) Meigs Atwater, Mary

  • Grammar of Textile Design Nisbet, H.

  • Creative Hand Weaving Parker, Xenia Ley

  • Loom Book: Building A Loom Reed, Tim

  • Knitters’, Crocheters’, Weavers’ & Spinners’: 2006 Travel Guide Ross, John T.

  • The Weaving Rose of Rohde Island Safner, Isadora M.

  • The Rug in Islamic Art Temple Newsam House

 

WEAVING INSTRUCTION/BASIC

  • Master Weave Structures Alderman, Sharon

  • Byways in Hand-Weaving Atwater, Mary Meigs

  • Thick Atwater, Mary Meigs

  • Recipe Book: Patterns for Hand Weavers Atwater, Mary Meigs

  • The Shuttle Craft Book Atwater, Mary Meigs

  • The Key To Weaving (2) Desin

  • The New Key to Weaving (2) Black, Mary

  • Functional Overshot Blum, Grace

  • The Weaving Book: Patterns & Ideas Bress, Helen

  • Learning To Weave (6) Chandler, Deborah

  • Manual of Swedish Hand Weaving Cyrus-Zetterstrom, Ulla

  • A Hand Weavers Pattern Book (2) Davison, Margarite

  • Weaving & Spinning Deutch, Yvonne

  • The Handweaver’s Pattern Book Dixon, Anne

  • Miniature Patterns for Handweaving PART 1 & PART 2 Estes, Josephine

  • Designing and Drafting Handweavers Fry, Berta

  • Warping All by Yourself Garrett, Cay

  • Foundation of Weaving Halsey, Mike & Youngmark, Lore

  • Saori Jo, Misao & Kenzo

  • A Book of Patterns for Handweaving (2) Landes, John

  • More than Four: A Book of Multiple Harness Weavers Laughlin, Mary Elizabeth

  • Hands on Weaving Liebler, Barbara

  • Hand Woven Lace Mueller, Donna

  • The Craft of Hand Weaving Plath, Iona

  • A Hand Weavers Source Book Porter, Margariet

  • Learning To Weave (3) Redding, Debbie

  • Warping on a Shoestring Sanders, Nadine

  • Swedish Handweaving Selander, Malin

  • Swedish Swatches Selander, Malin

  • Weave Wear Selander, Malin

  • The Weavers Craft Simpson, L.E. & Weir, M.

  • A Weaver’s Book: 8 Shaft Patterns Strickler, Carol

  • Weaving in Minature Strickler, Carol & Taggart, Barbara

  • Rep Weave & Beyond Tallarovic, Joanne

  • The Best of Weavers: Huck Lace Van der Hoogt, Madelyn

  • The Best of Weavers: The Magic of Double Weave Van der Hoogt, Madelyn

  • The Best of Weavers: Thick and Thin Van der Hoogt, Madelyn

  • The Complete Book of Drafting for Handweavers Van der Hoogt, Madelyn

  • Doubleweave The Weavers Studio Weaver’s Studio

  • Finishing Touches West, Virginia

  • Weaving for Anyone Wilson, Jean

  • Weaving is Fun (2) Wilson, Jean

  • Weaving is Creative Wilson, Jean


NAVAJO

  • Navajo Rugs Arizona Highway Magazine

  • Navajo Weaving (2) Avery Amsden, Charles

  • The Weavers Pathway: A Clarification of the “Spirit Trail” in Navajo Weaving Bennett, Noel

  • Working with Navajo Wool: How to Weave a Navajo Rug (2) Bennett, Noel & Big Horse, Tiana

  • Navajo Weaving Today Dutton, Bertha

  • Navajo Techniques for Today’s Weavers Mattern, Joanne

  • The Story of Navajo Weaving Peck Kent, Kate

  • Navajo & Hopi Weaving Techniques Pendleton, Mary

  • Navajo Shepherd & Weaving Richard, Gladys

  • Native American Indian Crafts Women’s Day Magazine

 

NON-HARNESS

  • Off Loom Weaving Binder of Pattern Books

  • Inkle Weaving Bress, Helene

  • Techniques of Tablet Weaving Collingwood, Peter

  • Card Weaving Crockett, Candace

  • Texture & Patterns for Ridged Heddle Loom Davenport, Betty Linn

  • Plaiting: Step-by-Step Glashausser, Suellen & Westfall, Carol

  • Ashford Book of Ridged Heddle Weaving Hart, Rowena

  • Weaving Without a Loom Rainey, Sarita

  • The Warp-Weighted Loom Robin & Russ

  • HandweaversTablet Weaving: Step-by-Step Snow, Marjorie & William

  • Ridged Heddle Weaving Swanson, Karen

  • Back Strap Weaving Taber, Barbara & Anderson, Marilyn

  • Weaving Inkle Bands Tidball, Harriet

  • Finger Weaving: Indian Braiding Turner, Alta

  • Designing from Nature Warner Dendel, Esther

  • The Weaver’s Inkle Pattern Directory 400 Warp-Faced Weaves Dixon, Anne

  • The Handweaver’s Source Book Allen, Laura

  • The Coverlet Book: Early American Handwoven Coverlets – Vol 1 & 2 Bress, Helene

  • Keep Me Warm at Night: Early Hand Weaving in Canada Burnham, Harold & Dorothy

 

RUG WEAVING

  • Rug Making: Techniques & Designing Allard, Mary

  • Rug Weaving Techniques: Beyond the Basics Allen, Doris

  • The Techniques of Rug Weaving Collingwood, Peter

  • Contemporary Rugs Collingwood, Peter

  • Rug Weaving for Everyone (2) Farr, Bourne, Leslie

  • Twined Rag Rugs Gallagher/DeDeo

  • The Basic Book of Finger Weaving Warner Dendel, Esther

  • The Basic Book of Twining Warner Dendel, Esther

 

SPINNING

  • Spinning Wheel Primer Amos, Alden

  • Wool Away: The Art & Techinque of Shearing Bowen, Godfrey

  • Spinning Wheel Primer Castion, Ruth

  • Felt Making Gordon, Beverly

  • Handspinner’s Hand Book Hochberg, Bette

  • Handspindles Hochberg, Bette

  • Carding, Spinning, Dyeing Hoppe, Elizabeth & Ederg, Ragnar

  • Fleece in Your Hands Horne, Beverly

  • Spinner’s Companion: Spin-off Magazine Presents Irwin, Bobbie

  • The Handspun Project Book Kahn, Deborah

  • The Joy of Spinning Kluger, Marilyn

  • Encyclopedia of Hand Spinning Ross, Mabel

  • The Hand Spinners Guide to Selling Simmons, Paula

 

TAPESTRY

  • Technique of Woven Tapestry Beutlich, Tadek

  • The Tapestries of Turde Guermonprey Bray, Hazel

  • Weaving a Tapestry Brostoff, Laya

  • Mexican Tapestry Weaving Hall, Joanne

  • Tapestries from Egypt Hamlyn, Paul

  • The Guide to Successful Tapestry Weaving Harvey, Nancy

  • Patterns for Tapestry Weaving Harter, Joyce & Sanders, Nadine

  • Weaving that Sings: Variation on the Theo Moorman Technique Keasbey, Dora May

  • Sheer Delight – Handwoven Transparencies Moorman, Theo

  • Weaving as an Art Form Pearson, Alec

  • The Complete Book of Tapestry Weaving Pianzola, Maurice & Coffinet, Julien

  • Tapestry: Craft & Art Rhodes, Mary

  • Small Woven Tapestries Walker, Jeanne Claire

  • Transparent Tapestries: Ancient Art; Modern Method Winslow, Heather

 

VIDEO

  • Band Weaving – Level I

  • Card Weaving

  • Double Weave

  • Dress Your Loom the Swedish Way

  • Hand Spinning – Advanced

  • Garments to Weave and How to Weave Them

  • KUMIHMO: Japanese Braiding

  • Navajo Weaving

  • Rug Weaving: Block Weaves and Shaft Switching

  • Spinning Wool: Basics and Beyond

  • Tapestry Techniques for Rug Weaving

  • Triangle Frame Loom Weaving Magic

  • Warp Painting Plus: Garment Design and Construction Tips

  • Weaving for Selvedge on Our Looms with Martha Stanley

 

WEAVE STRUCTURES

  • Design & The Handweaver Atwater, Mary Meigs

  • Handwoven Embroidery Weavers Beck, Dorothy & Chase, Hazel

  • The Sett & Weaving of Tartans Black, Mary

  • Course in Double Weave Boesel, Ingrid

  • Scotch Tartan Setts Douglas, Harriet C.

  • The Versatility of 3H Weavers Erdman, Anne

  • Linen Heirlooms Gallagher, Constance

  • Our Scottish District Checks Harrison, E. S.

  • Complete Book of Bertha Hayes Patterns (4) Hayes, Bertha

  • Scarves: Hand Woven Interweave

  • Harness Lace Nass, Ulla

  • Four-Harness Huck Heher, Evelyn

  • 1000 (+) Patterns: 4, 6, 8 Harness Shadow Weaves Powell, Marian

  • Handweaving Patterns from Finland Pyysalo, Hezvi & Merisalo, Viivi

  • Sprang: Thread Twisting Skowronski, Hella & Reddy, Mary

  • Lace & Lacey Weaves Snyder, Mary

  • The Crackle Weave Snyder, Mary

  • The Handloom Weaves Tidball, Harriet

  • Patterns of Pick-Up Tidball, Harriet

  • Summer & Winter: And Other Two Tie Unit Weaves Tidball, Harriet

  • Supplementary Warp Patterning Tidball, Harriet

  • Surface Interest Tidball, Harriet

  • Textile Structure & Analysis: Home Study Course in 12 Lessons Tidball, Harriet

  • Thomas Jackson Weaver: 17th & 18th Century Records (2) Tidball, Harriet

  • Weavers Book of Scottish Tartans Tidball, Harriet

  • Woolens & Tweeds Tidball, Harriet

  • Hand Woven Fabric Van der Hoogt, Marilyn

  • The Pile Weavers Wilson, Jean

  • Complete Book of Bertha Hayes Patterns Wilson, Jean

  • How to Weave Linens Worst, Edward

 

WEAVER’S CRAFT MAGAZINE

  • Premier, Vol 1 Kit, Color Belt, Details, Variations, Tips, Tabby

  • Vol 1 #2: Point Twill, Fiesta Towels, Selvedges, Threading Heddles

  • Vol 1 #3: Canvas Weave, Huck, Swedish Lace, Weaving to Measure

  • Vol 1 #4: Warping from the Front, Potpourri Warp Pillows

  • Vol 1 #5: Easy Plaids, Winding On, Tying on a New Warp

  • Vol 1 #6: Weaving & Fulling Wool, Weaving Soft Stretchy Yarns, Origami Pillows, Long Narrow Warps, Hints Take-up Shrinkage

  • Vol 2 #1: Weaving Overshot, Drawdowns, Designing a Name Draft

  • Vol 2 #2: Gingham Towels, Changing Yarn Size, Little Helpers

  • Vol 2 #3: Easy Inlays, Scarves with Stars, Gifts with Flowers

  • Vol 2 #4: Blankets, Brushing Fabrics, Double Weave Variations

  • Vol 3 #1: Complementary Plalin Weave; Using Color Swatch Charts

  • Vol 4 #1: Leno, Mexican Lace, Brooks Bouquets, Leno Motifs

  • Vol 4 #2: Four-Shaft Twill Sampler, Sampler Hand Towels

  • Vol 4 #3: Summer & Winter, Easy Pick-Up Techniques

  • Vol 4 #4: Kitchen Dye Techniques, Painted Yarns, Loopy Yarns

  • Vol 5 #1: Bias Cloth Strips, Monks Belt, Changing Yarn Sizes

  • Issue #17: Twill and Basket Weave Towels, End Finishes, Towel Sizes

  • Issue #18: Threading, Design Keys, Treading, Selvages

  • Issue #19: Log Cabin, Ripsatta, Shadow Weave, Weft Interlocks

  • Issue #20: Danish Medallion, Easy Accents, Hiding Yarn Tails

  • Issue #21: Single Rows Alternating, Pairs of Rows Alternating, Graphs

  • Issue #22: Designing Easy Treadings, Optimizing Floating Selvedges

  • Issue #23: Designing Barleycorn, Special Selvedges for Barleycorn

  • Issue #24: Mock Satin, 2 Pick-Up Methods, 8-Sharf Damask

  • Issue #25: Rag Rugs, Double Corduroy, Swedish Block Weave

  • Issue #26: Turning a Draft, Threads Sharing Dents, Reading Drafts

  • Issue #27: Baby Blankets, Weft Angle & Draw-In, Sizes of Knitting Yarn

  • Issue #28: Swivel, Petit Point, Related Laces

  • Issue #29: Threadings, Treadling, Edge Finishes

 

 SHUTTLE SPINDLE & DYEPOT

  • Volume XLIII; #2, Issue 170, Spring 2012

  • Volume XLIII; #4, Issue 172, Fall 2012

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