Weaving List Group Info on how to join and achives.

WeaveTech List: On-topic intermediate and advanced weaving. List moms: Amy Norris at amyfibre@aol.com and Ruth Blau ruthblau@comcast.net

Ron Parkers current "List-of-Lists" of Fiber-related Mailing Lists.

DyersLIST (on-topic dyeing and surface design discussion) for instructions about subscribing. Pat Williams owner: pwilliams@emich.edu

Knit List: there are members from all over the world with all levels of knitting experience. If you have any questions about the KnitList, please contact the Listmoms.

Lacemaker's Mailing List: There is an active community of lacemakers on the net communicating via email on the lacemaker's mailinglist. Sign up and join the fun.

Rug Talk Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rugtalk/ The Largest Cyber Meeting Place For RugWeavers in the World
This web site is dedicated to rug weaving. Whether you are a novice or an experienced rug weaver we would like to hear from you.

ScanWeave (Scandinavian Weaving) The purpose of this group is to discuss weaving in the Scandinavian tradition. Weavers of all skill levels are encouraged to join in the discussion.

Small Looms. A list for folks with small looms of all kinds. Also Spindlitis, is for hand spindles of all kinds.

Tablet-Weaving List This list is sponsored by TWIST: Tablet Weavers' International Studies & Techniques. The list is owned by Ron Parker.

Tapestry (tapestry weaving, was formerly Tapestry) e-mail to Kathe Todd-Hooker owner, mailto:spider472@comcast.net to subscribe, or for any list problems or for other matters.

Triangle Loom Weavers List.

*This site for Triangle loom weaving is much more active and has lots more members.

* Weavecast: a podcast for handweavers. Host: Syne Mitchell. Do you have a weaving story to tell? An interview to contribute? An audio comment or weaving tip? Great! It's my hope that WeaveCast will become a forum for weavers of all skills and experience to tell their stories.

Adire African Textiles: Over the centuries the weavers, dyers, embroiderers and other textile artists of Africa have created an amazing and exciting array of cloths in a huge variety of styles. Some African textiles such as adinkra, kente and bogolan are becoming increasingly well known. Others African cloths such as Yoruba aso-oke and adire are perhaps less familiar but equally wonderful.We want to share our love of masterpieces of African textile art with you. Information about and an opportunity to purchase fine examples of a wide range of African textiles including Adire, Adinkra, Akwete, Aso-oke, Bogolan, Ewe, Kente, Kuba, and Nupe.
If you are in the United Kingdom why not visit us in London's famous Portobello Road.

The Portal For Weavers and Handweavers on Antique Looms has three main objectives:

To make known these professions to the public;
To create a platform of exchange, assistance, and for the transfer of knowledge and training among its members;
To organize a means of export marketing to the United States, which is fond of our craft and artistic productions.

ArtsLinksList.com - Arts Directory

Articles and links about weaving and spinning: The weaving and spinning pages are being resurrected at a new website along with the forum and the chats. Päivi Suomi is still your guide.

Backstrap Weaving instructions page. How to construct your own backstrap loom and weave warp-faced textiles, by Burleigh Custis.

Backstrap Hair Sashes: features the beautiful sashes worn in the hair of Jakaltek women, from both anthropological and artistic perspectives , and many other things of interest. Carol Ventura.

China Bamboo Fibre Manufacturer: include bamboo fiber, bamboo yarn, bamboo top and bamboo filament.

Beads:Whether you have a few beads, or a roomful, all you ever wanted to know about beads, and more links than you ever dreamed of!

Bill Koepp's Weaving Stuff: Here are some of my sketches of weaving stuff I use or would like to use. I've divided this into three parts: Loom Parts, Loom Devices, and Other Neat Things.

Breeds of Livestock: Here is a site to look up types/breeds of sheep.

Stanley Bulbach: Ancient Arts for the New Millennium. Throughout the millennia, the Classical Near Eastern arts of making carpets have been esteemed and prized.
Forum: An Opportunity to Comment and Share.
Whenever I travel to lecture and teach, I hear urgent comments regarding how poorly many art museum curators of contemporary American craft tend to record and study contemporary American fiber. So finally, here is an opportunity for people concerned about contemporary American fiber art and craft to begin to come together to begin to explore, discuss, and share. This Forum will host a series of questions for discussion on key issues in the field.

Butler, Su: SuBuDesigns- The Future of Weaving - Su has been teaching and weaving for nearly 30 years. Come and see the latest designs, get info on her book Understanding Rayon Chenille and submit questions for the FAQ.

Castle Cleaning and Rug Company is the home of the world-renowned Auserehlian Authentic hand washing and compressed-air cleaning for fine textiles. Certified Experts in conservation, repairs, restoration and appraisals are all available with your rug's best interest in mind. In-plant oriental rug cleaning operations in Berthoud, CO

Craft in America - We have always had a deep sense of longing for the handmade. Perhaps because each of us, in our own way, has had a craft experience. Sometimes it’s an object passed down to us, or one that crosses our path, and connects us to others in traditions, heritage and rituals. You’ve begun your understanding and appreciation with our tv series. Now go further with craftinamerica.org – our web vortex, where you can view over three hours of additional video, and explore almost 300 pages of content about craft and its artists. And as craft is always changing, so will our site, so come back and visit often. It promises to be a terrific journey!

Crafts Forum Partner: An outstanding site for anyone interested in a wide variety of crafts - from knitting to woodworking, from baskets, to lace, to glass. Share information and receive help in this friendly online community.

The Universal Currency Converter Services

Dundas Studio Tour: Dundas, ON, Can. Once each year, the weekend before Thanksgiving, October, we throw a party to which you are invited. Carefully chosen guest artists come together to invite you into their homes and studios. Come and see!

Elaine’s "A Weaver’s Album": I am not only a spinner-dyer-weaver, but also a collector. My current collecting passion is weaving, spinning and dyeing equipment. The things I collect must be useful and have some history attached to them. Items of Canadian "invention" or manufacture are of the greatest interest. I'd like to share this collection with you and hope that you can provide answers to some of the questions raised. Since the publication of the site, two of the "unknown" items have been identified by viewers. In addition, several viewers have requested and received help after locating "found objects" on this websites.

ebay: It's an auction house online! You can 'post' your stuff, or bid on other peoples stuff.

Dog/Pet Hair. How to Handspin pet hair. A website by Patty Lee.

FiberArts.org Our mission is to provide support to everyone involved in the fiber arts on a not-for-profit basis. Free resources and services are intended for individuals, clubs, guilds, associations and organizations - as long as their focus is on advancing interest in or the state of the fiber arts. Classified ads, searchable listing of fiber related suppliers, fiber links, events calendar, web pages and guild/group listings, etc. (Good Link!)

Fiber Arts: Fiber links.

Fibre Arts on Line: The internet Connection to the FibreArts Community. This is a directory of fibre related topics, listing links to various subjects of interest for fibre artists.

"FIBERNEWS" an email monthly fiber magazine! Lili Pintea-Reed the owner/editor.

Northwest Journal: Finger Weaving; Ceinture Fléchée: Finger Weaving a Voyageur Sash, By J. Gottfred, Calgary. Instructions on how to make a chevron pattern sash using traditional finger-weaving methods.

HAYKO Restoration and Conservation Antique Rugs & Tapestry

Heart & Home Search Directory.

The HouseCleaning Page for Spinner's and Weaver's ; Have you been looking for something special? You might find a treasure! Or a buyer for your used wheel, loom, or other piece of Spinning/Weaving equipment.

Japanese Indigo: To Grow: To Dye: by Elizabeth Merrill, Port Townsend, WA, USA

Bill Koepp's Weaving Info: I hope these pages and sketches will help someone somewhere with their weaving and remove some of the mystery from this fine craft.

Joy Williams: pages of techniques based on peggy Osterkamp's warping methods...

Linen-flax is for Sale! Linen is the oldest textile material in the world.

Marla Mallett: Textiles. Ways of hanging rugs, kilims, tapestries and other weavings are described. Simple methods of mounting small textile objects, delicate fabrics or fragments are also explained. What qualities make a tribal rug or textile a "collector's piece"? When is restoration appropriate? What should beginning collectors avoid? Wonderful site!!

MOTH GUARD simply renders wool inedible to moths!

Oscar Bériau - author of "Home Weaving". This web site, a work in progress, is dedicated to Oscar A. Beriau, author, inventor, educational director, advisor and promoter of weaving and handicrafts in Canada beginning in the 1920's.

The Fabric Stain Removal Guide has been posted courtesy of Hi-Tech Detergents Ltd. of New Zealand. These people know of what they speak. Want to get that chocolate sauce stain out of your favorite shirt? Want to remove the candle wax from your best khaki pants? No problemo.

PANTONE ® is known worldwide as the standard language for color. Whatever the medium, we have you covered, providing tools for selecting, specifying and matching color. Designers' Choice highlights the favorite colors most often chosen by designers from the 1,701 color palette of the PANTONE TEXTILE Color System.

Rug Weavers' WorkshopThe Largest Cyber Meeting Place For Rug Weavers in the World. This web site is dedicated to rug weaving. Whether you are a novice or an experienced rug weaver we would like to hear from you.

The Cormo Sheep Conservation Registry, Inc. Wrightstown, NJ A non-profit organization dedicated tp the preservation of the Cormo Sheep in the North America. A list of Cormo breeders can be found on the web site.

The Spinning Wheel Sleuth, Andover, MA, is the only periodical (quarterly newsletter) devoted exclusively to spinning wheels and related tools. Our goal is to collect, exchange and share information about spinning wheels, thus making it more accessible, before the wheels and the material about them are completely lost. Also have an annual Hand Loom Supplement.

(Spinning)Wheels by Christine Jordan - Frequently Asked Questions about Spinning Wheels - with contributions from the knitlist and weavers, spinners and dyers list.

STRAW.COM & Crystal Palace Yarns. Free Knitting Patterns, Yarn News and More.

Tapestries & Wall Decor: European Woven, from The Tapestry Standard. Handmade, European wall tapestries to accent home decor. Imported from Italy, France and Belgium these pieces are high quality woven wall hangings.

"Textile Dictionary" Click on the space just below Textile Dictionary- A page which explains about textile construction, fiber content and their common names. A terrific resource!

Textiles.Org! This website is designed to provide easy access to information needed by textile artists, craftspeople, and others with an interest in the textiles industry.

TreehouseCrafts.com - The Crafter's Online Directory! If you are looking for a craft related website, this is a great place to start. We're a large and resourceful directory with a personal touch!

Weavecast: a podcast for handweavers. Host: Syne Mitchell. Do you have a weaving story to tell? An interview to contribute? An audio comment or weaving tip? Great! It's my hope that WeaveCast will become a forum for weavers of all skills and experience to tell their stories.

Weaving/Patterns/Documents: This site is home for a variety of documents about weaving, lace, and related topics. The following links are places to start exploration. Ralph Griswold

Weaving Draft Achive(Handweaving.net) - This website contains 30439 weaving drafts, with more being added often. Each draft includes the standard threading, tieup, treadling, and color drawdown. Drafts can be viewed, printed, and downloaded in WIF format. You can easily share your own drafts with other weavers here using our draft upload page.

The Woad Page. A page devoted to the study of the blue dye plant, woad. Woad is a source of the blue dye chemical, indigotin, that is also produced by the much stronger and more famous sub-tropical indigo plant.

Woolmark (IWS); All you want to know about wool (honestly!). Woolmark Label and what it stands for.

Yarn Sizes; on this page there is a lot of information about yarn sizes. It shows wraps per inch and yards per pound. There seems to be a correlation.

"Yellow Pages!" - looking for businesses that sell weaving supplies, even includes little maps so you can find the places!

The American Textile History Museum: Lowell, MA (35 miles north of Boston). The Museum's large collection includes thousands of books, manuscripts and images, millions of textile samples and hundreds of textile-making machines. The Museum is an unparalleled resource for the study of American textile history.
A special exhibit of the rich heritage of mountain coverlet handweaving that will be depicted in Textile Art from Southern Appalachia: The Quiet Work of Women. The exhibit has been organized by the Museum and will feature more than 40 coverlets and other textiles made by nineteenth and early twentieth century handweavers in the region of Eastern North Carolina, Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Displayed for the first time outside their local communities, the works of over 30 artists will be featured.

ArtandDesignOnline.com; the premiere resource tool for the Art and Design Community! Our extensive database allows direct access to top of the line Artists and Designers from around the world.

Brian Evans: "Listen with your eyes. Sound waves of music seen as light waves of color." In his recent work Evans builds models of jazz chords and simple melodies. He then visualizes the models, making music visible. He also explores the contrapuntal nature of fractal geometry using self-similar fractal images as musical scores (a series of work he calls The Visual Art of Fugue).

The Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)--it's really quite wonderful.

Hardanger Flid Tapestry: It is the goal of Hardanger Flid in Eidfjord, Norway, to preserve the old weaving traditions in Hardanger. The tapestries shown are gorgeous!

* The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico, tells the stories of the Native American people of the Southwest from pre-historic through contemporary times.

Jewish Museum, NY There is much to learn and appreciate here. As you use this site you will find collections, exhibitions, and programs that illustrate both the continuity and diversity of Jewish culture for more than 4,000 years, as well as the common ground shared by Jews with people of different cultural backgrounds. There is an Anni Albers exhibit.

Louaine Collier Elke - Reflections On Fiber Art; My Fiber Visions

McClung Museum, on the campus of the University of Tennessee, exhibit titled Textile Art from Southern Appalachia: The Quiet Work of Women. The hands of Appalachian women have lovingly created a legacy of art, family history, and comfort through the weaving of mountain coverlets.

The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum:: Almonte, Ontario, Canada. "Threads Through Time"; Celebrating Three Centuries of Handweaving & Spinning. "This is Handwoven"; The "More Than Four" Study Group is proud to present an exhibit that will surprise you with fresh applications to a traditional craft. These are "Past Exhibits", 2003.

National Museum of Natural History. The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s preeminent museum and research complex.

Museums around the world - Wow!! What else can I say!

National Gallery of Canada - tours, exhibitions, and events are all there.

NUNO, textile designers, Japan. Beyond inspiration! Nuno has launched its own book series, interweaving words and images to document the best from our voluminous catalogue of fabrics.

Peabody Essex Museum Salem, Massachusetts. This Museum has many exhibits of foreign textiles in addition to locally produced work. In this museum site you will be impressed to see how easy and fast it is to find everything. You don't get lost!

Salvatore VenturaThis unusual site catalogues the extraordinary architectural watercolors by artist Salvatore Ventura.

Smithville Community Historical Society: The Mishler Weaving Mill, Smithville, Ohio. Please come visit!!
You can see the weaving operation involving large power-driven looms in operation there now, with Smithville Community Historical Society volunteers running the various looms.

Tapestries Presents: A Timeless History of Tapestry and Wall Hangings.

Tapestries & Wall Decor: European Woven, from The Tapestry Standard. Handmade, European wall tapestries to accent home decor. Imported from Italy, France and Belgium these pieces are high quality woven wall hangings. Good site!

Tapestry Wall Hangings :  Art-and-Home, Barrie, Ontario. We at Art & Home are dedicated to providing unique products for you and your home. Inside these pages, you'll find a wide array of products that you can use to treat, pamper, amuse and entertain yourself and your family. Browse and get inspiration from our extensive collection of fine art tapestry wall hangings and other home decor items.

The Textiles Museum of Canada, Toronto, Canada: one of eight museums of its kind and the only museum in Canada solely dedicated to the collection, exhibition and documentation of textiles from around the world. Visitors to the galleries can experience the traditions, skills and creative processes that make textile arts so engaging. The collection of more than 12,000 pieces represents over 200 countries and regions. - inspirational!

The Textile Museum, Washington, DC, is dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile arts. The Museum's collections represent the textile traditions of non-Western cultures. Numbering over 16,000 objects, the collections span 5,000 years, dating from 3,000 B.C.E. to the present.

* All Countries: The FiberArts.org Guild and Group listings are available free of charge to all fiberarts related guilds, groups and organizations, including weavers, spinners, felters, dyers, etc. Our intention is to help make your organization more visible to others wishing to join, visit or contribute in many ways. ies.com/sandra_d_au">Wagga Wagga Handweavers and Spinners Guild - Inc: We are a guild with about 50 weavers and spinners. We meet 3 days a month in our workrooms at the ARCC in Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga Australia.

*Australia: Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria Inc. The main pupose of the Guild is to bring together those who practise, or wish to practise, handweaving, spinning and allied crafts. Please browse through our website, which contains lots of interesting information about these crafts. If we can assist in any way, or if you would like to join some of our activities, give us a call or email us.

Australia - The Wagga Wagga Handweavers and Spinners Guild is located in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.  We are a small, but dedicated group of Spinners and Weavers, as well as many talented knitters, crocheters etc. who meet in the ARCC centre (left) in Tarcutta Street, every Wednesday.

Canada; Alberta - Edmonton Weavers Guild; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This is a site with content!

Canada; B.C. - Chilliwack Spinners and Weavers: To foster the arts and craft of spinning and weaving in the community, to help and stimulate each other and to encourage beginners. A newsletter is published bi-monthly.

Canada; B.C. - Salt Spring Island Weavers and Spinners Guild. To learn more about our guild activities, please visit our web site.

Canada; Manitoba -  Manitoba Weavers and Fibre Artists.

Canada; NS - Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers; based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Come and see Cape Breton in all its Fall splendour. The tree colours will be magnificent! Hope to see you there.

Canada; NS - Web Page of Lake Ainslie Weavers and Craft Guild, Scotsville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Canada; Ont - Burlington Handweavers and Spinners Guild A very active guild in Ontario, Canada. My (Ruthe Stowe) guild, and proud I am! Visitors welcome!
Pictures of our'98 Juried Show! See the BHSG newsletter online NOW!

Canada; Ont - Burr House Spinners and Weavers, Richmond Hill, Ont, Can.

Canada; Ont - Cambridge Spinners and Weavers: We are a group of people united by our interest in fibre. Our members enjoy spinning, weaving, basketry, beading, dying and anything related to fibre. We meet 3rd Monday of the month, March.- Dec, at the Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario, Canada,

Canada; Ont - * Kitchener Waterloo Weavers' & Spinners' Guild in Ontario, Canada.The Guild meets at 7pm on the first Wednesday of each month - visitors are welcome. Please visit our website for more information.

Canada; Ont - * The Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters' Guild: Waterloo, Ontario. Monthly meetings usually involve a presentation by a guest speaker, a 'show & tell' of members' projects, business announcements, and social time to visit each other, the library.

Canada; Ont - *Peterborough Handweaver's and Spinners Guild: Join us and enjoy the Creative Arts of Weaving, Spinning, Basketry and Felting. Newcomers are welcome. Guild meetings are held at Kawartha Artists Studio 729 Park St. S Peterborough, Ontario (red door entrance on O'Connell Road). We meet at 7:30 the third Monday of the month, September to June. We offer the opportunity to learn through our programs, study groups, workshops and ou excellent library.

Canada; Ont - The Pottawatomi Spinners and Weavers of Grey & Bruce Counties, Owen Sound, Ont. This fellowship guild welcomes new members to a group of weavers, spinners, fibre growers and textile enthusiasts.

Canada; Ont - The Sarnia Handweavers and Spinners Guild, Sarnia, Ont, founded in 1962, currently has over 30 members from Lambton and Kent counties and Michigan.

Canada; Ont - Southwestern Ontario Basketry Guild: Advancing the art of basket making in our global community.

Canada; Ont - The Sudbury and District Weaver's and Spinner's Guild has been active in the Sudbury area for more than 40 years!

Canada; Ont - The Toronto Guild of Weavers and Spinners promotes hand-weaving, hand-spinning and dyeing by improving the skills and artistry of those practicing these crafts.

Canada; Ont - Ottawa Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild: We offer our members the opportunity to learn and grow with others who share their interests.

UK - Merseyside Guild of Weavers, UK: We are a group of enthusiasts based in North West England. We have members from Merseyside, Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire and the Wirral. Our meetings take place at the Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool.

UK - The Berkshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers, UK. An enthusiastic group of approximately 60 members, ranging from beginners through to experienced.

UK - The Clwyd Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers: most meetings at Llyfasi Agricultural college, near Ruthin, N. Wales.

USA; AK -** Alaskan Fiber Arts, AK. The original concept behind this web site was to allow my fellow Alaskan fiber artists to "strut" their stuff.

USA; AL - Greater Birmingham Fiber Guild ! We are a group of fiber enthusiasts located in Birmingham, Alabama. We have monthly meetings, study groups, group projects, a yearly picnic, a yearly show of our work, an online email group and much more. Check out what we have to offer and if you are in the neighborhood come visit. If you live in the area we would love for you to join us.

USA; AR - Northwest Arkansas Handweavers Guild, Springdale, AR

USA; CA - Inland Empire Handwears Guild : in Redlands, CA

USA; CA - Southern California Handweavers' Guild in Los Angeles.

USA; CA - Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild : This is a work in progress, meant to spread the addiction of fiber to more people.

USA; CA - Black Sheep Handweavers Guild: an HGA-affiliated guild located in the San Francisco Bay area. - This site is a must!

USA; CA - Foothill Fibers Guild - serving the spinners, weavers and knitters of Nevada County, CA.

USA; CA - Sacramento Weavers' and Spinners' Guild: Our purpose is to encourage growth in the art of weaving, spinning and dyeing, by means of interchange of ideas, by research and by contact with experts in the field. The Guild presents members with the opportunity to meet and share through workshops and lectures. Guests are welcome. Monthly programs are presented. A spinning group also meets monthly. Please visit our website to find out about this dynamic group of weavers and spinners.

USA; CA - The San Diego Creative Weavers' Guild: The Guild’s mission is to educate the general public in the art of weaving.

USA; CA - Loom & Shuttle Weaving Guild: We are an HGA-affiliated guild located in San Francisco, with members from throughout the greater Bay Area.

USA; CA - Fiber Artisans Guild: A San Jose, CA guild composed of weavers with interests in spinning, dying, knitting, crocheting and other fiber arts.

USA; CA - Southern California Guilds list and their contact people. And an information collection page for teachers who live in or will be traveling in California and who want to teach at the local Guilds.

USA; CO Four Corners Weaver's Guild: The Guild serves a widespread geographic area with members drawn from Durango, Cortez, Farmington and many smaller regions.

USA; CO - Handweavers Guild of Boulder Boulder, CO. Fiber Arts Guild of over 500 members, serving the Boulder and Denver Metro Area.

USA; CO - The Northern Colorado Weavers Guild, Inc. Fort Collins, CO, is a nonprofit group interested in meeting to share knowledge and skills in all aspects of the fiber arts with each other, and through demonstrations and shows, with the general public.

USA; CO - Pikes Peak Weavers Guild: Colorado Springs, Colorado

USA; CN - Nutmeg Spinners Guild: covers the state of Connecticut and nearby friends.

USA; DE - Delaware HGA rep: to keep people advised on what is going on in the area and where they can learn to weave.

USA; DC - Potomac Craftsman - A Fiber Arts Guild serving the Washington DC area.

USA; FL - Jacksonville Weavers’ Guild in Jacksonville, Florida.

USA; FL - Manasota Weaver's Guild We cover the Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice area in Florida and have many winter members who are also in northern guilds.

USA; Georgia - Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild in Atlanta, Georgia.

USA; IL - Bishop Hill Fiber Guild, Illinois. Our Guild is dedicated to the fiber arts as a whole. We also have members who are willing and able to tune, repair and restore spinning wheels, looms, and other fiber arts equipment.

USA; IN - Duneland Weavers Guild, CHESTERTON, IN. Covering NW Indiana. We have a fall show in mid-October and a spring fashion show and sale in April.

USA; KS - The Weavers Guild of Greater Kansas City: That would be Kansas City, Missouri. We're on the state line so we also serve Kansas City, Kansas and Overland Park, Kansas.

USA; LA - Spinners And Weavers Of Imperial Calcasieu: Lake Charles, Louisiana. The purpose of this guild shall be to provide information, inspiration and education to our members and the public, to stimulate an interest and appreciation of fiber arts and crafts.

USA; MA Cranberry Country Weavers' Guild: an organization of handweavers dedicated to the exploration and educational aspects of preserving the art of handweaving and other fiber arts and their relationship to weaving. Meetings are held at the Bridgewater Public Library, Bridgewater, MA.

USA; MA - Nashoba Valley Weavers' Guild, Harvard, MA.

USA; MA - The Weavers Guild of Boston is the oldest weavers guild in the United States.

USA; MA - Weavers Guild of Springfield: Springfield, MA is made up of men and women living in the greater Springfield area who are interested in the design and weaving of textile materials.

USA; MI - Michigan Weavers Guild: The Michigan Weavers Guild was established in 1947. The purpose of the guild is to promote interest in handweaving and related fiber arts.

USA; MI - Michigan League of Handweavers: The League provides opportunities for members to come together to learn and to exchange ideas by sponsoring lectures, workshops, conferences and exhibits. As a non-profit, educational organization, we also provide seed money for events around the state sponsored by member guilds.

USA; MN - Duluth Fiber Handcrafters Guild: An organization promoting and supporting fiber arts in the Arrowhead Region of Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin.

USA; MN - Minnesota Weaver's Guild: Members from all over Minnesota, and from Wisconsin and Iowa to the guild meetings, classes, and events.

USA; MO - The Weavers Guild of Greater Kansas City: That would be Kansas City, Missouri. We're on the state line so we also serve Kansas City, Kansas and Overland Park, Kansas.

* USA; MT - Great Falls Spinners and Weavers Guild: Great Falls, MT

USA; New England - Northeast Handspinners' Association (NHA) is a pan-New England organization (serving NY,CT,RI,MA,VT,NH,ME) for the promotion and education of the art and craft of handspinning.

USA; NC - Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild, Inc. exists to promote participation in and appreciation of fine craftsmanship as related to textile arts.

USA; NJ -Jockey Hollow Weavers Guild: we meet in Mendham, NJ.

USA; NJ - South Jersey Guild of Spinners and Handweavers: Our membership is concentrated in Camden and Burlington Counties in Southern New Jersey, but extends south into parts of Gloucester County and east to the Jersey Shore.  

*USA; NM - Las Aranas Spinners and Weavers Guild: Albuquerque, NM

USA; NY - Weavers' Guild of Rochester, Inc.. . . an educational organization formed to foster interest in weaving and related fiber arts and to encourage the exchange of information and inspiration among its members. Anyone interested in weaving is welcome to join. Our members are located primarily in the Rochester, N.Y., area, with "newsletter members" living throughout the United States and around the world.

USA; NY - The Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild draws it's membership from the greater Rochester area, Canandaigua, Geneva and the Finger Lakes region.

USA; OH - Weaver's Guild Of Miami Valley, OH. We meet the second Tuesday of the month Sept - June. A short, fiber related program follows the business meeting. An extensive library is available to members before each regular meeting. Visitors welcome.

USA; OH - Central Ohio Weaver's Guild, Columbus, OH Our members hold a wide variety of skills and interests centered on fiber and we invite you to join us in teaching, learning, and exploring the fiber arts.

USA; PA - * Central Pennsylvania Guild of Handweavers: has contact info and notes about upcoming meetings. We normally meet at The Mannings at 10 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month except July and August.

USA; PA - State College Weavers Guild has been promoting handweaving and spinning in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Made up of members of all experience levels, the Guild usually meets on the third Thursday of each month, September through May. Each meeting features a program of some sort, often involving a hands-on activity. Topics range the spectrum from dye techniques to needle felting. The Guild welcomes new members

USA; PA - The Philadelphia Guild of Hand Weavers: Membership in the Guild offers members not only the chance to increase learning but to be part of a community of other fiber artists. The Guild motto is "We Learn By Doing and Grow By Sharing".

USA; PA - Susquehanna Valley Spinners and Weavers Guild (SVSWG): Lewisburg, PA. Guild serves much of central Pennsylvania.

USA; TX - Contemporary Handweavers of Houston is a large guild founded in 1949 and serving approximately 150 weavers in the greater Houston, Texas area.

USA; TX - Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild: has a contact e-mail, lists meetings, workshops etc.

USA; TX - Tall Pines Spinners and Weavers of Houston, Texas. We welcome all weavers, spinners, and fiber artists, as well as those who are interested in learning our craft.

USA; UT - Mary Meigs Atwater Weavers' Guild

USA; VT - Green Mountain Weavers and Spinners Guild Fiber arts guild with members from SW Vermont, NW Mass, neighboring NY counties.

USA; VT - Vermont Weavers Guild: It's purpose is to increase technical proficiency and artistic experience by providing a well-rounded educational program, to promote and maintain high standards of weaving, as well as related fiber arts, to share our knowledge and ideas and to bring together hand-weavers.

USA; WA - San Juan County Textile Guild: is an ANWG-affiliated guild located in the north Puget Sound of Washington State. The purpose of the Guild is to promote the exchange of ideas and educate our membership and the public in a wide range of Fiber Arts through workshops, study groups, guest speakers, participation in the San Juan County Fair, the annual Sheep-to-Shawl event, textile shows, and demonstrations. Our members live on five islands of the San Juans: Lopez, Orcas, San Juan, Shaw and Waldron. Northwest Regional Spinning Association.

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All Countries - "Complex Weavers"(CW) - What is it? Is it for you? How to participate in the study groups?

All Countries - The Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) is your organization for fiber!

All Countries - The Northwest Bead Society in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1983 as a non-profit organization open to anyone with an interest in beads. We are dedicated to the study of beads, beading techniques and the historical role of beads in human development. We focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information about all aspects of beads.

All Countries - The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), is an international organization dedicated to researching and recreating pre-17th Century European History.

All Countries - TWIST: Tablet Weavers' International Studies & Techniques. We promote appreciation of tablet weaving and development of skills through a newsletter, an Internet discussion group, and exhibitions. Our newsletter is written by the members and is distributed three times per year. Topics include techniques, technical tips, historical articles, product news, and announcements of interest to members.

West USA and Canada - The Association of Northwest Weavers' Guilds. ANWG is dedicated to promoting and stimulating public interest in hand-weaving and related activities, to aiding and encouraging prospective handweavers, and to conducting and assisting with the foregoing endeavours in the Northwest, that is: Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Washington, and Yukon.
Watch for ANWG Conference, in May!

Canada - The Guild of Canadian Weavers The purposes of the Guild are many, but the main abjective is to raise the technical, mechanical and artistic standards of hand weaving among Canadian weavers. The members receive a quarterly Guild Bulletin which reports on news of interest in the weaving world with special emphasis on Canada. Volunteers provides a year's worth of woven samples with accompanying notes, which are sent out in the Bulletin. Access to the Basic, Intermediate, Senior and Master Weaver Tests.

Canada; Ontario - Ontario Handweavers & Spinners (OHS), Canada. Membership in the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners gives you the opportunity to communicate with other individuals in the fibre crafts, whether you are weavers, spinners, dyers, basket makers, braiders, tablet weavers, paper makers and ........
Our organization has members in all regions of the province, as well as other parts of Canada, the United States and abroad. Fibre Focus, a quarterly magazine is our main method of communication with our members. Now we are reaching out on the Web as well. We hope this will keep you interested, informed of our activities and allow us to response to your needs.

Canada; Ontario - Ontario Crafts Council. The council is a not-for-profit association of individuals, affiliated guilds, groups and institutions.

Canada; B.C. - Crafts Association of British Columbia This site provides information to learn and participate in the development and appreciation of excellence in crafts.

Europe - The International Damask Network: At this moment approx. 150 weavers are a member of the Network. This truly international group has members in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Israël, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the USA, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland

New Zealand - Creative Fibre The New Zealand Society for all fibre arts and crafts.

North America - North American Shetland Sheepbreeders Association (NASSA)

UK - The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, UK: This new site covers all aspects of the Association including an ever developing Guild contact page where email contacts are being added regularly. (Sort of the English equivalent of HGA and other national groups) Or, when you are making your plans, you could get in touch with: Hon. Secretary: Paddy Bakker, email: paddy@bakker.swinternet.co.uk

USA; - * American Tapestry Alliance: The American Tapestry Alliance is a non-profit educational organization. The purpose of the Alliance shall be to promote an awareness of and appreciation for woven tapestries designed and woven by individual artists; to establish, perpetuate and recognize superior quality tapestries by artists world-wide; to coordinate exhibitions of tapestries to establish a professional networking system for tapestry designers and weavers throughout the world; to encourage use of tapestries by corporate, liturgical and private collectors and to educate the public about the history and techniques involved in tapestry making.

USA; Arizona - Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds Inc. Our state of Arizona has a total of 17 W/S guilds most of which belong to the Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds Inc.
The purpose of the Arizona Federation is to provide opportunities for those who share a common interest in the weaving, spinning, and dyeing crafts and other allied textile techniques to meet and learn through state interaction. It gives grants and sponsors events and workshops throughout the state.
Our statewide newsletter, THE WOVEN WORD, is available.

USA; IA - Iowa Sheep Industry Association: ISIA Mission Statement: "To serve Iowa Sheep Industry Association members through an educational newsletter, a central contact point for industry information and to inform members of opportunities for improved profit and stewardship."

USA; Michigan - Michigan League of Handweavers: MLH was founded in 1959 to promote handweaving. The League welcomes anyone interested in handweaving or the many related aspects of fiber art and craft. The League provides opportunities for members to come together to learn and to exchange ideas by sponsoring lectures, workshops, conferences and exhibits. As a non-profit, educational organization we also provide seed money for events around the state sponsored by member guilds.

USA; TN - Tennessee Basketry Association: The purpose of our association is to perpetuate the art and craft of basket weaving and to support, nurture, and encourage the increase of knowledge of, and skill in all facets of creating quality baskets, either traditional or contemporary.

USA; WA - Northwest Regional Spinners' Association, serving spinners in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana

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Canada; AB - The Hand Weavers, Spinners & Dyers of Alberta is a provincial organization in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Each spring in May a three-day conference is held complete with workshops, seminars, speakers,juried shows, show and tell fibre fair, banquet, samples exchanges and great camaradiere.

Canada; B.C. - 4th Annual Natural Fibre Festival on Sunny Salt Spring Island, BC. Natural Fibre Festival is organized by Tomorrow's Traditions, a BC-registered not-for-profit society that supports local agriculture by promoting the use of natural fibres in fashion. We work on a shoe-string budget with volunteer labour, trying to contact people that we expect to have an interest in our event: guilds (weaving, spinning, knitting and quilting), textile artisans, and natural fibre producers.
Most of our volunteers are members of the Salt Spring Island Weavers and Spinners Guild. To learn more about our guild activities, please visit our web site.

Canada; ON -* World of Threads Festival 2009: Oakville, Ontario. Sept. 18, - Oct. 4, 2009. Biennial festival.

Canada; ON - Waterloo County Knitters' Fair is the largest event of its kind in Canada. For fifteen years, the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters' Guild has offered a one-day fair, the first weekend in September usually, organized "by knitters for knitters". There are lots of vendors too; so - shop-til-you-drop is the name of the game!

New Zealand - Creative Fibre; The National Festival of the New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society. Join us in April, Gisborne.
Creative Fibre Exhibition, September, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand

UK - UK Guilds and Associations: This is a cut-down version of our directory of UK Crafts Guilds and Associations.

USA; AZ - Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds Inc. The next biennial of the Federation conference is 2008. Workshops in fiber arts disciplines.

USA; AZ - The Intermountain Weavers Conference, IWC: The next conference is July. Member states are Nevada, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.

USA; CA ANNUAL LAMBTOWN USA, in Dixon, California is a celebration of the sheep and wool industries in Dixon's heritage, festival fun for the whole family.

USA; CA - Conference of Northern California Handweavers, Inc. (CNCH) Check out its calendar for a listing of what's going on the fiber world in Northern California and Western Nevada.

USA; CA - Biennial Conference of the Association of Southern California Handweavers! Workshops, seminars, vendors, a fashion show, a spin-in, a wonderful showcase, and lots of fun in the sun with all your friends. Join us and share the pleasures of Fibers in Paradise! Escondido, CA .

USA; IA - Iowa Sheep Industry Association: Iowa Sheep Industry Association’s Summer Sheep & Wool Festival in June. It will be held at the Dallas County Fairgrounds at Adel, Iowa and it is shaping up to be an event you won’t want to miss.

USA; IN - Midwest Weavers Conference,(MWA): Midwest Weavers Association Conference, Waves of Weaving, or WOW, will be in Sheboygan, WI, , in Sheboygan, WI, pictures from June 2005. The next one is in 2007, Roots. Keep in touch!

USA; Maine - Maine Fiberarts, Brunswick, Maine. Maine Fiberarts is a nonprofit organization formed to promote Maine’s fiber community and to foster its special work in basketry, beadwork, clothing design, crochet, embroidery, felting, knitting, lacework, needlework, paper, quilting, rugs, sewing, spinning, surface design, and weaving. By creating awareness of these arts and activities, we support the State’s economy, enrich our cultural life, and broaden the resources available.

USA; Maryland - Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival: West Friendship, Maryland -- The Annual Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival sponsored by the Maryland Sheep Breeders Association will be held at the Howard County Fairgrounds.

USA; Montana - Southwest Montana Flock and Fiber Festival There will be farm management and fiberarts workshops, a wool and sheep show, a mohair goat show, a fleece show and sale, vendor booths, free demonstrations, children’s events, and a farm photo contest. For more information check the web site.

USA; NC - Blue Ridge Handweaving Show. October 6-31. This is an international show. Sponsored by Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild, Inc. For further info, visit that part of our website.

USA; NJ - North Country Spinners Fibre Fallout 2008: a spinning retreat in late September 2008.

USA; NY - Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference:

USA; NY - Annual Finger Lakes Fiber Arts & Crafts Festival

USA; OH - Handspun Handwoven: the annual fiber show and sale of the Weavers Guild of Miami Valley - November - Featuring weavers, spinners, felters, knitters and many more area artisans and their handcrafted items. Demonstrations, door prizes and raffles throughout the day. Located at the John Bryan Center, 100 Dayton Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio.

USA; PENN - Mid Atlantic Fiber Association: Fiber art and fiber artists in the Mid Atlantic Region of the United States. MAFA Conference Information about Classes and Registration will be available here on these web pages.

USA; TX - Contemporary Handweavers of Texas CHT: For the weaver, with her hands on the loom, her feet on the treadles and her eyes on the stars. Hosts a biennial state conference in the Spring.

USA; WA - Seattle Knitting & Fiber Arts Expo 2007, Hosted by Arlene and George Vraney in April. This year expanded classes into all the fiber arts, spinning, weaving, rug making,crochet, etc.

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Canada; B.C. - Laura Fry Weaving Studio: Quality Hand Weaving from Prince George, British Columbia. TEACHING; Schedule, Workshops, Seminars.

Canada; B.C. - Tartan Weaving Lessons: The Tartan Lady, Pat Magee. Comfortable bed and breakfast accommodation in the Comox Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Close to Mt. Washington skiing, golf courses, and marinas. Your very own hand-made tartan will make a perfect gift for a friend or a keepsake for yourself.

Inge Dam - Master Weaver Textile Designer: Workshops and Seminars - In 1992 I completed an in-depth study for Ontario Handweavers and Spinners to become a Master Weaver. The subject of the study was Iron Age Textiles from Northern Europe (the Iron Age was from 500 BC until 800 AD). In the course of my study, I became interested in tablet (card) weaving. Through inspiration of these textiles, I now incorporate tablet weaving into my fabrics by weaving the tablet borders and bands simultaneously with the fabric on the loom.

Canada; Ont - Sir Sandford Fleming College (SSFC): - the Haliburton School of Fine Arts. (Haliburton, Ont. Can.).

Canada; Calgary, AL. - * Olds Collage - Off Campus - Ontario: I have organized a Master spinning course taught by Olds College. We will be having our first course at Rockton Fair grounds on April 19-23, 2010. There will be more classes offered for Master Spinners Adjacent with Woodstock Fleece festival Oct 24-29. There is a course for Master weavers Level 1 offered also for 7 days Oct 24- 31 2010.
Heather Morrissey   email:  hmorrissey09@gmail.com    phone: 905-690-9497

Canada; Quebec, PQ. - * Moon Rain Centre: a not-for-profit cultural organization dedicated to integrating creativity and harmony in the community through the creation, exhibition and teaching of tapestry weaving and textile arts. It is a studio workshop and exhibition facility and a place for inspiration, creative retreat and renewal. Located in the Gatineau Hills north of Ottawa/Gatineau, in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.

Canada; PEI - Weave an Island Experience: Summer weaving and tapestry workshop on Prince Edward Island offers a vacation retreat for learning about tapestry and yarn dyeing. Weavers and non-weavers welcome. Ann and Elinore Keuper.

UK; Ireland - Taipeis Gael Teo: We are a group of tapestry artists from Co Dongal in Ireland. There are 3 artists who work together weaving and we also provide courses during the summer months or at other times throughout the year to interested groups and individuals.

USA; AZ - Desert Weaving Workshop: Tucson, AZ -- weaving and tapestry classes, including loom rental space and hand dyed yarns.

USA; CA - * Custom Handweavers: Instruction in weaving, spinning, and knitting for beginning and intermediate students A variety of courses to challenge and advance skills, knowledge, and technique A large selection of looms, spinning wheels, yarns, roving, books, buttons, and accessories. Classes are held ongoing throughout the year in day or evening sessions. Each session begins on the first Monday of each month and meets for three weeks.

USA; CA - College of Marin: The Art of Weaving: Admissions & Records office on either the Kentfield or Indian Valley campus. Marlin, California. In this beautiful facility, nestled on the oak spotted, pastoral Indian Valley campus, learn, explore, and delight in the fascinating art of weaving. This class is designed for all levels of experience.

USA; CA - John Marshall: works in fabric. Workshops, seminars, lectures. Information on katazome, tsutsugaki, natural dyes, Japanese dolls & crafts, retail dye supplies. It is my intention to share all of the enclosed with whomever is interested, provided it is for private use or for non-profit generating educational purposes. That means, feel free to use it as a teaching aid giving credit whenever appropriate.

USA; CA - La Jolla FiberArts, located in the beautiful coastal village of La Jolla, California, near San Diego, is devoted entirely to the textile arts, and the gallery honors the work of fine artists who are known both locally and nationally. The Resource Studio has workshops, events and select materials for weavers and spinners. Visit us often for new events and workshops.

USA; CA - Marian's Llamas: Marian Thormahlen. You can be a guest at my ranch while learning to weave and spin. Once I know what you wish to learn, and the number of days you will be staying with me, I will design a course of study to meet your needs and goals.

USA; CA - Southern California Guilds: An information collection page for teachers who live in or will be traveling in California and who want to teach at the local Guilds. The idea is to link the guilds in Southern California up with each other so they can share teachers when they are in the area.

USA; CA Marion's Place, San Juan Capistrano, lectures in Weaving, Spinning, Knitting, Crochet, Needlepoint, Macrame. Lecture fee includes travel within a 30 mile radius of San Juan Capistrano.

USA; NY * Nancy Jo Design.com: Mary Jo LaClair and Nancy Tepas are two fiber artists who work under the pseudonym NancyJo Designs. Both are professional teachers who team-teach workshops in weaving, dyeing, and knitting. Their focus is color and design. Both have a love of yarn and color and enjoy using mixed and unusual fibers in hand-woven and knitted pieces. They are currently selling work in their local area.

USA; Mass - Vävstuga Swedish Weaving and Folk Arts: Class offerings include not only five-day classes but now two-day classes as well. Importing weaving equipment from Sweden in 1993 to satisfy the needs of my students. Demands have resulted in the addition of books, yarns, and cold mangles to the ever growing list of imports. I also enjoy the challenge of developing variations in equipment and seeking new methods of using it. Room and board are available on-site. Becky Ashenden and Susie Robbins.

USA; MASS - Webs Yarn Merchants Located in Northampton, Massachusetts, WEBS offers handknitters, machine knitters and weavers a complete selection of yarns and equipment for their crafts. They also have Weaving, Knitting, Spinning Workshops.

USA; MINN - Sugarbush Fiber Arts is a school for fiberartists located in Grand Marais, Minnesota. I invite you to enjoy the satisfaction of accomplishment and the supportive feeling of community, as we work with fellow artists to learn age old crafts. If you are willing to learn and feel like being a little creative, give Sugarbush a call. You will benefit in many ways. Come for a week or a weekend and have fun learning.

USA; MINN - Louise French, Handweaver: St. Paul, Minnesota. Handwoven Fashions and Accessories; Weaving Instruction; Sewing with handwoven fabric; Fiber art. Top quality wool, silk, cotton, linen, and chenille clothing, scarves, table linen

USA; MO - Hillcreek Fiber Studio: Columbia, MO. Hillcreek Fiber Studio: Columbia, MO.- Workshops. Why don't you treat yourself, this year, to some time away from a hectic life-style, learning a new skill, and meeting some great people. Carol Leigh

USA; MT - Elkhorn Mountains Weaving Studio: Clancy, MT. Joanne Hall's Studio Classes: My classes are arranged on an individual basis. Hours are flexible. Four Shaft Weaving, Tapestry for Beginners, Color Study are a few of the classes. For nonsmokers, room and board is available at the Hall home.

USA; OH - The Loom Shed: Oberlin's Unique Handweaving Center, The Loom Shed, established in 1980, is a working studio teaching weaving. The shop carries looms from Schacht and Norwood along with a variety of weaving yarns.

USA; OR - Linda Hendrickson, Portland, OR I invite you to share my excitement and enthusiasm for structure and color, tribal designs, and new possibilities. Come and explore this world, experience the pleasure of using simple tools to turn thread into textiles, and know the joy of creating something beautiful with your own hands. Workshops | Teaching Schedule |Mail Order| Books & Supplies

USA; OR - Susan Lilly, Corvallis, OR will travel, bringing her workshop to your area. Susan currently teaches weaving at the Oregon State University Craft Center. She combines superb weaving skills, excellent teaching ability, and an innovative minimalist design construction technique.

USA; PA - ARTS Studio: the Allegheny River Textile ARTS Studio in western PA, and learn about the many resources which ARTS provides: teaching, research, archives, supplies and much more. Meet Sigrid Piroch, textile artist and teacher, to see some of her work and publications, travels and schedule + interesting Bio. Join research in progress and study groups. Her new book, "The Magic of Handweaving -- The Basics & Beyond" will be out in May 2004. Taking orders now.

USA; PA - Pam Pawl Textiles: Sherman Mills, Phila., PA . I conduct studio classes in weaving , dyeing and design as well as teach workshops for conferences and guilds. I am also a regular teacher at the Phila. Guild of Handweavers. I maintain a studio at Sherman Mills in Philadelphia where I produce limited edition scarves, shawls and blankets. I specialize in hand dyed yarns and multi-harness loom structures to create fabrics that are not only functional but also show a sense of movement through structure and color.

USA; WA - The Northwest Bead Society in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1983 as a non-profit organization open to anyone with an interest in beads. We are dedicated to the study of beads, beading techniques and the historical role of beads in human development. We focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information about all aspects of beads.

USA; WA - The Weavers' School (Madelyn van der Hoogt) is located on scenic Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Come to the northwest with your whole family: they can hike, bike, boat, shop, and swim -- while you weave!

USA; W.VIR - The Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia is dedicated to making traditional music, crafts, dancing and folklore available to visitors and residents alike.

Guatemala - Carol Ventura: Mayan Hair Sashes Backstrap Woven in Jacaltenango, Guatemala. For books and workshops, Carol Ventura's Home Page.

Ends of the Earth: - Workshops and Talks. Videos, Exhibitions.

Ashford Handicrafts Ltd.: Spinning Wheels

AVL Looms - also a link to Jhane Barnes' page at the AVL site.

Babe's Fiber Starter, a contemporary inexpensive spinning wheel (machine) made from white furniture PVC and a black wheelchair wheel. Manufacturing and sales Babe's Fiber Garden.

Backstrap Weaving instructions page. How to construct your own backstrap loom and weave warp-faced textiles, by Burleigh Custis.

Braidershand: Makers of quality Japanese style braiding looms: marudai and takadai, and the tama to go with them.

* Brennan CopperLooms, Eugene, OR. This tapestry loom is readily portable; dismountable; free standing. Constructed of copper parts and designed by me, a tapestry maker of long, diverse experience. The loom comes with notes, diagrams, assembly and adjustment guide.

Digital Weaving Norway AS sells and markets the TC-1 Thread Controller loom from Norway. Go to News and Events and click on Gallery to see fabrics woven on the TC-1. This was the loom worked on during Convergence Pre Conference Workshops.

Montana Looms: Missoula, Montana. Was the Dundas Looms.

Fireside Looms My husband and I recently purchased Fireside Fiberarts. Fireside Fiberarts is now located in Butler PA and will continue its tradition of building furniture-quality looms and accessories. New products include our 4 harness cantilever loom, air assist for easier treadling on any loom and rotary temples for looms of any manufacturer. Larry & Michelle Lesniak.

Gilmore Looms For The Finest In Hand Weaving, we've been making looms since 1936.

Glimåkra USA: We are the importers of Glimakra weaving equipment for the US and Canada.  We have all Glimakra looms and weaving equipment, including drawlooms in stock in our warehouse in Clancy, Montana

Glimåkra Looms: Glimåkra Sweden. 1999 GAV purchases Vävstolsfabriken Glimåkra. Our already rich product mix is now increased with production and selling of Glimåkra looms. Today we manufacture all weaving equipment from looms to bobbinwinders.

Good Wood Looms: Langley, Washington. Good Wood Looms are excellent for beginning weavers of all ages, and many experienced weavers enjoy using them for small projects, to test color combinations, and for travel looms. Sampler kit to teach people how to do pattern with pick up sticks. They also have pocket looms for cup mats, mini tapestries, a Mini Inkle Loom and many other small looms. These work up nicely, and for kids --- quickly.....or are great for in the car or in the purse projects.

Harrisville Designs offers products for the weaving and knitting enthusiast, as well as our Friendly Loom line of educational toys for children. Our products and services include: looms, yarns, educational toys, custom spinning, workshops and classes.

* Hazel Rose Looms, Trinity Center, Ca: Even if you can't knit or crochet and one look at a 'regular' loom scared you off, you'll find working with these continuous weave looms really simple to learn and fun to do. There's NO WARPING. All our looms are made with quality hard woods and smoothly finished nails.

Leclerc Loom home page - Weaving Patterns using Maurice Brassard & Fils Yarn; Our catalog; general information relating to all Leclerc looms.

ALL YOU NEED IS "LOUET!" Louet Sales is the North American distributor of Louët spinning, weaving, and carding equipment. They have yarn too. Louet Sales, RR # 4, Prescott, ON, K0E 1T0, CANADA

Mini-Mills Ltd., Belfast, Prince Edward Island Canada. Mini-Mills Ltd. has developed a range of low cost fiber processing equipment designed for use in the cottage industry. It is now possible, with a moderate investment, for anyone to produce commercial quality yarns from their own fiber fleece. The mini-mill can process exotic fibers such as Mohair, Angora, Llama and Alpaca as well as wool and blends. A "Cottage Industry" size mill is intended to produce a wide range of top quality products in small quantities.

Mirrix Tapestry Studio The Mirrix Tapestry Studio Looms provide you with a lifetime of tapestry weaving enjoyment.

Mountain Loom Online Catalog; News | Loom Product Catalog | Current Price List |(NEW!)LoomChat Discussion Forum |

Mountainspun Farm & Fiber Studio, Mt. Snow Valley, Vermont, USA. Triangle Looms for Shawls & More! Made From 100% VT Maple Several sizes, Adjustable Stands, Shed Sticks. Spinning, weaving, knitting equipment, fiber & instruction.

Norwoodlooms: Northampton, MA Looms for Every Space. Norwood offers a loom for every living space – from the small versatile Workshop Loom to the largest, multiple harness Floor Loom.

Northwest Looms has three primary rules by which we run our business: - Be responsive to the customer, deliver what is promised. - Provide quality weaving tools and equipment at a fair price. - Stand behind the product.

Öxabäcks Looms: countermarche and the drawlooms. Nice site. The text is in Swedish, no English.

Pillow Looms: Portable Pillow Loom intended for use in schools, homes, rehabilitation settings and the like.

Purrington Looms: We have acquired the assets of Table Looms by the Germaines and have resumed the production of the full line of looms originally designed by Rollo Purrington.

Schacht Spindle Co., Inc, Boulder, CO. Designing handweaving and handspinning equipment since 1969. (The makers of the famous "Wolf" looms!)

Texsolv AB: Heddles and tie-up cord for handweaving looms.

Toika of Finland has a web page with lots of pictures.

Toika USA, located in Northampton, MA, is the American distributor for TOIKA of Finland.

Tornadowood Looms & Accessories, N. Central Texas, specializing in small looms for the handweaver. Fine handmade inkle looms, pocket looms, shuttles made from beautiful woods.

Adjustable Triangle Looms. Shawl/Blanket Frame Loom.

Weavettes: Buxton Brook Designs brought the looms back in 1998 as "Weavettes" (originally "Weave-It"). For all of its original intention: to weave in the palm of your hand. Made again in hardwood frames with stainless steel pins, the original 2- and 4-inch square sizes were remanufactured and new loom shapes were introduced (2" x 4", 2" x 6", 4" x 6" and 6" x 6") to provide more modular design possibilities.

Woolhouse Looms, BC, Can. All items with our Woolhouse Tools mark are designed and built in our workshop. Our workshop and showroom are on our country acreage about five hours drive northeast of Vancouver, B.C. We do welcome visits by those interested in our equipment, but visitors should call in advance.

Aarhus Weaving Center Providers of Fine Weavings & Weaving equipment! Looms & Weavings! Harrisville Designs, Inc.

African Lion Safari, Cambridge, Ontario, is a Canadian owned family business created in the name of conservation. We are proud to be keepers of the friendly little survivor known as The Shetland Sheep, a multi-coloured primitive breed. Today our flock consists of about two hundred sheep. All of the recognized eleven natural colours are represented..
For information on buying sheep, their raw wool or fine yarn call: Carole Dailley, Shepherdess at African Lion Safari, (519)623-2620 FAX (519) 623-9542. E-Mail African Lion Safari : admin@lionsafari.com or contact The Sheep Shoppe, ph# (905)-659-2241

Andes Handspun Angora Hand Knitting Yarns, Chile. All the angora yarns we offer through this Web site are from our own bunnies, hand spun and processed by the ladies of the Andes Spinning Coop, living at a rural village in a cool lush rainy mountain valley, in southern Chile. We all derive inspiration from the views of the magestic Andes Mountains.
Worldwide delivery of weaving and hand knitting yarns already included in our prices.

Artbeads.com, your online source for fine-quality beads, clasps, and other jewelry components for the discriminating bead artist.

Love Your Buns Rabbitry, Wilmington VT USA. Angora Rabbit , English Lop and Cage Supplies: Grand Champion Registered Lines of top Quality rabbits for show , wool and companionship. Online Cage and Supply catalog. Cages and supplies sent UPS, Rabbits by appointment -pick up- only.

Apple Hollow Farm: New & Used Looms & Spinning Wheels Bought & Sold. Books, Videos, Classes, Yarns. Rambouillet, Natural-Colored Merino,& Hampshire Sheep

Aurelia Wool & Weaving: Victoria, B.C.. Designer Fibres from New Zealand for Spinning, Felting and Embellishment. fabulous colour blends and luscious luxuries with mohair, silk and possum, directly imported from New Zealand.

Aurora Silk sells natural dyestuffs, including indigo, cochineal, tannic acid, brazilwood, logwood, fustic, madder, weld, and mordants. We also sell naturally dyed silk yarn and hemp yarn suitable for weft and warp, handspinning fiber, and books and articles about dyeing with natural dyes.

Aunt Julia's: is located in historic Virginia City in the heart of beautiful Southwest Montana. Authorized dealer for Ashford and Harrisville Designs looms, wheels and supplies, as well as incredible roving and batts from Crosspatch Creations. We also offer custom spun wool yarns and natural colored rovings from Montana grown sheep. Weekend and weeklong fiber related workshops will be offered during the 2004 season.

Barter Page & The Fiber Equipment - For the Sale, Barter/Trade, or Wanted of Previously Owned Spinning, Weaving & Knitting Equipment. This is a free service for sale, wanted, and barter of used fiber equipment, fiber stash reductions, and breeders selling their own fiber.

* Auntie's Beads and Beading Supplies: Auntie's Beads is a one-stop shop for the best selection of beads, Swarovski crystal beads, gemstones, sterling silver beads, charms, jewelry findings, beading tools, beading supplies and more! We offer great prices and special discounts every week.

The Bead Cellar is a mailorder bead business located in southern New Jersey (just minutes from Philadelphia). We offer the finest Japanese beads (Treasures and Seeds ) as well as beading supplies, books and software at the best possible prices.

Beadweaver: Beadweaver's is a unique boutique featuring the widest selection of beads in Northeastern PA, including Miyuki Delicas, Seed Beads, Bugles, Triangles, Squares, & Drop Beads; Czech Fire Polish, Window Beads, and Pressed Glass; Swarovski Crystal, Findings, Books, Tools, Hemp, Storage, & Supplies. We are also the home of Sage and Spirit's Designs, original beadwork by Kelly Ziegler.

Beadworks Beads and Jewelry Supplies: Norwalk CT. Vast range of fine quality beads for jewelry designers and bead lovers. International retail and wholesale online shopping. Store locations in US and UK.

Blackberry Ridge Woolen Mill Home Page: Mt. Horeb, WI... We provide both wool processing services to customers from all over North America and knitting supplies and natural fiber yarns to customers from all over the world. Our specialty is custom spinning of your wool into yarn. In addition, we offer carding services to turn your wool into roving for hand spinning with the purpose of providing you with a variety of ways that you can market your distinctive fleeces. We also offer an extensive line of our own yarns.

The Black Lamb, Port Hope Ontario. Specializing in one-of-a-kind items, we feature quality hand crafts. Registered dealer for Ashford, Louet, Treenway Silks, Briggs & Little, Eucalan Wash, Fleece Artist and Kertzer Yarns products. We also carry custom yarns and fibre from several local suppliers.

Blue Moon Fibers: Texas. Unique gifts and fabulous fibers. Home to Moonspinners, spindlepins & spindlebobs and other spinning goodies! Handspinning! Moonspinners™!

C.L. Blomqvist AB, in Fritsla, is a Swedish yarn and equipment supplier for handweaving, mainly by mailorder. Blomqvist would like to help you with - good suggestions for weaving, great service in questions concerning yarns and weaving, descriptions which are easy to understand and products of the very best quality.

*INCOMPARABLE BUTTON's: Wasaga Beach ON Canada. Extensive collection of handmade, hand-painted, ceramic buttons. Our unique designs and styles, including flat-back and acid-free craft pieces, are ideal for multi-use applications including sewing, knitting, quilting, cross-stitching as well as greeting cards, scrapbooking and jewellery. Many designs are inspired by Africa's rich ethnic culture, art and distinctive wildlife. We also offer a distinctive line of ready-made button products.

Bountiful: We carry everything for the Spinner or Weaver. We are mail order and are located in Livermore, Colorado

Borgs Weaving Yarn! Borgs Vävgarner AB is a Yarn-company in the south of Sweden, called Vittsjö. They have cotton, cottolin, linen, rug warp and weft yarn, etc.

Bunnies-N-More: Logan, UTah. English Angora Bunnies | French Angora Bunnies | The Bunnies | Handspun yarn and fiber

Camilla Valley Farm Weavers' Supply: Orangeville, Ontario, Can., offers a selection of high quality Fibres for Weavers and Knitters. Philosopher's Wool, Cotton, Mercerized Cotton, Belgian Linen, LeClerc Looms, Interweave Press Books and more. Sample Cards for Maurice Brassard Fibres (Cotton, Mercerized Cotton and Linen) are online.

Caravan Beads Inc has a retail store in Portland, Maine. Retail and wholesale beads and beading supplies. Direct importer of Miyuki Delicas, triangle beads, 11/0s, cube beads, twisted bugles and other Japanese seed beads. Sole distributors of C-Flex 49 strand beading wire.

* Caroline's Books and Craft Bits: I aim to encourage people in spinning and weaving by showing how they can enjoy these crafts with the simplest of homemade equipment. I have instructions for drop spindles, a spinner, an electric spindle, small looms, instructions on how to build a tri-loom, tiny square looms and more.

* Cedarview Farms, Courtright, ON: Wool is environment friendly! It is a naturally occurring product that relies on very little energy to be refined into a usable product. We shear our sheep once or twice a year, and have found that having the wool made into wool batts, mattress pads, wheelchair pads, duvets, pillows and comforters is another great way to make use of an amazing product.

Cloth and Clay: Waterloo, Ontario. Mail orders available, please Phone.

*Carole Precious, Shepherdess: Chassagne, Puslinch, Ontario, Canada. Shetland Fleeces and Yarns: We have various Shetland Sheep related items for sale.

Cherry Tree Hill yarn;All of the yarns featured on this website are processed by hand at our studio at Cherry Tree Hill Farm in East Montpelier, Vermont.

Chris Gustin's Homestead Handweaving Studio is a small family-operated business which carries weaving, spinning, and knitting supplies and equipment, woven rugs and placemats, unique handwoven clothing and household items.
Look here for the closeups of "Cyber Dish Towel" Exchanges!

Crown Mountain Farms: Yelm, Washington. Exquisite Spinning and Knitting Products. We carry a complete line of spinning fiber from Peace of Yarn, Southwest Trading Company, Chasing Rainbows and Ashland Bay. In addition we sell spinning wheels, turkish drop spindles, handmade rosewood knitting needles, Yarn, patterns, dyes and books. (coming soon to our site: handmade glass and raku buttons, and weaving tools)

Cornerstone Fibres is a small home-based business situated in a rural farming community of Eastern Ontario. Quality Angora fibres for the handspinner. Samples of all of our fibres are available for $1 each for a spinnable pinch of fibre or a 12 inch length of yarn. Wrap yourself in luxury...Buy angora!

Cotton Clouds: Safford, AZ. Cotton and cotton blend yarns on both cones and skeins. Plus exclusively designed kits, how-to books, fashionable patterns , helpful videos and timesaving tools.

Country Lane Fiber Arts and gifts is an on farm fiber craft business. New London, IA Ashford spinning wheels, Louet products, bobbinlace, battenburg lace, tatting, twining, locker hooking, spinning fibers & books, knitting, crochet, weaving, soapmaking, books and supplies for all the above.

Crosspatch Creations and Three Bags Full have joined together to offer our clients a larger selection and assortment of fiber related products. Supplies for handspinners, weavers, and knitters.

Curl Bros. Textiles Ltd. We are manufacturers of high quality COTTON yarn located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. We specialize in Mail orders but if you find yourself in the Toronto area you are welcome to visit our Factory outlet.

Cushing & Company, Kennebunkport, ME. Perfection Acid Dye Color Card, Perfection Direct Dye Color Card, Rug Hooking Tools & Equipment

Custom Knits & Mfg: We have discovered that a lot of weavers need a place to store their cone yarn. We build a beautiful Yarn Tree. Our Tree is called the Space Saving Yarn Tree as you can store a lot of yarn in a small area. It turns on a sealed ball bearing, so you can have the tree in a corner and still get to all cones.

Dharma Trading Co.Since 1969; Fiber Arts Supplies for Artists, Craftspersons & Industry with Fast, Friendly Service at Fair Prices. Browse among the products below to see if it's worth getting a catalog.

Dreamspin Fibres:Milton, Ontario, Canada. We support local producers of high quality fleece, and spinners' flocks elsewhere that offer similar quality. Select any combination of fibres that you wish: alpaca/cashmere, silk/romney, or whatever your heart desires! If you don't see what you are looking for, just ask for prices and availability.

Earth Guild, Asheville NC. Tools, materials & books, for traditional & contemporary handcrafts.

ebay: It's an auction house online! You can 'post' your stuff, or bid on other peoples stuff.

Edward's Spindle Shop: Edward Tabachek, in Winnipeg, MB, makes beautiful spindles and other spinning and weaving tools. Jo-Anne is a weaver and a spinner. Our site also has Gallery pages showing the work of both of us.

FreeEmbroideryStuff: Internet Resource for the Home and Commercial Embroiderer.

Edgemont Yarn Service and Great Northern Weaving have merged in Kalamazoo, MI, in hopes to serve you better. They carry a full line of Rug Weaving supplies. Including Maysville carpet warp, Loopers, etc.

Elann Fibre Company:100% Natural Fibre Yarns by Mail Order. The Definitive Yarn Source for Natural Fibre Lovers. Canadian orders are shipped directly from British Columbia, Canada, and American orders are shipped directly from Montana, USA.

*Eugene Textile Center; Eugene Oregon. Retail shop sells merchandise for the textile arts. ETC carries large and small equipment for weavers, spinners, dyers, textile printers, quilters, and feltmakers. Browse through the books and magazines for inspiration and ideas.

Ewesful Creations: in Chilliwack, BC. Ewesful Kate made out of Hardwoods - Pine, Maple, Oak & Cherry. The bobbins are tensioned so the yarn all winds off evenly at the same speed, so they don't wind backwards & get tangled.

FD: Woven Articles by Fatima Dias: Pefferlaw, Ontario, by Lake Simcoe. Pure Corriedale Sheep Wool for your Knitting, Weaving and Spinning projects. The wool is bright, dense, bulky and soft-handling. Wool and Colours have always been my passion! Colours! the breed is Corriedale from South America.

The Fiber Loft: Harvard, MA. We've got what you need for Weaving, Knitting, Spinning, Felting. Classes, supplies and finished products.

Fibres Plus; Basketry: Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada. Heather is a professional basket maker, so we stock only superior quality reed.

**Fibrepalooza is family farm in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, dedicated to the principles and promotion of both globally fair traded and locally produced fibres and woolen products.  We sell and promote yarns, fibres and finished products from countries such as Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Russia, India, Australia, and North America. 

Fire Ant Ranch Here we raise colored and white Angora, colored and white fine wool, and Angora. Wool & Mohair from Livestock To Finished Goods. General Price List/Mail Order Form.

Foxfibre® cotton products: Vreseis Limited: Fox Fibre and Colour-By-Nature®: naturally colored cotton - Sally Fox

The Fold: Toni Neil, Marengo, Illinois. Sheep fascinate me, and I'd love to have some from every breed available, but since I can't do that, I buy fleeces from flocks around the country and offer them for sale in the shop so that we can all know what it's like to spin Navajo, Jacob, Lincoln, Targhee, and other breeds. There will always be a variety of fleeces available in the shop, and I sell these in quantities as small as an ounce, so that's an option if you'd like to try out just a bit of fleece from a breed of sheep that's new to you.

Freckles Collection; Surrey, BC. Folk Art Stitchery and Quilts. How to's - Patterns - etc.

Friedrich Traub: who supplies looms, spinning wheels, fibers and yarn. (deutsch)

Gemini Fibres, Mt Albert, Ontario, is a family owned and operated business dedicated to bring complete supplies and equipment to weavers, spinners, and knitters. Owner Lois Pottage has earned a reputation of providing friendly, prompt and reliable service. Our products line is very extensive and only some items are featured on this site. For a complete price list contact us by phone, fax, or email. All prices are in Canadian dollars.

G&S Dye; G&S Dye is one of THE SOURCES for textile design supplies in North America. Along with a wide range of natural silk, cotton and linen fabrics, we also carry over ten brands of dyes, paints or inks with all sorts of services and auxiliary supplies for silk painting, screen printing, marbling, T-shirt painting, fabric printing, tie-dyeing, batik, stenciling and many others suitable for fabric artists.

Green Acres Alpaca Store: Flamborough, Ontario. We cater to knitters, weavers, sewers,spinners and artisans who appreciate the luxury of alpaca in its many forms including raw fleece, rovings, natural yarns and fabric.

Halcyon Yarns: Bath, Maine. "What You Have in Mind, We Put in Your Hand!"

Handspinner, the web site for handspinners. We feature spinning wheels, fibers, and spinning accessories.

Handweavers Studio & Gallery Ltd: The only store in London (England) that you can go to and touch and play with every kind of weaving and spinning supply, books, yarn and fleece, as well as having an extensive mail order catalogue that serves customers worldwide.

Hatchtown Farm; Bristol, ME . Pam & Jim Child's handturned hand spindles, niddy noddies, etc. -- a full, online catalog. Also a lot of interesting things, like the "Lambing Journal"!

Heritage Yarns: Jackson, MS. The home of beautiful hand-dyed yarn, hand-dyed spinning fiber for your spinning, knitting and weaving pleasure. Hand-dyed commercial silk scarves and handwoven textiles.

Homestead Wool & Gift Farm: near Albany, Wisconsin, for unique spinning fiber, wool, handspun yarn, handspun novelty yarn, painted primitives and more! Stop by our new scarf and shawl pages for stylish items that include both the fun of novelty yarns AND the warmth of wool! New items added often--fast shipping, no handling fees... Choose something from the Homestead, home of our very pampered sheep!

Homespun Spindles: is operated by Carol Cassidy-Fayer in Crystal Lake, Illinois. All Lollipops! are hand made by Carol and friends, who create and hand paint every Lollipop with love.. We take spinning seriously! Lollipops are highly decorated, top-whorl handspindles and matching threading/sley hooks. Lollipops come in several luscious "flavors".

The Spinner's and Weaver's HouseCleaning Page; Have you been looking for something special? You might find a treasure! Or a buyer for your used wheel, loom, or other piece of Spinning/Weaving equipment.

Janome: the world's premier manufacturer of quality sewing machines. Whether you're a skilled sewist or an interested beginner,

Our goal at SINGER® is to design quality products to meet the needs of every sewing enthusiast.

Husqvarna Viking Products: Sewing Machines.

Lehmans: Eco-Friendly Goods, treadle sewing machines, etc. Good interesting site!

* The Loom in a Tube™ loom, booklet and kit form a trio of products that equip you with the necessary tools, materials and instruction to begin weaving with yarn and with beads. Each of the projects in the Loom in a Tube Project Series introduces specific techniques, and then guides you through creating a weaving using those techniques. Once you have mastered the techniques, you will be ready to design and create your own unique pieces of woven art.

Not Just Yarn: a wonderful source for fine needlework supplies and friendly, helpful service. Classes in knitting, crochet, cross stitch, embroidery, or any other types of needlework. Visit us in Brattleboro, Vermont,

Sheep's Clothing: Prince Edward Island, on Canada's Atlantic coast, is the home of knitwear designer Lynne Douglas. The pastoral beauty of "The Island" has inspired many of her designs.

Jane Stafford Textiles is a mail order supplier of yarns, kits, weaving and spinning equipment, and books for weavers. We are located on Salt Spring Island, the largest of B.C.'s Gulf Islands. Our showroom is housed in Coastal Currents Home and Garden Gallery at 133 Hereford Avenue in the quaint village of Ganges.

Jane's Fiber & Beads Your one stop shop for beading, spinning, weaving, knitting, tassel making, and kumihimo supplies. Jane Overman.

Jane's Sheepish Things: in London, Ontario. Free catalogue. Supplies, kits, lessons and design.

Jenkins Woodworking: Scotts Mills, OR. Fine wood tools for fiber artists. It took three years to develop a superb boat shuttle, and now Ed has put in months to develop a line of small circular knitting needles to compliment our huge, well made wooden knitting needles and crochet hooks, the walnut hairpin lace looms, and hooks & circular needles, and Turkish drop spindles.

Kreinik Manufacturing Company, Inc. Manufacturer of fine threads and accessories in silks, metallics and real metal threads for needlework, hand and machine sewing, weaving, lacemaking, tatting, quilting or whatever the imagination might create.

Charm Woven Labels; "The Finishing Touch"; A distintive label for every need.

Heirloom Woven Labels: Whether it is your creation or your possession, label it with 100 percent woven fabric labels of the highest quality.

Langley Yarns & Crafts, Vancouver, B.C.; sell everything to do with weaving and spinning. If there is anything that you may be looking for that you do not see listed please contact me and I will try and get it for you.I hope to be able to supply you with all of your weaving and spinning. Barbara Braaten

Legacy Studio, Cochrane, Alberta, offers Ashford Spinning wheels and fibre for handspinning, with emphasis on Alberta Fibre. Traditional rug hooking supplies and original patterns. Mosaics in stained glass, tile and marble.

Lion Brand Yarn Company, Carlstadt, NJ The purpose of this website is to enhance your enjoyment of knitting, crocheting and crafting with yarn. Lion Brand is a family-owned and operated business and a beloved American brand since 1878.

Lunatic Fringe Yarns, Florida. Yarn, Weaving Supplies, Looms - Fun Stuff for Fiber Folks! Lunatic Fringe Yarns’ signature line is the "Tubular Spectrum" collection of weaving yarn: mercerized cotton yarn in 20 beautiful colors, 5 shades of gray and black and white.

Mabou Ridge Fiber Processing: Full-service custom spinning mill, will process alpaca, llama, mohair, wool, cashmere, quivit into rovings, batts, yarn, and felt. Also sell same. Mabou Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Rajmahal: Art Silk Products for fine needle point, commercial dyed wool slivers, mohair & wool dyed slivers, wool & silk dyed slivers, mohair and wool blend skeins for tapestry plus much more.
All prices quoted are in Australian dollars.

Simpson & Co., Viginia. Was Cyber Fyber - A Resource for Fiberartists, a virtual shop. Services: Classified Ads; Teacher Registry; Guild Registry; Events Calender; Yarn; Looms; Spinning Wheels; Books; Fiberartist's Gallery.

"Yarns Plus": Marie Payne and Don McMurrich of Mississauga. Our Mission.........to supply hand-dyed and hand-painted yarns, unique to Yarns Plus to offer top quality yarns to textile artists worldwide. We specialize in rayon chenille yarn.

MeinkeToy! Debra Meinke: Tassel Making Supplies: Contemporary Tassels, Pillows and Fiber Arts.

Mielke's Farm: Your Central Wisconsin source for weaving, spinning, knitting, crocheting, tatting, bobbin lace, felting, dyeing, and locker hooking equipment, books, and supplies.

Moondance Color Company specializes in hand-dyed woolen yardage and kits for rug hooking, penny rugs and quilting.

Moonshadow's Llamas: Exotic Fiber Blends. Rovings now for sale. (Heidi Foster)

Morenna Woolen & Herbal Goods: Solsberry,IN. We do custom dyed rovings, custom spun yarns from our rovings and we carry a supply of several types of herbal moth bags to protect the closets full of fiber that we all have. Your source for fibers, spinning supplies and hard-to-find colors. We now offer herbal goods to protect your fibers, perfume your home and spice up your meals.

Mountainspun Farm & Fiber Studio, Mt. Snow Valley, Vermont, USA. A url for triangle looms, also for spinning weaving & knitting equipment, fiber & instruction.

Nancy's Notions has a terrific Web page and complete catalog.The chat room is open and ready for chatters! You can view and order direct from Web site. Placing a credit card order from our Online Catalog is safe and easy with our Secure Online Order Form.

Natures Colours: Home of Annette's Hand Dyed Fabrics and Needleturn applique kits, patterns and accessories especially for you.

The Needle Emporium: Ancaster, Ontario.

Lone Star Loom Room - Nordic Studio: importers of fine swedish yarns. June Hanson began Nordic Studio in 1983 in Canada. In the summer of 2005 June decided it was time to retire. Tracy Kaestner and June worked out the details and Tracy is the new owner of Nordic Studio. Tracy intends to continue business for Nordic in the same tradition as it was run by June! The business now is called Lone Star Loom Room and Nordic Studio.

Norsk Fjord Fiber, Sapphire, North Carolina importer of Scandinavian weaving, spinning and knitting supplies. We sell the Hagen loom, Spelsau tapestry yarn, knitting yarn and accessories, hand spindles and sheepskins.

Online Sources for Costumes, Materials, Accessories, Books, Patternmaker Software(CAD), Etc

Patternworks: Order a catalog from this site!

Penelope Fibre Arts: Full service weaving and spinning supplies, looms, wheels, books, equipment. New Zealand Fleece, linens, cottons, tencel, rovings, silks, mohair.
We invite our customers to visit us in person, but in addition our full catalogue is available on our secure web site for you to order. Located in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada we sell the best in local, natural, un-dyed fleece including Llama, Alpaca and various cross breeds. We also import fibre and yarn from Quebec, Washington State, Sweden and New Zealand. We know our customers are as discerning as we are, so we take great care to offer only the finest and most unique products.

Purple Fleece: South Minneapolis, Minn. offers yarns for weaving and knitting, fleece and other fibers for spinning and felting, equipment and supplies, and classes for those that want to know more about the fiber arts.

R & M Yarns: I sell yarn to the public at below wholesale prices with over 60,000lbs on our showroom floor and keep 250,000lbs in stock. We send out free samples to guilds,educational places, and retirement homes. Individuals are $5 per package per year which includes updates. Weldon Williamson

Ray's Spinning Accessories: in Alberta, Can. Woolcombs came about with 'Gerry' wishing for a light weight smaller comb to handle, 'Ray' being the intuitive type he is, created them as well as our Hackle and Spinning Accessories,

Red Barn Farm: Rose Herbst, Butternut, WI. Hand Dyed Unique Yarns, Old World English Wool Combs & Hackles, Leclerc, Reeves, wool dyes, d'Ewe Drops, Dundas, Ashford wheels and looms, Mirrix Looms.

MakeRope.com: A Website for those interested in Making Rope using Hand Operated Rope Machines of yesteryear. &qquot;Making Rope with a Hand Operated Rope Machine", a book, by Greg Davis; Rope Links are also available.

Romni Wools Ltd.: Toronto, Ontario. Yarns and Fibers from all over the World. Also a 'cone room' for bulk yarns and a 'sale room' for discontinued yarns at reduced prices. DROP BY AND SEE US!

Serendipity Farm & Studio, Suffolk, VA, is an authorized dealer for the following: Schacht, Louet, Lendrum, Leclerc, Harrisville, Glimakra. We raise our own Virginia's Finest Wool and carry many other weaving and knitting yarns and roving. All the latest books, videos, tools and toys for fiber, too! Need lessons or a guild program? Mary Scott will come to you!

* Meridian Jacobs farm and shop are located near Vacaville, California, on the western edge of the Sacramento Valley. Our flock of 60+ Jacob sheep supply us with unique spotted wool for handspinning, knitting, and weaving. All sheep are registered with the Jacob Sheep Breeders Association (JSBA), We sell the wool from our Jacob sheep as fleeces, sliver (roving), yarn, and handwoven blankets and are proud of our reputation in the fiber community.

All Brands Sewing Machines Super Store for Embroidery, Serging & Sewing, Knitting and Weaving

Shuttleworks, just south of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a fully stocked retail outlet carrying yarn, fiber, wool fabric and foundation, equipment, accessories, books and magazines for weaving, spinning and fiber preparation, dyeing, knitting, crochet, needle and wet felting, rug hooking, rug braiding, traditional Japanese braiding, bobbin lace and other fiber arts. Shuttleworks has the largest retail in-store fiber arts inventory in Canada.

Simpson & Co.: Virginia. We have been providing the best in fiber and equipment to spinners, weavers and knitters. We offer looms, spinning wheels, handspinning fibers, and fine yarns.

the silkworker- Hop Bottom, PA : painted silk tops, airy batts of painted carded silk, and beautiful soft batts of Romney wool blended with colored silk, carded and ready to spin. I dreamed of creating yarns which reflect the color philosophy that has made my handpainted silk tops unique. Most of these yarns are silk or silk blends. They cover a range of weights that are suitable for weaving, hand and machine knitting, crocheting, embellishment and embroidery.

Snowdrift Farm is a family farm on the shores of the Bras d'Or Lakes in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. In addition to producing and processing our own fibre, we offer fibre processing services. A "mini mill" fibre processing plant is located on the property. We have Angora goats, as well as Llamas. Snowdrift Mohair and Llama fibre is available in 20 rich colours.
We also offer Llama trekking and farm tours.

Sosusiespins: "Create from the heart." Designer yarns created from exotic fibers and wonderful wool.

South West Trading Company: Soy Silk: Browse our collections, patterns, and find a merchant nearby to get our spectacular, earth friendly yarns. Todays fashion headlines proclaim the future is NATURAL FIBERS!

*Spindle Loft: The Spindle Loft is all geared up for our opening in September. We are a cozy little shop located in Whitby, ON, Can. You'll find us nestled above the Kniterary and Hedgehog Stitchery. We offer a selection of rovings, batts, spindles, and spinning equipment.

Spinster's Loft: Celeste Colbourne, BC, Canada. has had Big changes. I will still teach, sell supplies of JaggerSpun and Forsell yarns, as well as Ashland Bay and Louet spinning fibres. I sell Majacraft, Ashford, Louet and Leclerc equipment.

STRAW - this site is a treasure! Ashford wheels, 'Straw into Gold', 'Crystal Palace Yarns', 'Connie's Postcards from Mexico' . Check back often to see what's new!

Superior Threads: St. George, UT, offers a large selection of high-quality products. The finest quality metallic embroidery threads. We are currently developing 22 beautiful colors in 500 yard, 1000 meter and 5000 meter spools.

Susan's Needleworks, Maple Ridge, BC. If you are looking for quality handcrafted spinning and weaving tools, you've come to the right place.

Sweet Grass Wool: Our business offers 6 kinds of wool yarn and roving from our flock of Targhee sheep. We also offer Targhee combed top. The yarns and combed top are available in 26 different handpainted colorways.

Textura Trading Company, Sonoma, CA, Magdalene Aulik Textiles, is a mail order business, dedicated to providing unique yarns and fibers to handweavers and textile artists. Some of our yarns are traditional, others represent innovative developments in both fiber qualities and environmental friendliness. Tencel, Hemp, Silk.

The Mannings Handweaving School: and Supply Center located in East Berlin, PA , provides classes and workshops for spinning, weaving and knitting. We also offer a complete line of books, looms, spinning wheels, yarns, and dyes as well as other equipment, supplies, and tools.

The Spinner's and Weaver's HouseCleaning Page; Have you been looking for something special? You might find a treasure! Or a buyer for your used wheel, loom, or other piece of Spinning/Weaving equipment.

Sewing Wish List - Ads added everyday all related to sewing. This is a great place if your looking to give someone a job, Looking for work or looking for that part thats so hard to find

The Woolery Since 1981 The Woolery has been a catalog mail-order supplier of spinning wheels, looms, related supplies, books, dyes and fibers for crafters and artists. We are happy to bring our catalog to the WWW.

The Yarn Source, a mail order business in Ont. Canada. Lise Noakes carries cotton {mercerized "U.K.I" (66 colours) or unmercerized (62 colours)}, silk (oh, the colours!), merino, "Jaggerspun" yarns; wool, etc.
NEW: Foxfiber cotton sliver for spinning. The colours available are the following: white - breeder brown - breeder mix - breeder oatmeal - cinnamon - seamist (green). There is also weaving yarns available. E-mail for details and prices.
TARTAN YARNS from Scotland in Modern (10), Ancient(9), Weathered(10)colours available in 2/32's and 2/16's. Free Price list and Book list.
Si vous le preferez, Lise vous parleras en francais.

Tornadowood Looms & Accessories, N. Central Texas, specializing in small looms for the handweaver. Fleece, Yarns, Dyes and Equipment.

Treenway Silks, B.C.Can: providing fresh concepts for creating beautiful silk work and imparting a keener understanding of silk. Our small mail order company bursts with pride over our fast, efficient and friendly service as well as being informed about all aspects of silk. Owned and operated by Terry Nelson and Karen Selk.

Vävstuga Swedish Weaving and Folk Arts: Source for Weaving classes and Swedish weaving materials: Swedish looms and related tools, experienced with Glimakra looms, Swedish weaving books, home of VavStuga press, Borgs and Bockens Swedish yarns - cotton, linen, wool, and mini-movies for weaving tips and techniques. Shelburne Falls is in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts; about a 2 hour drive from Boston, or about 3 hours from New York City.

Village Spinning and Weaving: Solvang, CA. This shop grew out of our desire to simplify our lives and provide the best possible service and products -- something we find lacking in much of today's world. Whether you are looking for a new loom or some cochineal for dyeing or maybe a new tatting book, check here or give us a call.

Midwest Fiber Company: Weaving Sticks: In case you don't know, weaving sticks are simple to learn and use to create sashes, rugs, belts, mats, rugs, etc., are appropriate for children and adults, and have an early American historical significance.

Weaver's Cottage, a new fiberholic's store in north L. A. county. We do mail order, and have many custom services (hand-painted Warps -- Tailoring -- Linings -- custom Kits -- Classes -- etc.). Everything for the discerning fiber fanatic! Weaving, Spinning & Knitting Supplies : Classes & workshops, Study-groups, Reading room, Dyers' garden, Project-finishing parties, Consultations, Coffee Klatches, Handmade Gifts, Items on consignment.

Webs Yarn Merchants Located in Northampton, Massachusetts, WEBS offers handknitters, machine knitters and weavers a complete selection of yarns and equipment for their crafts.

Wellington Fibres: Farm outside Elora, On. Canada , where we raise Angora Goats and produce a number of different yarns . We hand dye the yarn after it has been spun in three different blends of Mohair and Wool. Donna Hancock

Wheels by Christine Jordan - Frequently Asked Questions about Spinning Wheels - with contributions from the knitlist and weavers, spinners and dyers list.

Lisa McCoy's Wicker: Restoration and Seat Weaving, in Muskoka, Ont., provide you with your favorite basket making materials and kits as well as supplying the do-it-yourselfer with quality seat weaving and wicker repair materials!!!!! - Caning - Splinting - Rush -

The Wicker Woman/Cathryn Peters, Zumbro Falls, Minnesota. Wicker restoration specialist, basketmaker, teacher, and author. Listed here in random order, are over 40 companies that sell through the Internet and do mail order.

Wild West Weaver: We've updated our site recently, and have alot of new things coming in for the fall, 1998. Including: Genuine Navajo -Churro weaving yarns and warp, in gorgeous natural colors- and 2 weaving weights. Navajo handmade Ceremonial baskets, Zuni rams,sacking needles, and the fabulous print, by Susan St. Thomas, "Spider Woman"

Woodland Woolworks: Carlton, Oregon. Located in the heart of Oregon's wine country, we carry everything for the spinner, weaver and knitter. We have a 72 page color catalog for spinning and weaving, and 2 knit catalogs for fall and spring. We carry Ashford, Fricke, Glimakra, Kromski, Leclerc, Louet, Majacraft, Merlin Tree, Schacht, and Strauch equipment, and yarns and fibers too many to list!

The Woolbearers: Mt. Holly, NJ. We are a yarn and fiber store specializing in hand painted yarns and rovings. In addition to selling our own hand painted yarns, we carry many of the top brands of yarn, knitting, spinning and weaving equipment.

* Woven Label Source:  Fort Worth,Texas. We are premier clothing and woven label suppliers and a textile research and development firm. Small minimums. Cutting edge textile research. Rush service available.

The YARN BARN, Lawrence, KS, has been in business since 1971, furnishing supplies for knitting, weaving, spinning, and other textile crafts.

"Yarns Plus": Marie Payne and Don McMurrich of Mississauga. Our Mission.........to supply hand-dyed and hand-painted yarns, unique to Yarns Plus to offer top quality yarns to textile artists worldwide. We specialize in rayon chenille yarn.

Yarn Stores of the World! - and other sites that fibre people would like.

Yarnware.com is a premier supplier of yarn on the internet. We are committed to providing the widest selection of yarn and supplies online. Yarnware.com also provides knitters and crocheters with information about their crafts in an online community.

"Yellow Pages!" - looking for businesses that sell weaving supplies, even includes little maps so you can find the places!

ArahWeave, an integrated dobby and jacquard CAD/CAM program is available for download.
ArahWeave also contains ArahPaint, a jacquard oriented paint program. ArahPaint works without any limits, and includes saving. Our product is aimed at weaving mills / universities / independent designers, but we do not target hobby market. This is also the reason why we allow so much functionality in the demo - many of the hobbyists will be able to do everything they need without paying us anything. Please note, that the software runs only on Linux.
The demo version of the program will not save data, but you will be able to work with it without any time limit, and you can print. We will also be very pleased if students will use our program to learn weaving.

AVL Homepage: - WeavePoint: Great PC dobby design software for home, school, or industry.
WeaveMaker One: Macintosh software for dobbies that includes a unique automatic design generator.
SwiftWeave: More Macintosh dobby software for the home, school, or industry.

The Bead Cellar is a mailorder bead business located in southern New Jersey (just minutes from Philadelphia). We offer the finest Japanese beads (Treasures and Seeds ) as well as beading supplies, books and software at the best possible prices.

Rosalie Neilson's Braid Runner © is a computer design program for Kumihimo enthusiasts developed by Orion's Plumage for PC users. Explore the infinite design possibilities of braids made on the marudai or round stand.

Brunold Software : DB-WEAVE is a program for creating weave designs. With DB-WEAVE Plus you can weave your creations directly on a computer controlled loom. Because of its standardized Windows user interface DB-WEAVE is easy to use and learn but offers a great variety of powerful features.

Cameron Fiber Arts; ProWeave: Textile design program for either Mac or PC computers, compatible with the most recent operating systems. Operates most computer assisted looms. Suitable for beginners and experts. From your imagination to your loom, you'll never outgrow ProWeave!

Cochenille: We invite you to explore our product line of software and design aids for the Craftsperson and Textile Artist. Feel free to browse our pages here for information, demo downloads, Tips/FAQS and order information.

Designer Software Inc. - We write software that helps designers create surface patterns and woven textiles.

I·L·SOFT Creative Needlecraft Software: an English program for designing. X-Stitch Designer SuperGold is a powerful and yet competitively priced stitch design package including everything needed to produce high quality stitch charts on your Windows PC, whether they are manually designed or created from an imported picture file. It is very popular in Sweden among drawloom weavers because it has the ability to write figures in the squares to easy see which one to draw.

Maple Hill Software: Patternland Weave Simulator for Windows 6.0. Weaving Information File (WIF) Format.

ptn2wif, a weaving file converter; This is a small program that I wrote to convert into WIF (Weaving Information File) format the .ptn files produced by Brad Keister's free WinWeave drawdown programs. It should also work for files produced by his earlier Weave program (for DOS; WinWeave is for Windows). Max Hailperin

Software Directory for Fibre Artists -by Lois Larson. Update information for my book, Software Directory for Fibre Artists, and lots and lots of links.

SubuDesigns.com: The Future of Weaving. The newest version of David Raups Shwoosh Rag Rug design program is now available for download. It is called Diamond. It is so much simpler to use than the previous version, however it is for PC users working in the Windows platform only.

Tim's Rudimentary Treadle Reducer: This site is a web front-end to a program for taking a weaver's tie-up draft and attempting to find a tie-up for producing the same pattern using a loom with fewer treadles (a skeleton tie-up). The original tie-up is assumed to require only one treadle to be depressed at a time; the reduced tie-up may require 2 treadles to be pressed at once.

The Technology Exchange: - Technology Solutions for the Apparel, Textile and Home Furnishings Industries

WeaveConvert: Weaving file conversion utility by Mitch Eatough. WeaveConvert is a free utility that allows you to transfer files between the following programs and formats (with more formats coming in the future): Patternland 5.x, Fiberworks 3.x, WIF 1.1

WeaveIt is a weaving program for creating and displaying Weaving patterns. WeaveIt requires the Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 Operating System.

WeavePoint - Weaving design software for hand loom weavers and textile designers. Very easy to learn and use. Now in version 5 for Windows 95/98.

WeaveViewer: Here is an easy-to-operate free drawdown program for looms with up to 8 harnesses.

WinWeave (The site went down sometime in December ('08)).  This program is being hosted on this web site with permission of Brad Keister, the author of WinWeave. All copyrights for this program remain with Brad Keister. We thank him for his generosity in allowing this freeware weaving software to continue to be available.

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