Mainely Weavers
Weaver's Resources
There is a wealth of weaving, textile, and fiber resources on the web. The following is a select list to get you started.
Educational Resources
- Handweavers
Guild of America
HGA provides educational programs, conferences, and a quarterly publication, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot
- Complex
Weavers
All weavers welcome, beginner to advanced. The primary feature is study groups with many to join.
Schools
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Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program
Snow Farm is a special place where students can come for solace and rejuvenation while learning a craft from master craftspeople.
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Marshfield School of Weaving
The Marshfield School of Weaving was founded in 1976 by Norman Kennedy to teach the methods of textile production as practiced by professional handweavers of rural Britain and America in the 18th & 19th centuries.
- Harrisville
Designs
Center Village Harrisville, New Hampshire. Historical 18th century textile mill offering weaving and fiber related classes.
- Haystack
Mountain School of Crafts
The school offers intensive studio-based workshops in a variety of craft media including weaving and other fiber arts.
- Vavstuga Swedish Weaving
and Folk Arts
Shelburne, Massachusetts. Traditional Scandinavian folk school and fiber arts.
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John C Campbell Folk
School
Brasstown, North Carolina, the Folk School offers year-round weeklong and weekend classes in weaving and fiberarts and many other "folk" crafts.
Social Networking
Online Weaving Communities
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Weaving List
This is a Yahoo Group, registration is required. This group discusses all aspects of weaving.
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WeaveTech
This is a Yahoo Group, registration is required. Designed for intermediate and advanced shaft-loom weavers.
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Handwoven: Weaving Today
New online community from Handwoven magazine.
- Weavolution
Social networking for handweavers.
Web Sites and Blogs
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How It's Made Cotton Yarn YouTube Video
- Blue
Feet Studio
Amy Smith of Arrowsic, Maine specializes in Handwoven Tallitot. Mainely Weavers Member
- Burns
Studio
Barbara Burns Award winning, internationally renowned tapestry artist. Mainely Weavers Member
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Macomber and Me
News, tips, sales and information about Macomber Looms York Maine. Sarah Haskell is sales rep for Macomber Looms and has been selling their equipment for 25 years. Sarah's Web Site
- Spady
Studios
Robyn Spady learned to weave over 35 years ago. She completed HGA's Certificate of Excellence (COE) in 2004 with the specialized study "Loom-controlled Stitched Double Cloth. Robyn's Blog
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Daryl Lancaster FiberArtist
Daryl Lancaster received her BA cum laude degree in Fine Arts in 1977 from Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ and has been actively working since then as a weaver/fiber artist. Daryl Lancaster's Blog
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Laura Fry Weaving Studio
Laura Fry chose weaving as a career in 1975 and took weaving classes at every opportunity, including study at Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta and Varpapuu Summer Weaving School in Finland. Laura's Blog
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Kati Meek's Weaving World
Author of Reflections of a Flaxen Past and Warp With a Trapeze and Dance With Your Loom.
Periodicals
- Handwoven
Original weaving designs, tips, and techniques. 5 issues a year.
- Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot quarterly HGA journal featuring a broad spectrum of articles about the fiber arts..
- Weaver's Craft
Weaver's Craft quarterly publication featuring projects of creative expression in color and design. For 4 & 8 shaft looms, beginner to intermediate weavers.
E-Zines
- WeaveZine
Online weaving magazine. Signe Mitchell editor.
- WeaveCast
WeaveCast is an internet-based talk radio show about handweaving. Each episode we interview weavers about their craft, share the latest news from the weaving world, and tell tales from the weaving life.
- Fiber Art Now
Online magazine and community for fiber arts enthusiasts. Newsletter subscribtion available.
- Handwoven's Weekly
eNewsletter
Free subscription through Interweave.com
- Vav Magasinet
Online Scandinavian weaving magazine, English version.
Weaving Software
Weaving Programs
- Fiberworks
PCW
Windows only.
- pixeLoom
Windows only.
- WeaveIt
Windows only.
- ProWeave
Runs on Macintosh and Windows.
- Patternland
Windows only.
- Weavemaker
Runs on Macintosh and Windows.
Other Software
- Stitch Painter
This design tool is specifically geared to the needs of textile and craft designers of all sorts. Runs on Macintosh and Windows.
- Pattern Maker
A design tool for creating counted cross-stitch patterns. Windows only.
On Line Tools
- Draft Archives
A great resource for finding and exchanging weaving drafts. Drafts are available for downloading in WIF format.
- House
of Tartan
Interactive Tartan design tool. Also a good source for history and information about tartans.
- Color Hunter
Upload a photo and a color palette based on the colors in the photo will be generated automatically.
- Treadle
Reducer
A calculator to find a skeleton tie-up to reduce the number of treadles required.
Yarn and Equipment Suppliers
Local Yarn Shops
- Portland Fiber
Gallery & Weaving Studio
Portland, ME. The Portland Fiber Gallery & Weaving Studio offers a wide range of weaving, felting, dyeing and spinning supplies.
- Halcyon Yarn
Bath, Maine. Halcyon Yarn has an extensive selection of yarn and fibers, books, videos, patterns, and equipment for knitting, spinning, weaving, and other fiber arts
- Bartlett
Yarns
Since 1821, Bartlett Yarns has been spinning fine, pure wool yarns in their historic mill in the village of Harmony Maine. - Watch a
video of the mill in operation.
- Tartans of Maine
The oldest recorded state tartan in the United States, Maine State Tartan©
Yarn & Equipment New
- Webs
Northampton, MA America’s Yarn Store.
- Camilla Valley
Farm Weavers' Supply
Located in Canada. Provides Equipment, yarn, books and other products to Weavers and Knitters around the world.
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Lunatic Fringe
Based in Tallahassee and Havana Florida. Signature line of Tubular Spectrum yarn, weaving supplies, and looms.
- Pro Chemical & Dye
The leading source of Dyes and Paints for over 40 years.
Used Equipment
- The Distaff
New England based used equipment newsletter. Subscription required.
- Spinners, Knitters, and Weavers
Housecleaning Pages
Buy and sell spinning and weaving equipment, fiber, and more.
General Weaving Resources
- Ruthe's Collection of Weaving
Resources
Ruth Stowe's Weaving and Fiber Resources. A collection of interesting weaving and fiber sites.