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Here are a number of links to sites that we hope you will find
interesting, informative or simply inspirational. Many of the sites
offer details of exhibitions, courses and workshops and gallerys
showing samples of work.
Blogs and forums are also a great resource for information and
give members the opportunity to exchange ideas and to learn from
each other.
The web pages will open in a separate window.
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Overview
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| The
Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers |
An organization of UK guilds to preserve and improve
craftsmanship in textile arts including spinning, weaving and
dyeing |
| Autodenter |
Follow this link to a useful video on how to use
an autodenter |
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The Braid Society |
The Braid Society was founded in 1993 and it has grown since
then to include members from across the UK and in many other
countries.
It wishes to promote the education and practice of the
art and craft of making constructed or embellished braids and
narrow bands. |
| Complex
Weavers |
Promoting complex weaving through education, information,
and technology related to complex weave structures |
| Handweaving.net |
A weaving draft archive, containing 56284 hand
weaving drafts, with more being added often. Each draft includes
the standard threading, tieup, treadling, and colour drawdown.
You will need to register with this site to access the drafts
which are free to download |
| Jeanne
Bate |
Jeanne Bates' useful page of links to all that
is tapestry... |
| Peter
Collingwood |
Read the biography and see samples of work from
master weaver Peter Collingwood |
| Singing
Weaver |
Nadine Sanders informative site featuring course
information, her Scottish Tour in 2007 and her links with Joyce
Harter and Theo Moorman |
| Tim's
Treadle Reducer |
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). |
| WeaveCast |
A free podcast for handweavers. A podcast is a radio show
served over the Internet which can be listened to as and when
the listener decides. An excellent and informative
resource for weaving information |
| Weavershand |
Information for those weavers interested in tablet
weaving, kumihimo and ply-split braiding |
| Weavescene |
Weavescene - the online magazine helping the weaver
and the weaving community expand their horizons |
| Weave
Tech |
A Yahoo Group forum for intermediate and advanced
weavers to share intelligent and quality dialogue on structure,
technical matters (including computers in the context of weaving),
colour, design and professional pursuits related to weaving |
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