Damascus Fiber Arts School offers Vimeo links to their Summer Lecture Tour 2020 videos.  Included are many talks on tapestry weaving.

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Ravelry is a social networking service that provides a place for fiber artists to organize and share their projects.  You will be asked to create a free login account to participate.  Laura Rose has created a You Tube video ,"How to Put a Weaving Project in Ravelry", to help you get started with this resource.

 

Fiberworks and Handweaving.net have made available the complete Thrilling Twills library by Ingrid Boesel.  This wonderful new draft collection of over 4000 twill design files for 5 to 32 shafts is available in dtx and wif format.  Handweaving.net requires a subscription.

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Weave to Dye by Kay Faulkner is available to download at Complex Weavers.  Kay was working on this manuscript at the time of her passing.  Kay's family and friends worked to hold tightly to Kay's original vision.  They have made it available to all weavers in her memory.  You do not need to be a member to download this book.

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The MidAtlantic Fiber Association (MFA) shares a free, downloadable eBook of the MAFA 2019 Towel Exchange with drafts and photos.  You are sure to find something you love.

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Daryl Lancaster has been weaving, sewing, and teaching for decades.  She now has a sewing pattern line. Her website contains many wonderful resources.  Some of them are available for free including some of her class tutorials covering

• Stay Stitching

• Basic Pattern Alterations

• How to create a full bust adjustment in a bodice

• Options to clean finish an edge for handwoven fabrice

• Bound buttonholes

She also offers a collection of informative You Tube videos.

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Crafting with your Hands: All About Weaving and Spinning by Michele Wheat

• Includes links to instructional resources, glossary of weaving terms, textile and weaving history , national and international organizations, and online  digital tools.  Many thanks to Anna who provided us with this great resource as a part of her research for her girl scout Textile Artist Badge.  Good luck Anna.

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Thrums.com Free eBooks

Thrums offers free pdf books for download.  Some of their selections include:

• Speaking in Color

• The Sacred Art of Navajo Weaving

• 6 Miao Patterns to Color or Stitch

• A Free Cast-on Pattern from Peru

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Textile TV - Dead Craft Walking? A Handweaver's Take on Traditional Skills (You Tube Video)

• Justin Squizzero has trained in weaving techniques with roots reaching back to medieval Europe. Handweaving functional textiles inspired by the past, his practice seeks to preserve a tradition with a relevant present and vital future. Using 18th-century New England handlooms and an 1860s Jacquard head, Squizzero’s work offers an alternative vision for American consumption, where handmade objects enrich the human experience.

 

Many Projects from One Warp: Choosing a Palette

• Tien Chiu discusses choosing a color palette for one warp to create many projects.

 

Pictionary PDFs

• Mary Petrini provides illustrated descriptions, as pdfs, for a large number of weave structures. Each pdf includes an explanation of the structure and illustrations of sample fabrics as well as drawdowns where applicable.

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Ply-Split Braiding

• Linda Hendrickson shares her videos on ply-split braiding on YouTube.  Linda was scheduled to present our monthly guild program May 2020. 

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Theo Moorman's Inlay Technique

• Stained Glass Weaving Pattern, courtesy of Sienna Bosch and Scahcht Spindle Company, provides design process assistance, a pattern draft, and clear steps for making a wall hanging.