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Weaving and Spinning Articles - All Fiber Arts | |
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Paper Wall Hangings Don't throw out that gift wrap. Recycle it with these woven wall hangings.
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| Japanese Paper Weaving The art of weaving with paper has been perfected in Japan in the techniques of Shifu and Saga Nashiki.
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| Spiral Socks Tuatara posted this recipe for making spiral socks. No heel to turn!
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| Summer & Winter Draft The 4 shaft Summer/Winter draft gives simple and versatile blocks of colour.
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| Christmas Gift Tags Print these Christmas gift tags for your special woven and handspun gift giving.
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| Clip Art Lots of new weaving and spinning clip art to choose from.
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| Handmade Felt You can easily make your own felt in your bathtub. Here's how. Handmade Felt - part 2
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| Lovers Knot Draft A traditional overshot pattern.
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| A Yarn Tells a Story A 3 metre piece of yarn tells of Norse travels in the Canadian Arctic.
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| Cat's Paw and Snail's Tail Draft A traditional Overshot draft of cat's paws walking in a snail's trail.
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| NAFTA & Hand-loomed Products Under the Free Trade Agreement, it might be possible to export handwoven products duty free.
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| Advanced Twill Draft A silk and tencel scarf using an advanced twill draft.
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| A Good Shed You can get a good shed even on a counterbalance loom. Here's how. A Good Shed - part 2
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| Textile Dictionary Our Textile Dictionary is an ongoing project of textile terms, translations and definitions of weaving and spinning terms.
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| Wheel & Loom Survey Is one wheel or loom enough? How many do we own?
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| Bubble Draft Weave "shrinky-dink" fabrics and other 3 dimensional effects with this draft.
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| Textiles Stamps A virtual gallery of postage stamps that have a weaving, spinning or textiles related theme.
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| Museum of Textiles A visit to the Museum of Textiles in Toronto, and the Mothers of Invention exhibit.
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| Free Weaving Jigsaw Puzzles Have some fun with these free Jigsaw puzzles. No extra software is required. Just save the games on your computer and play.
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| Clipart - Overshot Buttons & Drafts Dess up your computer with these Overshot clipart buttons and related weaving drafts. Clipart - Overshot Buttons & Drafts - part 2
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| Wool Roving Rug Warm up your toes on this easy-to-weave rug, made with wool roving.
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| Finnish Textiles A gallery of traditional Finnish textiles: Poppana, takana, doubleweave pickup, raanu, rya. Finnish Textiles - part 2 Finnish Textiles - part 3
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| Finnish Lace Block Throw Weave a cotton throw in lace weave.
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| Ladder Hem Stitch Finish A Ladder Hemstitch can make a nice finish for the edge of your handwoven throw or table runner and can be quickly sewn on the loom.
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| How to Fix a Threading Error Have you ever made a huge threading error, or even a small one, and don't want to undo it all and rethread? A replacement heddle might be the answer.
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| Turkish Spindle - Product Review A Turkish spindle is an ingenious invention that forms a centre-pull ball as you spin. Turkish Spindle - Product Review - part 2
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| Loom-Shaped Clothing Gloria Vaughn Hann describes her method of designing clothing on the loom.
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| Lucet Braiding Instructions for using a Lucet to make flat braiding.
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| Renaissance Faire I had an unique and enjoyable opportunity to give a spinning demonstration at a Renaissance Faire. Renaissance Faire - part 2
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| Natural Dyes and Recipes A table of natural dye and mordant recipes.
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| Add a Guild Submission form for adding your guild to our database.
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| HWSDA Conference 2000 A photo gallery of the workshops and show during the recent Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Conference in Edmonton, AB.
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| Gibsons Landing Fibre Festival Planning a trip to Vancouver, BC this summer? Why not add a Fibre festival to your plans?
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| Resources for the Creative Traveller A book review and a guided tour of what you will find in your travels to the U.K.
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| Huck Lace Huck lace weaving drafts.
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| Hemp and Leno Lace Project Weave a hammock using hemp, leno and huck lace.
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| Junk Store Treasures A photo gallery of antique and well-used spinning wheels and tools. Junk Store Treasures - part 2 Junk Store Treasures - part 3 Junk Store Treasures - part 4
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| Handspun Silk Top Using handspun Rainbow-dyed silk top, this summer sweater pattern knits up quickly. Handspun Silk Top - part 2 Handspun Silk Top - part 3 Handspun Silk Top - part 4
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| Table of Setts Though you still need to sample, this handy table of setts for cotton and linen yarns will get you started on your weaving project.
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| Water Jug Warping Are you waiting for a family member or friend to help warp your loom? You can do it better by yourself. Water Jug Warping - part 2 Water Jug Warping - part 3
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| 10 Steps of Warping You can learn to warp your loom, in 10 easy steps.
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| How Your Spinning Wheel Spins Learning to control twist and tension on your wheel. Adjusting the Scotch Tension
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| McMorran Balance Using a McMorran balance to calculate how much yarn you have left.
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| Spinning Pet Fur Is spinning your pet's fur illegal in New Jersey?
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| Make Your Own Dye Box Using a dye box can prevent nasty dye spills.
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| Atayal Weaving Kathleen Forance Johnson shares her travels and weaving experiences with Atayal weavers of Taiwan.
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| Improving Your Edges One of the biggest challenges for the beginner weaver is to produce clean selvages.
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| Name Drafting - 8 Shaft Continuing from the previous feature, name drafting using 8 shafts. Name Drafting Part 2
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