Library

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WEAVING

General

  • American Woven Coverlets – Strickler
  • The Art & Craft of Handweaving – Betsy Blumenthal
  • The Art of Weaving – Regensteiner
  • Clothing from the Hands That Weave – Mayer
  • Color and Texture in Weaving by Margo Selby
  • Color Works: The Crafters Guide to Color – Deb Menz
  • Creative Design in Wall Hangings – Blumenau
  • Creative Monk’s Belt. – Margaret B. Winderknecht
  • Creative Overshot – Windeknecht
  • Designing & Drafting for the HandWeaver – Berta Frey
  • Designing on The Loom – Mary Kirby
  • Designing with Wool – Bennett
  • Designing with Weaving – Kurtz
  • Fashions from the Loom – Beard
  • Fiber Structures – Irene Emery
  • A Handbook of Weaves – G.H. Oelsnar
  • Hand – Loom Weaving – Reproduction of 1902 Publication – Mattie W. Todd
  • A Handweaver’s Pattern Book – Marguerite Davison
  • Handwoven Clothing Felted To Wear – Anita Luvera Mayer
  • Ikat – Lydia VanGelden
  • Introduction to MultiShaft Weaving -8 12 -20 – Kathryn Wetenberger
  • The Joy of Handweaving – Todd
  • More than Four – Mary Elizabeth Laughlin
  • New Key to Weaving – Mary Black
  • Off Loom Weaving – Russell
  • A Pocket Dictionary of Today’s Weaving Terms for Today’s Weaver – Krevitsky & Erickson
  • Patterns – Hayes
  • Pique, Plain & Fancy – Sullivan
  • Practical Four Shaft Weaving – Vera Miles
  • Practical Modern Weaving – Rosemary Murray
  • The Primary Structures of Fabrics – I . Emery
  • Samplers You Can Use – Penelope B. Drooker
  • Shadow Weave and Corkscrew Weave – Barrett
  • Shaped Weaving by Nik Krevitsky and Lois Ericson
  • Simple Woven Garments – Sara Goldenberg & Jane Patrick
  • Soumak Workbook – Jean Wilson
  • The Structure of Weaving – Ann Sutton
  • Summer & Winter and Other Two Tie Weaves – Tidball
  • Thrums – Faith Shaw Nunnery
  • The Warp A Weaving reference – Claire tate
  • Warp Painting A Manual for Weaves – Dominie Nash
  • Warp, Weft, Sett – June Beveridge
  • Warping All by Yourself – Garrett
  • The Weaver’s Book – Tidball
  • The Weaver’s Pathway – Bennett
  • Weaves and Pattern Drafting – John Tovey
  • Weaving – Susie O’Reilly
  • Weaving ( A Creative Approach for Beginners) – Creager
  • Weaving – A Handbook for the Fiber Arts – Shirley Held
  • Weaving as as Art Form – A personal Statement – Theo Moorman
  • Weaving Design and Expression – Nancy Belfer
  • Weaving for Amateurs – Coates
  • Weaving in Style – Catherine Gourlet
  • The Weaving Rooses (2 copies) – Sofner
  • Weaving without a Loom – Sairta Rainey
  • Weaving You Can Wear – Jean Wilson with Jan Burhen
  • Working with Wool – Bennett & Bighorse

Baskets

  • A Bevy of Baskets – Wells & Jordan
  • A Modern Approach to Basketry with Fibers & Grasses – Dona Mellach
  • Basketry of The Appalachian Mountains – Sue Stephenson
  • Baskets & Basket Makers on southern Appalachia – John Rice Irwin
  • Contemporary Baskets – Crowe & Fitzpatrick
  • Small Chippewa Tote – Joan Moore
  • Splitwoven Baskektry – Dougherty & Ball
  • Wicker Basketry – Flo Hoppe

Inkle/Tablet/Band

  • Card Weaving – Complete Instructions Plus 53 Patterns for Card or Tablet Weaving
  • Inkle Weaving – Julie E Benson
  • The Weaver’s Inkle Pattern directory by Anne Dixon
  • Weaving Bands – Trotzig

Non-European Traditions

  • Backstrap Weaving – Tabor & Anderson
  • The Fine Art of Navajo Weaving. Text by Steve Geitzwiller
  • Navajo & Hopi Weaving Techniques – Pendleton
  • Navajo Techniques for Today’s Weavers – Mattera

Rigid Heddle

  • Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom – Syne Mitchell
  • Rigid Heddle Weaving – Betty Linn Davenport
  • Woven to Wear – Marilyn Murphy
  • The Weaver’s Idea Book – Jane Patrick

Rugs

  • Designing & Making Handwoven Rugs – Gallinger & Del Deo
  • Navajo Rugs – Vail
  • Rug Weavers Sourcebook – Ligon 2 books
  • Rug Weaving for Everyone – Gallinger & Del Deo
  • Rug Weaving Technique for Two Harnesses – Mattera
  • Rug Weaving Techniques – Beyond The Basics – Peter Collingwood
  • Step by Step Rug Making – Znamierowski
  • Techniques of Rug Weaving – Peter Collingwood

Tapestry

  • The Guide to Successful Tapestry Weaving – Nancy Harvey
  • Tapestries(History) – Sevensma
  • Tapestry Handbook: The Next Generation – Russell
  • Tapestry Weaving – Kirsten Glasbrook

OTHER ARTS

Dyeing

  • Ancient Dyes for Modern weavers – Weigle
  • Dyes from your Garden – Bernice Connor
  • Hands on Dyeing – Blumenthal & Kreider
  • The New Dyer – Sally Vinroot and Jennie Crowder
  • Tie Dyeing & Batik – ed. F Anderson
  • The Use of Vegetable Dyes – Violetta Thurstan
  • The weaving , Spinning and Dyeing Book – Brown

Lace Making

  • Bobbin Lace Making – Southard
  • Handmade Lace and Patterns – Annette Feldman
  • First Book of Modern Lace Knitting – Kinzel
  • Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting – Kinzel

Needlepoint and Stitching

  • Adventures in Stitches – Mariska Karasz
  • Celebrating the Stitch – Contemporary Embroidery of North America – B. Smith
  • The Complete Encyclopedia of Stitching – Ryan
  • Creative Crafts and Stitchery – Smith
  • McCalls Needlepoint for Beginners. Vol 2
  • Needlepoint from America’s Great Quilt Designs – Davis and Giommatteti
  • Needlepoint Stitchery – Bòyles
  • The New World of Needlepoint – Perrone

Quilting

  • American Quilts, Quilting and Patchwork – Hechtinger
  • Creative Quilting – Chartwell Books Inc.
  • Happy Endings: Finishing the Edges of your Quilt – Mimi Dietrich
  • The Mountain Artisans Quilt Book – Lewis
  • Quilts in America – Patsy and Myron Crofsky

Spinning

  • Spinning Wheel Primer – Alden Amos

Other or Mixed Areas

  • Beads and Threads – Diane Fitzgerald and Helen Bates
  • Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric – Mildred Constantine/Jack Leonor Larsen (2 copies) Read Review
  • Braiding & Knetting : Techniques & Projects – C. Belash
  • Designing with String – Mary Seyd
  • The Fabric & FiberSource Book – 1989 Reference Book
  • Fabric Collage – Smith
  • Fiberarts Design Book Five – commentary by Jan Janeiro and Jack Lenor Larsen
  • Forgotten Household Crafts – John Seymour
  • Handbook of Timesaving Tables for Weavers, Spinners & Dyers – Roth & Schultz
  • Making Clothes in Leather – Ben and Elizabeth Morris
  • Net Making – Charles Holdgate

OTHER MATERIALS

Workshop Notebooks

  • Double Weave
  • Finishing
  • Friendship Coverlet Croup ( GHG – 1986)
  • Information on Fleece and Sheep
  • Natural Dyeing Navajo Rugs
  • Overshot and Summer and Winter
  • Pile Weaves
  • Ring Weavers
  • Tapestry
  • Theo Moorman Weave Two Seasons – Summer and Winter

Tapes

  • The Efficient Weaver with Laura Fry
  • Bodywork for Weavers And Fiber artists Tracy Penfield

Magazines

  • Complex Weavers Compilation Newsletters 1979 – 1989
  • Complex Weavers Compilation Newsletters 1990 – 1997
  • Fiber Arts 1984 – 1985
  • Handmade 1985 – 1986
  • Handwoven Design Collection 1982 – 2010
  • Shuttle Spindle and DyePot 1980 – to PRESENT
  • Spin Off – 1985 – 1995
  • Threads October 1987 – May 1992
  • VAV 1983 – 1984
  • Weavers Spring and Fall 1996