Guest Artists and Speakers - Resources
Cameron Taylor-Brown - How String Changed the World - March 2026
On Weaving (Anni Albers), Prehistoric Textiles (Elizabeth Barber), Women's Work The First 20,000 Years (Elizabeth Barber), The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Virginia Postrel), No Wool No Vikings (Haikai), Textile Thinking, Textile Learning (essay by Gliszezynski and Suhrbier in the book The Common Thread, The Warp and Weft of Thinking)
Mary Zicafoose - iKat - July 2025
Book: iKat: The Essential Handbook to Weaving Resist-Dyed Cloth
Janney Simpson - Sakori - August 2025
On Weaving (Anni Albers), Prehistoric Textiles (Elizabeth Barber), Women's Work The First 20,000 Years (Elizabeth Barber), The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Virginia Postrel), No Wool No Vikings (Haikai), Textile Thinking, Textile Learning (essay by Gliszezynski and Suhrbier in the book The Common Thread, The Warp and Weft of Thinking)
Mary Zicafoose - iKat - July 2025
Book: iKat: The Essential Handbook to Weaving Resist-Dyed Cloth
Janney Simpson - Sakori - August 2025
Online Learning Opportunities
Jane Stafford's School of Weaving - 10 years of instruction beginning with how to wind a warp and throw a shuttle to designing fabric using a variety of weaving structures.
The Handweaving Academy - focus of HWA is design of your own fabric and has an active online support community.
Kelly Casanova Weaving School - This resource is perfect for those weaving on a rigid heddle or table loom.
School of Sweet Georgia - Weaving lessons on a variety of skills and structures.
The Handweaving Academy - focus of HWA is design of your own fabric and has an active online support community.
Kelly Casanova Weaving School - This resource is perfect for those weaving on a rigid heddle or table loom.
School of Sweet Georgia - Weaving lessons on a variety of skills and structures.
Weaving and Spinning Related Resources
Ravelry - free online community and organizational tool for knitters, crocheters, weavers, and spinners. Large database of free patterns.
Weft Magazine - Each issue contains a "deep dive" into a weaving related topic
Ply Magazine - The go-to resource for everything relating to spinning
Long Thread Media - LTM publishes a variety of fiber arts related magazines
Handwoven Magazine - The most popular magazine for Handweavers. The magazine contains drafts for projects and is published six times a year.
Handweaving.net - This site contains over 77,000 drafts, thousands of historic weaving documents and many weaving tools
Haptic and Hue - A website that contains podcasts covering a wide range of topic relating to textiles.
Weft Magazine - Each issue contains a "deep dive" into a weaving related topic
Ply Magazine - The go-to resource for everything relating to spinning
Long Thread Media - LTM publishes a variety of fiber arts related magazines
Handwoven Magazine - The most popular magazine for Handweavers. The magazine contains drafts for projects and is published six times a year.
Handweaving.net - This site contains over 77,000 drafts, thousands of historic weaving documents and many weaving tools
Haptic and Hue - A website that contains podcasts covering a wide range of topic relating to textiles.
Shop for Yarn and Fiber Arts Tools - Online
Ability Weavers
Webs
The Woolery
The Yarn Barn of Kansas
Halcyon Yarn
Cotton Clouds Inc
Tweenway Silks
Pro Chemical & Dye
Dharma Trading Company
Webs
The Woolery
The Yarn Barn of Kansas
Halcyon Yarn
Cotton Clouds Inc
Tweenway Silks
Pro Chemical & Dye
Dharma Trading Company
Shop for Yarn and Fiber Arts Tools - Brick and Mortar Shops
Baker Allegan Studios - Allegan, Michigan - Weaving yarn, looms and spinning wheels. Holds huge mill ends sale during the Michigan Fiber Festival
Great Northern Weaving - Kalamazoo, Michigan - A great resource for 8/4 cotton and selvedges
Great Northern Weaving - Kalamazoo, Michigan - A great resource for 8/4 cotton and selvedges
