Caught On The Web - Dec 2010

Here are a few websites of interest I found while surfing the web:

Eva's Weaving Blog
http://evasweaving.wordpress.com/

Extreme Sheepherding with electric lights (reprise from 2009)
A youtube video "What Welshmen do when they're bored"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGOGOxtN2lM

Inagaki Kiryou Weaving Supplies, Japan
Be sure to check out the spinning wheel for cotton
under the group of Cotton Tools
http://english.inagakikiryou.com/index.html


Weaving on a forked stick - kids project
http://naturalsuburbia.blogspot.com/2010/08/weaving.html

News article:Santiago Morales, weaver of pine needles, baskets, etc
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/entertainment/santiago-97624-reeds-top.html

Check it out! Back issues of Weaver's Journals
available for free download. This is awesome!
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/wj.html

A Weaver's Album: Pictures of Looms, Spinning Wheels, and more
http://elaine899.tripod.com/aweaversalbum/id6.html

A blog from Europe? Interesting colors and a couple of looms?
http://tejedorassayaguesas.blogspot.com

guatemala info with textiles
http://abovefault.net/category/travels/guatemala/

Mademoiselle Chaos blog, pastry, spinning, knitting, crochet
http://mademoisellechaos.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-favourite-pastry-recipe.html

reference book for double weave
http://www.haven2.com/proc/html/a_reference_book_for_double_we.html

Tangled web blog
http://www.austintapestry.blogspot.com/

tri loom instructions
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/triloom2.htm

How to knit to wristwarmers bangles on doublepoint needles - very unique!
http://www.ahousecallednut.com/a_house_called_nut/2009/04/bangle-wristwarmer-tutorial.html

Fabric Follies Two - interesting postings and a list of more blogs to visit
http://fabricfolliestwo.wordpress.com

EDITED TO ADD MORE LINKS 12-11-10

Pretty scarves knitted from lumpy angora rabbit wool
Good idea for spinning angora "second" wool
http://angoraandmore.blogspot.com/2009/03/angora-scarves.html

Prussian sash in Sprang (oblique interlacing)/German Language
http://blog.wirweben.de/wordpress/

Google translate can convert this to English or other
http://translate.google.com


Ears of Corn Placemats
http://janie-bell.blogspot.com/2010/11/ears-of-corn-placemats.html

Kathe Todd-Hooker, MorningStar Studio
http://www.kathetoddhooker.blogspot.com

Kathe Todd-Hooker, Fine Fiber Press
http://www.finefiberpress.com

Nadeau Hand-Skill Loom seen in Popular Mechanics Jan 1955
http://books.google.com/books?id=aN4DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA197&dq=handweaving&pg=PA197#v=onepage&q=weaving&f=false


Waaban Aki Crafting - Eastern Woodlands (US)
See twined cornhusk bottle in middle of page
http://home.cshore.com/waaban/dolls&figures.html

How to make and use a floor loom for twined rag rug weaving
http://craftydaisies.com/2008/07/23/how-to-make-and-use-a-floor-loom/

Twined bags for sale - check out design
http://www.barkingrock.com/bags.htm

Weaving World
http://www.weavingworld.ca/tips.htm

Language of Native American Baskets
http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/baskets/subpage.cfm?subpage=tech_tech

Primitive technology
http://www.primitiveways.com/basketry2.html

Basketmakers.org - Information and many links
http://basketmakers.org/

newspaper basket
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/47658/the-times-they-are-a-changing-how-to-make-a-basket-from-a-newspaper


Lots of woven baskets and some good design elements
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts_by_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas

Rigid Heddle Weaving - and more!
http://rigidheddleweaving.com/

Doni's Deli blog - great monk's bag tutorial
narrow cloth woven on rigid heddle makes a fast bag
http://donisdelis.blogspot.com/2009/01/little-tutorial.html

Fibers Of Being - a blog with nice pictures
http://fibresofbeing.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/more-freestyle-rosepath/

Daryl Lancaster's blog
See how she plays with cloth
http://www.daryllancaster.com/wordblog/page/15/

Have a good day!