Thursday, February 10, 2011

Found on the web

While researching I run into websites of interest and I post them here for you to examine.

tips for rag rug hems: Jenny Bellairs blog
http://jennybellairs.blogspot.com/2010/12/tips-for-rag-rug-hems-additional-photo.html

http://jennybellairs.blogspot.com/2010/05/rag-rug-weaving-tips.html

Dirty Jobs: Mike at Ohio Valley Natural Fibers woolen mill
http://www.tvduck.com/frame.php?epi=342968&view=849342

Also at:
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/dirty-jobs-woolen-mill-operator/

Pehuenche/Pewenche Weaving - Chile
http://en.trekaleyin.com/trekaleyin/kintupi/

The Mapuche (English version)
http://www.bariloche.com.ar/museo/MAPUING.HTM



Deb McClintock's Weaving and Dyeing
http://web.me.com/debmcclintock/Site/Start.html

Jane Evan's Split Shed Weaving Technique
http://janeevans.ca/Techniques.shtml


Wadmal Class 2009, note weighted warp loom
http://szarka.typepad.com/sca/2009/08/wadmal-class-pennsic-2009.html

Yearning to weave - free rigid heddle loom projects
http://schachtspindle.com/yearning%20to%20weave/yearning%20to%20weave.php


Twining On the Lily Bag Loom
Instruction manual for basic twining
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/monographs/lily_bag.pdf

Ruth Macgregor's website, Spinning Forth
http://www.spinningforth.com/pseudoblog/pseudoblog.html

Beautiful backstrap weaving
Qanachin - Respectable weaving
http://www.qanachin.com/Our_Albums/Our_Albums.html

saami weaving on youtube

These videos of Saami weaving were mentioned on the Weaving yahoogroup.
You go to Youtube and search for "greneveving" (means branch weaving?)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=greneveving&aq=f

Look for Greneveving - Rátnogođđin del 1 (Part 1)
Also check out parts 2, 3, 4

See her weave first selvedge with a rigid heddle, then mount the piece on a warp weighted loom, then watch the magic as she weaves with her fingers. This is beautiful stuff.


Textile School
Under Weaving there is discussion of different types of looms.
It's about production automation but interesting
http://www.textileschool.com/School/Weaving.aspx



Cabin Cove website/blog
David Taylor Daniels, weaver
http://cabincove.com/archives/2771

Handloom Weaving, Mattie Phipps Todd, 1902 - A scanned book
Comprehensive guide to basic weaving
http://fax.libs.uga.edu/T848xT7/1f/hand_loom_weaving.pdf

Rag Rug Weaving - Master's Thesis - Ashlee Tecza 2007
http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send-pdf.cgi/Tecza%20Ashlee%20R.pdf?akron1185901168

Raven's Tail Weaving

Raven Weaver - LISA HAGEMAN YAHGULANAAS
http://ravenweaver.com/

Artists Talk about their work - Audio MP3
Includes raven's tail technique
http://jukebox.uaf.edu/Sitka/program/htm/artists.htm

Ravenstail Weaving
http://www.uas.alaska.edu/soundings/archive-files/2007/04-13/weaving.html

Edited to add:

The list of Ravens Tails sites is not complete without this one.
Talk about soul and eye candy
Raven's Tail - Cheryl Samuel

http://ravenstail.com/gallery/fibre/

Have a good day!

2 comments:

Annie MacHale said...

So many interesting things! Thanks for rounding these up for us. ~Annie

WonderWhyGal said...

Thanks for all of the great links! Being a new RH Weaver, I am always looking for great resources and now I have this blog post bookmarked with a plethora of them at my fingertips.

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!