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This page contains some useful links for the
handloom weaver.
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Handwoven
magazine - Filled with creative
projects, lots of useful information and
beautifully designed. Great magazine!
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University
of Arizona on-line weaving archive - A
HUGE and very well organized digital
source of books and other documents on weaving,
textiles and related topics. Maintained by Ralph
Griswold. A fantastic free source of
weaving information. Don't miss it!
Many
(thousands!) of the patterns found inside the
books of the archive are available, ready to
use, at the handweaving.net link above.
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Vav
Magasinet - Swedish weaving magazine,
with english translation.
Below you'll find some weaving books links to
get started.
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Interweave
Press - Books from the publisher of
Handwoven magazine.
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The
Woolery - Good list if books from The
Woolery.
A couple of general search links on weaving
books:
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Google -
Google search for weaving books.
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Amazon -
Amazon bookstore search for hand weaving.
There are many good books about handloom
weaving, and choosing the right one is a matter
of personal taste and needs. However, we'd like
to suggest two books:
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The
Book of Looms - Eric Broudy's book
about the history of the handloom.
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Handloom
Weaving Technology - Allen A. Fannin's
book. It teaches everything you need to know
about handlooms.
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We have included a list of links to other
equally good software companies. We hope this
list will help you find the best weaving
software for your needs.
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WeaveIt -
For Windows.
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DBWeave -
For Windows.
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WeaveMaker -
For Windows & Mac.
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WeaveConvert -
Not a weaving software but a very useful utility
program. It translates proprietary file formats
into WIF format (Free!).
Under a tight budget? Maybe
a free or
shareware
software can help you going:
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WeaveDesign -
For Windows (Free!).
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WeaveDraft -
For Windows & Mac (shareware).
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Leclerc
looms - Canadian company. Lots of
documentation about their looms. Also, you can
download two good (and free!) books on
handweaving.
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AVL
looms - American company.
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Toika
looms - Finnish company with dealers in
USA.
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Glimåkra
looms - Swedish company with dealers in
USA and Canada.
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Ever wanted to build a
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Bob
Lafara's loom - 2 shafts small table
loom (with construction details) created by Bob
Lafara.
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Forest
Butera loom - Huge 13th century spanish
loom replica build by Forest Butera, Summerisle
Spinners and Weavers, Inc (pictures and some
text).
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Weaving
archive floor loom - Floor loom with
detailed construction plans from University of
Arizona on-line weaving archive (the archive's
home page has a link in the 'Books &
magazines' category above).
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CVMT
floor loom - Floor loom with detailed
construction plans from CVMT (nice french site
with index entries in english).
Comercial construction plans:
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We welcome suggestions for additions to this
page. Any useful resource for hand weavers, even
if maintained by a commercial organization,
qualifies for listing.
Please use the Talk
to Us page to tell us about the web site you
found interesting and would like to share.
Although we cannot guarantee placement, all
sites are individually reviewed for inclusion.
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The links listed on this page were
operational at the time they were posted, and we
check them monthly to see if they are still
active.
However, if you experience
difficulties in accessing a specific link or if
you wish to update a listed link to your site,
we appreciate your cooperation.
Please use our Talk
to Us page to report link related problems.
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