Resources – Instructional Materials & Videos

To suggest links, please email details to web@cvfg.org

general Fiber Arts:

Craftsy Blog – get a daily email with links to blog posts on Knitting, Crochet, Sewing, Art, Cooking etc.
Crafting with your Hands: Needlework Arts! – Links to tons of tutorials on quilting, embroidery, crochet, and knitting.

SPINNING:

Long Thread Media: Includes Spin Off Magazine, Handwoven, Little Looms, PieceWork and Farm & Fiber Knits
Wild Fibers Magazine
Out for a Spin – Intro to Spinning Basics


WEAVING:

Download the 4-shaft Weaving Worksheet
Download the 8-shaft Weaving Worksheet
How to warp a loom back-to-front – Webs
Design patterns and color combinations for potholders and pin looms with the Harrisville Designs Potholder Wizard.
How to Prepare a Dummy Warp – Kathrin Weber
How to Prepare Plant Materials for Weaving – Patricia Morton
Weaving Samplers, from the Schacht Blog – Twill Part I & Part II, and Lace


Weaving Software:
Fiberworks PCW
PixeLoom
WeaveIt


Helpful Weaving Links:
Draft Archive at Handweaving.net
Ralph Griswold’s Vast Publication Archive
Deb McClintock’s Research
Halcyon Yarn’s video on weaving with sock yarn
Su Butler’s site – Rayon Chenille a specialty
Long Thread Media, Handwoven, Little Looms Magazine Publisher
A Resource Guide to Knitting and Weaving at Paradise Fibers


Discussion/Guidance
Ravelry