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BASKETRY
| Arizona Highways July 1975 | |
| Indian Basket Weaving: Navajo School | |
| Plaited Basketry: The Woven Form | LaPlatz, Shereen |
| Indian Basket Weaving: Pomo, Yurok, Pima Navajo | Newman, Sandra Corrie |
COLOR
| NOTAN: The Dark-Light Principle of Design | Bothwell, Dorr & Frey, Marlys |
| The Makers Hand: A Close Look at Textile Structures | Collingwood, Peter |
| Woven Works | Hamamura, John & Susan |
| ITTEN: The Elements of Color | Itten, Johannes |
| The Enjoyment & Use of Color | Sargent, Walter |
| Interaction for Handweavers | Sullivan, Donna |
| Color Exercise of the Weaver: How Yarn Colors Interact on the Loom | Weigle, Palmy |
CLOTHING
| Master Weave Sturctures | Alderman, Sharon |
| Cut My Cote | Burnham, Dorothy |
| Applying the Pulled Warp Technique to Loom-Shaped Clothing | Evans, Kerry |
| Treadled Toggs | Evans, Kerry |
| Clothing: Hand Woven Approach | Hamaker, Barbara |
| Clothing: From the Hands that Weave | Mayer, Anita |
| Five: Ethnic Patterns | Porcella, Yvonne |
| Plus Five: Ethnic Patterns | Porcella, Yvonne |
| Hand Woven Designer Patterns: Jackets & Blouses | Scorgie, Jean |
| Hand Woven Designer Patterns: Simple Skirts | Scorgie, Jean |
| Designing to Weave & Sew | Scorgie, Jean |
| Weavers Wearables | West, Virginia |
| Weaving You Can Wear | Wilson, Jean |
DVD
| Color Interaction for Handweavers | |
| Double Weave | Barrett, Clotilde |
| Double Weave Basics | Moore, Jennifer |
| Dress Your Loom the Swedish Way | Ashenden, Becky |
| (The) Gentle Art of Plying | Mac Kenzie, Judith |
| Hand Spinning Advanced Techniques | |
| Handwoven Structure & Pattern | |
| Kumihimo – Japanese Braiding | Owen, Rodrik |
| Loom Owners Companion – Maintenance & Repair | Knisely, Tom |
| Navajo Weaving Parts I & II | Walker-Maloney |
| (In) Praise of Simple Cloth | Buchanan, Rita |
| Rug Weaving: Block Weaves & Shaft Switching | Collingwood, Jason |
| Spin to Weave | Lamb, Sara |
| Spinning & Weaving the Ashford Way | |
| Spinning Wool Basics & Beyond | |
| Start of Spinning | Casey, Maggie & Jang, Eunny |
| Tapestry Crochet | Moore, Jennifer |
| Triangle Frame Loom: Weaving Magic | |
| Warping Your Loom | Van Der Hoogt, Madelyn |
| Warp Painting Plus – Garment Design & Construction Tips | Freeman, Mollie |
| Weaving Four-Selvage Textiles | Stanley, Martha |
DYEING
| Natural Dyes & Home Dyeing | Adrosko, Rita |
| IKAT Technique | Battenfielt, Jackie |
| Rocky Mountain Dye Plants | Bliss, Anne |
| Dye Plants & Dyeing | Brooklyn Botanic Garden |
| Navajo Native Dyes: Their Preparations & Use | Bryan, Nonabah |
| Hopi Dyes | Colton, Mary Russell Ferrell |
| Your Yarn Dyeing | Davenport, Elsie |
| The Dye Pot | Davidson, Mary Frances |
| Painting Warps | Farrow, Hazel |
| Blue Prints of Fabric: Uses for Cyanotype | Hewett, Barbara |
| The Complete Illustrated Book of Dyes from Natural Sources | Krochmal, Arnold & Connie |
| Hopi Dyes | Vinroot, Sally & Crowder, Jennie |
| California Dye Plants | Wilkins, Marilyn |
ETHNIC
| Techniques of Guatemalan Weaving | Bjerregaard, Lena |
| Bolivian Highland Weaving | Cason, Marjorie & Chandler, Adele |
| Textiles of Ancient Peru | D’Harcourt, Raoul |
| Warp & Weft from Tibet | King, William |
| The Art of TAANIKO Weaving | Mead, S. M. |
| Backstrap Weaving: Northern Ecuador | Redwood |
GENERAL HISTORY
| In Celebration of the Curious Mind | Blinks, Anne |
| Keep me Warm at Night: Early Hand Weaving in Eastern Canada | Burnham, Harold & Dorothy |
| The Textile Tools of Colonial Homes | Channing, Marion |
| Magic in the Water: Wet Finishing Hand Wovens (with CD & Swatches) | Fry, Laura |
| Weaving: A Handbook of the Fiber Arts | Held, Shirley |
| The Pleasure of Pattern | Justema, William |
| Hands on Weaving | Lieber, Barbara |
| The Shuttle-Craft Book of American Hand Weaving (2) | Meigs Atwater, Mary |
| Grammar of Textile Design | Nisbet, H. |
| Creative Hand Weaving | Parker, Xenia Ley |
| Loom Book: Building A Loom | Reed, Tim |
| Knitters’, Crocheters’, Weavers’ & Spinners’: 2006 Travel Guide | Ross, John T. |
| The Weaving Rose of Rohde Island | Safner, Isadora M. |
| The Rug in Islamic Art | Temple Newsam House |
WEAVING INSTRUCTION/BASIC
| Master Weave Sturctures | Alderman, Sharon |
| Byways in Hand-Weaving | Atwater, Mary Meigs |
| Thick | Atwater, Mary Meigs |
| Recipe Book: Patterns for Hand Weavers | Atwater, Mary Meigs |
| The Shuttle Craft Book | Atwater, Mary Meigs |
| The Key To Weaving (2) | Desin |
| The New Key to Weaving (2) | Black, Mary |
| Functional Overshot | Blum, Grace |
| The Weaving Book: Patterns & Ideas | Bress, Helen |
| Learning To Weave (6) | Chandler, Deborah |
| Manuel of Swedish Hand Weaving | Cyrus, Ulla |
| A Hand Weavers Pattern Book (2) | Davison, Margarite |
| Weaving & Spinning | Deutch, Yvonne |
| The Handweaver’s Pattern Book | Dixon, Anne |
| Miniature Patterns for Handweaving PART 1 & PART 2 | Estes, Josephine |
| Designing and Drafting Handweavers | Fry, Berta |
| Warping All by Yourself | Garrett, Cay |
| Foundation of Weaving | Halsey, Mike & Youngmark, Lore |
| Saori | Jo, Misao & Kenzo |
| A Book of Patterns for Handweaving (2) | Landes, John |
| More than Four: A Book of Multiple Harness Weavers | Laughlin, Mary Elizabeth |
| Hands on Weaving | Liebler, Barbara |
| Hand Woven Lace | Mueller, Donna |
| The Craft of Hand Weaving | Plath, Iona |
| A Hand Weavers Source Book | Porter, Margariet |
| Learning To Weave (3) | Redding, Debbie |
| Warping on a Shoestring | Sanders, Nadine |
| Swedish Handweaving | Selander, Malin |
| Swedish Swatches | Selander, Malin |
| Weave Wear | Selander, Malin |
| The Weavers Craft | Simpson, L.E. & Weir, M. |
| A Weaver’s Book: 8 Shaft Patterns | Strickler, Carol |
| Weaving in minature | Strickler, Carol & Taggart, Barbara |
| Rep Weave & Beyond | Tallarovic, Joanne |
| The Best of Weavers: Huck Lace | Van der Hoogt, Madelyn |
| The Best of Weavers: The Magic of Double Weave | Van der Hoogt, Madelyn |
| The Best of Weavers: Thick and Thin | Van der Hoogt, Madelyn |
| The Complete Book of Drafting for Handweavers | Van der Hoogt, Madelyn |
| Doubleweave The Weavers Studio | Weaver’s Studio |
| Finishing Touches | West, Virginia |
| Weaving for Anyone’ | Wilson, Jean |
| Weaving is Fun (2) | Wilson, Jean |
| Weaving is Creative | Wilson, Jean |
NAVAJO
| Navajo Rugs | Arizona Highway Magazine |
| Navajo Weaving (2) | Avery Amsden, Charles |
| The Weavers Pathway: A Clarification of the “Spirit Trail” in Navajo Weaving | Bennett, Noel |
| Working with Navajo Wool: How to Weave a Navajo Rug (2) | Bennett, Noel & Big Horse, Tiana |
| Navajo Weaving Today | Dutton, Bertha |
| Navajo Techniques for Today’s Weavers | Mattern, Joanne |
| The Story of Navajo Weaving | Peck Kent, Kate |
| Navajo & Hopi Weaving Techniques | Pendleton, Mary |
| Navajo Shepherd & Weaving | Richard, Gladys |
| Native American Indian Crafts | Women’s Day Magazine |
NON-HARNESS
| Off Loom Weaving | Binder of Pattern Books |
| Inkle Weaving | Bress, Helene |
| Techniques of Tablet Weaving | Collingwood, Peter |
| Card Weaving | Crockett, Candace |
| Texture & Patterns for Ridged Heddle Loom | Davenport, Betty Linn |
| Plaiting: Step-by-Step | Glashausser, Suellen & Westfall, Carol |
| Ashford Book of Ridged Heddle Weaving | Hart, Rowena |
| Weaving Without a Loom | Rainey, Sarita |
| The Warp-Weighted Loom | Robin & Russ Handweavers |
| Tablet Weaving: Step-by-Step | Snow, Marjorie & William |
| Ridged Heddle Weaving | Swanson, Karen |
| Back Strap Weaving | Taber, Barbara & |
| Weaving Inkle Bands | Tidball, Harriet |
| Finger Weaving: Indian Braiding | Turner, Alta |
| Designing from Nature | Warner Dendel, Esther |
| The Weaver’s Inkle Pattern Directory 400 Warp-Faced Weaves | Dixon, Anne |
| The Handweaver’s Source Book | Allen, Laura |
| The Coverlet Book: Early American Handwoven Coverlets – Vol 1 & 2 | Bress, Helene |
| Keep Me Warm at Night: Early Hand Weaving in Canada | Burnham, Harold & Dorothy |
RUG WEAVING
| Rug Making: Techniques & Designing | Allard, Mary |
| Rug Weaving Techniques: Beyond the Basics | Allen, Doris |
| The Techniques of Rug Weaving | Collingwood, Peter |
| Contemporary Rugs | Collingwood, Peter |
| Rug Weaving for Everyone (2) | Farr, Bourne, Leslie |
| Twined Rag Rugs | Gallagher/DeDeo |
| The Basic Book of Finger Weaving | Warner Dendel, Esther |
| The Basic Book of Twining | Warner Dendel, Esther |
SPINNING
| Spinning Wheel Primer | Amos, Alden |
| Wool Away: The Art & Techinque of Shearing | Bowen, Godfrey |
| Spinning Wheel Primer | Castion, Ruth |
| Felt Making | Gordon, Beverly |
| Handspinner’s Hand Book | Hochberg, Bette |
| Handspindles | Hochberg, Bette |
| Carding, Spinning, Dyeing | Hoppe, Elizabeth & Ederg, Ragnar |
| Fleece in Your Hands | Horne, Beverly |
| Spinner’s Companion: Spin-off Magazine Presents | Irwin, Bobbie |
| The Handspun Project Book | Kahn, Deborah |
| The Joy of Spinning | Kluger, Marilyn |
| Encyclopedia of Hand Spinning | Ross, Mabel |
| The Hand Spinners Guide to Selling | Simmons, Paula |
TAPESTRY
| Technique of Woven Tapestry | Beutlich, Tadek |
| The Tapestries of Turde Guermonprey | Bray, Hazel |
| Weaving a Tapestry | Brostoff, Laya |
| Mexican Tapestry Weaving | Hall, Joanne |
| Tapestries from Egypt | Hamlyn, Paul |
| The Guide to Successful Tapestry Weaving | Harvey, Nancy |
| Patterns for Tapestry Weaving | Harter, Joyce & Sanders, Nadine |
| Weaving that Sings: Variation on the Theo Moorman Technique | Keasbey, Dora May |
| Sheer Delight – Handwoven Transparencies | Moorman, Theo |
| Weaving as an Art Form | Pearson, Alec |
| The Complete Book of Tapestry Weaving | Pianzola, Maurice & Coffinet, Julien |
| Tapestry: Craft & Art | Rhodes, Mary |
| Small Woven Tapestries | Walker, Jeanne Claire |
| Transparent Tapestries: Ancient Art; Modern Method | Winslow, Heather |
VIDEO
| Band Weaving – Level I |
| Card Weaving |
| Double Weave |
| Dress Your Loom the Swedish Way |
| Hand Spinning – Advanced |
| Garments to Weave and How to Weave Them |
| KUMIHMO: Japanese Braiding |
| Navajo Weaving |
| Rug Weaving: Block Weaves and Shaft Switching |
| Spinning Wool: Basics and Beyond |
| Tapestry Techniques for Rug Weaving |
| Triangle Frame Loom Weaving Magic |
| Warp Painting Plus: Garment Design and Construction Tips |
| Weaving for Selvedge on Our Looms with Martha Stanley |
WEAVE STRUCTURES
| Design & The Handweaver | Atwater, Mary Meigs |
| Handwoven Embroidery Weavers | Beck, Dorothy & Chase, Hazel |
| The Sett & Weaving of Tartans | Black, Mary |
| Course in Double Weave | Boesel, Ingrid |
| Scotch Tartan Setts | Douglas, Harriet C. |
| The Versatility of 3H Weavers | Erdman, Anne |
| Linen Heirlooms | Gallagher, Constance |
| Our Scottish District Checks | Harrison, E. S. |
| Complete Book of Bertha Hayes Patterns (4) | Hayes, Bertha |
| Scarves: Hand Woven | Interweave |
| Harness Lace | Nass, Ulla |
| Four-Harness Huck | Heher, Evelyn |
| 1000 (+) Patterns: 4, 6, 8 Harness Shadow Weaves | Powell, Marian |
| Handweaving Patterns from Finland | Pyysalo, Hezvi & Merisalo, Viivi |
| Sprang: Thread Twisting | Skowronski, Hella & Reddy, Mary |
| Lace & Lacey Weaves | Snyder, Mary |
| The Crackle Weave | Snyder, Mary |
| The Handloom Weaves | Tidball, Harriet |
| Patterns of Pick-Up | Tidball, Harriet |
| Summer & Winter: And Other Two Tie Unit Weaves | Tidball, Harriet |
| Supplementary Warp Patterning | Tidball, Harriet |
| Surface Interest | Tidball, Harriet |
| Textile Structure & Analysis: Home Study Course in 12 Lessons | Tidball, Harriet |
| Thomas Jackson Weaver: 17th & 18th Century Records (2) | Tidball, Harriet |
| Weavers Book of Scottish Tartans | Tidball, Harriet |
| Woolens & Tweeds | Tidball, Harriet |
| Hand Woven Fabric | Van der Hoogt, Marilyn |
| The Pile Weavers | Wilson, Jean |
| Complete Book of Bertha Hayes Patterns | Wilson, Jean |
| How to Weave Linens | Worst, Edward |
WEAVER’S CRAFT MAGAZINE
| Premier, Vol 1 Kit, Color Belt, Details, Variations, Tips, Tabby |
| Vol 1 #2: Point Twill, Fiesta Towels, Selvedges, Threading Heddles |
| Vol 1 #3: Canvas Weave, Huck, Swedish Lace, Weaving to Measure |
| Vol 1 #4: Warping from the Front, Potpourri Warp Pillows |
| Vol 1 #5: Easy Plaids, Winding On, Tying on a New Warp |
| Vol 1 #6: Weaving & Fulling Wool, Weaving Soft Stretchy Yarns, Origami Pillows, Long Narrow Warps, Hints Take-up Shrinkage |
| Vol 2 #1: Weaving Overshot, Drawdowns, Designing a Name Draft |
| Vol 2 #2: Gingham Towels, Changing Yarn Size, Little Helpers |
| Vol 2 #3: Easy Inlays, Scarves with Stars, Gifts with Flowers |
| Vol 2 #4: Blankets, Brushing Fabrics, Double Weave Variations |
| Vol 3 #1: Complementary Plalin Weave; Using Color Swatch Charts |
| Vol 4 #1: Leno, Mexican Lace, Brooks Bouquets, Leno Motifs |
| Vol 4 #2: Four-Shaft Twill Sampler, Sampler Hand Towels |
| Vol 4 #3: Summer & Winter, Easy Pick-Up Techniques |
| Vol 4 #4: Kitchen Dye Techniques, Painted Yarns, Loopy Yarns |
| Vol 5 #1: Bias Cloth Strips, Monks Belt, Changing Yarn Sizes |
| Issue #17: Twill and Basket Weave Towels, End Finishes, Towel Sizes |
| Issue #18: Threading, Design Keys, Treading, Selvages |
| Issue #19: Log Cabin, Ripsatta, Shadow Weave, Weft Interlocks |
| Issue #20: Danish Medallion, Easy Accents, Hiding Yarn Tails |
| Issue #21: Single Rows Alternating, Pairs of Rows Alternating, Graphs |
| Issue #22: Designing Easy Treadings, Optimizing Floating Selvedges |
| Issue #23: Designing Barleycorn, Special Selvedges for Barleycorn |
| Issue #24: Mock Satin, 2 Pick-Up Methods, 8-Sharf Damask |
| Issue #25: Rag Rugs, Double Corduroy, Swedish Block Weave |
| Issue #26: Turning a Draft, Threads Sharing Dents, Reading Drafts |
| Issue #27: Baby Blankets, Weft Angle & Draw-In, Sizes of Knitting Yarn |
| Issue #28: Swivel, Petit Point, Related Laces |
| Issue #29: Threadings, Treadling, Edge Finishes |
SHUTTLE SPINDLE & DYEPOT
| Volume XLIII; #2, Issue 170, Spring 2012 |
| Volume XLIII; #4, Issue 172, Fall 2012 |