Lending Library Holdings
Books By Subject: A Partial Listing
Some books may be listed under more than one subject category. Other types of items are listed at the end of the Books section
Note: To check out an item, please contact the Librarian; she will bring the item to the next guild meeting.
BASICS:
Byways in Handweaving (Atwater, 1954) 128 pgs.
Craft of Handweaving, The (1972) 128 pgs.
Designing and drafting for handweavers: basic principles of cloth construction (Berta Frey, 1975) 225 pgs.
Designing With Blocks (Keasbey)
Double Weave: Theory and Practice (1979) 45 pgs.
Handweaver's Instruction Manual (Tidball, 1949)
The Joy of Handweaving (1950) 306 pgs.
Mastering Weaving Structures (Alderman)
New Key to Weaving (Mary Black, 1957) 573 pgs.
Practical Weaving Suggestions (pamphlets in binder) (1955-1961)
Sectional warping (Russell E. Groff 1988)
Step-by-step Weaving (1967) 96 pgs.
Structure of Weaving (Sutton, 1982) 192 pgs.
Textiles (textbook)
Warp and Weave (1971) 80 pgs.( 2 copies)
Warping All By Yourself (1974) 159 pgs.
Weavers answer book (Dorothy Beck and Hazel Chase 1962) 106 pgs
Weaving: a creative approach for beginners (Clara Creager 1974) 192 pgs.
The Handweaver's Pattern Directory. Over 600 weaves for four-shaft looms (Anne Dixon, 2007) 256 pgs.
The Weaving Book (Bress)
Weaving Classics 1 - 23 (1976 and earlier) 26 pgs.
Weaving Is For Anyone (2 copies) (1967) 144 pgs.
BASKETS: (Also see Shaker)
International Basketry (1978) 192 pgs.
The Maker's Hand (1987) 160 pgs.
BIOGRAPHY/NOTABLE WEAVERS)
The journal for weavers, spinner, and dyers: Peter Collingwood special edition (2009)
Weaving a life: the story of Mary Meigs Atwater (compiled by Mary Jo Reiter, 1992) 208 pgs.
CARD WEAVING:
Byways in Handweaving (Atwater, 1954) 128 pgs.
Creating with card weaving: a simple, non-loom technique (Sally Specht 1973) 96 pgs.
Handweaver's Instruction Manual (Tidball, 1949) 42 pgs.
Off-Loom Weaving: A Basic Manual (1975) 180 pgs.
The Techniques of Tablet-Weaving (Collinwood, 1982) 430 pgs.
CLOTHING/SEWING CLOTHES:
Clothing from the Hands that Weave (Mayer, 1984) 162 pgs.
Contemporary Costume (Tidball, 1968) 44 pgs.
Handwoven Clothing: Felted to Wear (Mayer, 1988) 100 pgs.
Handwoven's Design Collections
Japanese Clothes, Make your own (1988) 130 pgs.
More Power Sewing (Betzina, 1993) 271 pgs.
Sew Something Special: Sewing With Handwoven Fabrics (Curtis) 69 pgs.
Weaving You Can Wear (Wilson, 1973) 128 pgs.COLOR AND THEORY:
Color and Fiber (Lambert, 1986) 255 pgs.
Colour-and-Weave Design (Sutton)
Weaving and Needlecraft Color Course (1971) 160 pgs.
COVERLETS:
Echoes from our Ancestors: A sampler of Overshot Patterns in the Shelburne Museum Collection (1998) 55 pgs.
Portfolio of American Coverlets, A (Strickler) - Vol. 1 - 4 Portland Handweavers Guild Coverlet Project (1985)
The Coverlet Book: early American handwoven coverlets._ vols. 1 and 2 (Helene Bress, 2003); does not circulate
The Weaving Roses of Rhode Island (1985) (history, photos, patterns)
DYEING:
An introduction to natural dyeing (Robert and Christine Thresh, 1972) 37 pgs.
Dyes and dyeing (Charles E. Pellew, 1921) 274 pgs
Dyes from plants (Seonaid M. Robinson 1973) 144 pgs.
Dyeing with natural materials (Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild, 1980) 28 pgs.
Let's try mushrooms for color (Miriam C. Rice,1974) 40 pgs.
Lichens for Vegetable Dyeing (Bolton, 1960) 63 pgs.
Natural dyes (Sallie Pease Kierstead, 1950) 104 pgs.
Natural Dyes and Home Dyeing (Adrosko, 1971) 154 pgs.
Nature's colors: dyes from plants (Ida Grae, 1974) 229 pgs.
The complete illustrated book of dyes from natural sources (Arnold and Connie Krochmal, 1974) 272 pgs.
The dyer's companion (Elijah Bemis, 1973) 311 pgs.
The dye-pot (Mary Frances Davidson, 1970) 27 pgs.
The new dyer (Sally Vinroot and Jennie Crowder, 1981) 118 pgs.
The use of vegetable dyes, (Violetta Thurstan, 1970) 48 pgs.
Crowder, 1981)
Step-by-step Spinning and Dyeing (1974) 64 pgs.
Vegetable dyes from North American plants (Douglas Leechman, 1969) 59 pgs.
Your yarn dyeing: a book for handweavers and spinners (Elsie G. Davenport, 1972) 128 pgs.
EIGHT HARNESS WEAVES/MULTISHAFT:
8,12... 20: An Introduction to Multishaft Weaving (1988) 135 pgs.
Ashford book of projects for the eight shaft loom (Elsa Krogh 2005) 40 pgs.
Book of projects for the eight shaft loom (Krogh, 2005)
The Complete Book of Drafting (van der Hoogt) 144 pgs.
Designing With Blocks (Keasbey)
More Than Four (1976) (8-shaft & more weaves) 179 pgs.
More than Four (Irwin, 1998 workshop & samples)
The Virginia West Swatch Book (1985) (sample book) 40 pgs.
HISTORIC/ANTIQUE WEAVING DRAFTS:
Early American weaving and dyeing: the domestic manufacturer's assistant and family directory in the arts of weaving and dyeing (Bronson, 1977) 204 pgs.
A Handbook of Weaves
Historical New England Weaves 1770 - 1850 ,(photocopy of notes from a class taught by Deborah J. Mouton and Marjie P. Thompson in 1991)
Homespun to factory made: woolen textiles in America 1776-1876 (Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, North Andover, MA 1977) 105 pgs
The Speck Book: An 18th century weaving manuscript_ volumes 1 and 2 (Johann Ludwig Speck)
Weaving with foot-power looms (Worst, 1974) 275 pgs.
INKLE WEAVING:
Inkle Weaving (Bress, 1975) 214 pgs
Inkle Loom, How to Weave on the Seivers Looms 7 pgs.
Inkle Loom, Weaves and Techniques 15 pgs.
Latvian “Jostas” workshop with Connie Gray (Gray, 2011)
Weaves and Techniques for Inkle (15 pg. pamphlet)
INSPIRATION/CREATIVITY:
Art & Inspirations (McDowell)
Art & Inspirations (Porcella)
Design Quarterly ( magazine)
Embroidering with the Loom (1979) 103 pgs.
Generations/Transformations: American Fiber Art (American Textile History Museum)
Ideas in Weaving (1989) 160 pgs.
In Celebration of the Curious Mind (1983) 120 pgs.
Weaving As An Art Form (Moorman, 1975) 104 pgs.
LINEN:
Linen: from flax seed to woven cloth (Heinrich, 2010)
MINATURE WEAVES:
Weaving With Fine Threads & in Miniature (Piroch)
Pattern books and references on different weaves: Weaving designs by Bertha Gray Hayes: miniature overshot patterns (Norma Smayda, Gretchen White, Jody Brown, and Katharine Schelling, 2009) 208 pgs.
NAVAJO: (also see Rugs)
The Book of Looms: a History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present (Eric Broudy, 1979)
Navajo Weaving: Three Centuries of Change
Old Navajo Rugs: Their Development from 1900 to 1940 (1981) 113 pgs.
Working with Wool: How to Weave a Navajo Rug (1971) 105 pgs.
OFF-LOOM WEAVING:
Byways in Handweaving (Atwater, 1954) 128 pgs.
Compendium of Finishing Techniques (McEneely, 2003) 150 pgs.
Decorative braiding and weaving (June Barker 1973) 112 pgs
Finishing Touches For the Handweaver (West, 1968) 102 pgs.
Hooked Rugs (1991) 160 pgs.
The Maker's Hand ( Collingwood)
Needleweaving...easy as embroidery (Dendel, 1972)
Twined Rag Rugs (Irwin)
Weaving Is For Anyone
Techniques of Sprang, The (Collingwood, 1974) 300+ pgs.
PATTERN BOOKS & REFERENCES ON DIFFERENT WEAVES: (See Basics)
Abraham Serff's Weaving Books: beginning of Book #2 (Abraham Serff)
Boundweave
Compendium of Finishing Techniques (McEneely, 2003) 150 pgs.
The Complete Book of Drafting (van der Hoogt)
Conversation & notes on log cabin (Leslie Voiers, 1999)
Design Challenges
Doup Leno ( 2 copies) (1980) 46 pgs.
Finishing Touches for the Handweaver (West, 1968) 102 pgs
A Handbook of Weaves (Oelsner)
A Handweaver's Pattern Book (Davison)
In Celebration of the Curious Mind (1983) 120 pgs
Lace weaves portfolio (Leslie Voiers, 1998)
Letter Code Drafting (1990) (Looseleaf binder)
Plain weave is anything but plain (Leslie Voiers, 2002)
Rep weave and beyond (Tallarovic, 2004)
Summer & Winter and Two Tie Unit Weaving (1966) 58 pgs.
Tartans (1984) 192 pgs.
Techniques of code drafting: the lively art of personal weaving drafts (Harry P. Linder, 1983) 139 pgs.
Thick 'n thin (edited by Madelyn van der Hoogt, 2001) 107 pgs.
Twill thrills (edited by Madelyn van der Hoogt, 2004) 123 pgs
The Handweaver's Pattern Directory. Over 600 weaves for four-shaft looms (Anne Dixon, 2007) 256 pgs.
The Weaving Book (Bress)
Useful weaving pattern book consisting of selected, well tried and mostly newly invented patterns (in German w limited English translation, 1741)
Weavers Companion (Handwoven,2001) 112 pgs.
REFERENCES: (See Basics or Pattern Books)
RIGID HEDDLE: (See Off-Loom Weaving)
Rigid Heddle, Textures and Patterns
RUGS:
Design and Make Handwoven Rugs (1957) 294 pgs.
Hooked Rugs (1991) 160 pgs.
Rugmaking Technique and Design (1963) 160 pgs.
A Rugweavers Sourcebook (1984) 170 pgs
Rugweaving For Everyone (1957) 294 pgs.
The Techniques of Rugweaving (Collingwood, 1968) 500+ pgs.
Twined Rag Rugs
Weaving contemporary rag rugs: new designs.traditional techniques (Allen, 1998)SHAKER:
Shaker Textile Arts (1980) 329 pgs.
Shaker towels for the 21st century (Erf, 2005)
Simple Gifts (1990) 132 pgs.(Shaker crafts)
SHUTTLECRAFT GUILD MONOGRAPHS:
Guild has #12, 19, 24, 34
SURFACE DESIGNS:
A history of printed textiles: Block.roller.screen.design.dyes.fibres.discharge.resist.further sources for research (Robinson, 1969)
SWATCH COLLECTIONS:
Betsey Wing's Swatch Collection binder (1983 - 1985)
Design Challenges (photos)
Drafts and Designs, 25 issues 1962 - 1996 - each issue includes a 4-to-12 harness draft & sample (magazine published by Robin and Russ Handweavers); does not ciruclate
Looking At Twills (Voiers, 1983) (samples) 54 pgs.
Magic in the Water (Fry, 2002); does not circulate
Sharon Alderman's Swatch Collection (25 swatches, 2006); does not circulate
Surface Interest Weaves (Nobscot Weavers)
Swedish Swatches (Selander, 1990)
Unusual 4-Shaft Weaves binder (from Irwin workshop)
The Virginia West Swatch Book; does not circulate
Warp and Weft, 35 issues 1965 - 1988 - each issue includes a 4 harness draft & sample (magazine published by Robin and Russ Handweavers); does not ciruclate
SWEDISH:
Manual of Swedish Weaving (w. glossary of Swedish terms) (1956) 271 pgs.
Swedish Handweaving (1961) 128 pgs.
Swedish Swatches (Selander, 1990)
Swedish/English Weaving glossary
Treasure Chest of Swedish Weaving
Vav I Rosengang Och Munkabalte (Rosepath & Monk's Belt) In Swedish (1982) 88 pgs.
VAV magazines
TABLET WEAVING: (See Card Weaving)
TAPESTRY:
Contemporary Tapestry (Tidball, 1964) 46 pgs.
Creative design in wall hangings: weaving patterns based on primitive and medieval art (Blumenau, 1977)
Double Weave: Theory and Practice (1979) 45 pgs.
New Picture and Pattern Book to further the honorable art of Linen and Tapestry Weaving in 178 patterns and 74 copper plates (in German) (Johann Michael Kirschbaum, 1771)
Patterns For Tapestry Weaving (1984) 168 pgs.
Weaving Is For AnyoneTIPS, TRICKS, & HINTS:
Weavers answer book (Beck and Chase, 1962)
Weavers Companion (Handwoven,2001) 112 pgs.
Weavers' Wisdom (WGB, 1980) Hints. 24 pgs.
Workshop notes for winding multi-colored warps with a warping paddle (Leslie Voiers, 2004)WEAVER-CONTROLLED WEAVES:
Weaving Is Creative (Wilson, 1972) 268 pgs.
WEAVING IN OTHER CULTURES:
Ancient Egyptian and Greek looms (H. Ling Roth, 1978) 44 pgs.
Unlike the lilies: Doukhobor textile traditions in Canada (Dorothy K. Burnham, 1986)
Weaving in the Peruvian highlands: dreaming patterns, weaving memories (Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez, 2007) 112 pgs.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Design Collections 1,4,5,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 (Handwoven magazine)
Weaving Techniques and Projects (1974) 80 pgs.
Weavings of New England (Fall 1987) Newsletter. 56 pgs.
Atelier ABCDedarium: A compleat compendium of curious and cunning creatures colonizing cramped closets, cobwebbed corners, and cluttered cabinets, capriciously causing complications and chaos. A calendar for 2005 (Jones and others, 2004)
INDEX:
Index to Handwoven Magazine (xerox) - Fall/Winter 1979 - ...
Textile Arts Index: 1950 - 1987.
Shuttle, Spindel and Dyepot Index.
CASSETTES:
Spin the Weaver's Song
VIDEOS/DVDs:
Bodywork for weavers and fiber artists (Penfield, 1995)
Boundweaving - Level 1: Parts 1 & 2.
Color interaction for handweavers (Sullivan, 1991)
Nashoba Valley Weaver's Guild (Westford Museum, 2008)
Sewing with Handwovens - Sandra Betzina
Spinning cotton, silk & flax (Zawistoski, 1992)
Tapestry weaving level I (Harvey, 1985||)
Warping the loom from back to front (Osterkamp, 2002||)
Woven wearables and accessories: an exhibit featuring members of the Nashoba Valley Weaver's Guild (2008)
MAGAZINES:
American Fabrics ---
Issue number 17, Spring 1951
Fiberarts ---Summer 1991
Sept/Oct 1991
Nov/Dec 1991
Jan/Feb 1992
Mar/Apr 1992
Summer 1992
Sept/Oct 1992
Nov/Dec 1992
Jan/Feb 1993
Mar/Apr 1993
Summer 1993
Sept/Oct 1993
Nov/Dec 1993
Mar/Apr 1994
Summer 1994
Jan/Feb 1994
Handweaver & Craftsman --- (with index for 1950-1969)Volumes 1 (1950) through 23 (1972)
Volume 24 (1973) - 1,2,3,4, only
Volume 26 (1975) - 1,2,3,5, only
Handwoven ---Spring/Summer 1980 - present (with a number of issues missing - please inquire
Interweave ---
Volume I, #2 - Winter 1976 through Volume VI, #1 - Winter 1980-81
Shuttle/Spindle & Dyepot ---
Volume 1, #1 - Dec. 1969 (Issue 1) through present (with a few missing - please inquire)
Spin-Off ---
Spring 1985
Spring and Fall 1986
Spring,Summe, & Winterr 1987
Spring 2008 - PresentThreads ---
Issue # 1
Issue # 3
Issue # 4
Issue # 5
Issue # 6
Issue # 7
Issue # 9
Issue # 10
Issue # 12VAV Magasinet ---
NR 3 1985
NR 3 1986
NR 2, NR 4 1987
NR 3, NR 4 1988
NR 2, NR 3 1989
NR 1, NR 3 1990
NR 1 1991
NR 3, NR 4 1992
NR 1 1994
NR 1, NR 2, NR 4 1995
NR 1, NR 2 1996
NR 1 2011 - PresentWeaver, The ---
April 1937
October 1937 ( 2 copies)
April 1938
July 1939
Jan/Feb 1940Weavers Craft ---
#5 (Oct/Nov 2000, Vol 1, Number 5)
#6 (Dec 2000/Jan 2001, Vol. 1 Number 6)
#16 (Spring 2004, Vol 5, Number 1)
#24
Weavers Journal, The ---
Issue 1(July 1976) through Issue 18(Fall 1980) (no Issue 19)
Issue 20(Spring 1981) through Issue 46(Fall 1987)Weaver's ---
Issue 1(Spring 1988) through 44 (issues 10, 13, 21, 40 missing)
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