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Produces Renaissance velvet and brocades in Florence, Italy. Information on master courses offered, history and techniques.

Specializes in making rugs from new recycled materials. Offers supplies for weavers and spinners.

Instructions, pictures, patterns, and resources.

Gallery of works and information on teachers who taught at this conference.

Photos and explanation of doubleweave from the weaver's books.

Located in Washington, DC, the Textile Museum is dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile arts. The museum's calendar, exhibitions, and shop are available.

This photographic site contains an eclectic collection of weaving, spinning and dyeing equipment, primarily Canadian, a weaver's gallery and a weaver's tour of Oaxaca.

Online virtual galleries present changing exhibitions of masterpieces of textile art from the eastern Mediterranean.

Spinners, weavers and dyers of linen and wool based in the Outer Hebrides.

List of classes and workshops, also supplies available.

Promotes Mayan weaving. Describes materials, techniques and patterns.

Makers of handwoven rugs, hangings, and fabrics. Offers residential and non-residential courses in weaving, spinning, and dyeing.

Exhibit entitled "An Endangered Species". Covers techniques, history, culture, and styles.

A collection of out-of-print documents on weaving, textile manufacture, design and pattern.

A tool which allows the user to design a tartan by choosing a stripe sequence from a selection of colours.

Information on Navajo weaving and culture including events, educational opportunities, bibliography and advice on purchasing textiles.

A Shetland group handweaving wool and other fibres on handlooms, producing clothing, accessories and home items.

Spinner and weaver with a gallery of handwoven rugs, cushion covers, wall hangings, shawls and scarfs.

Textile designer specializing in one-of-a-kind and custom handwovens. Trademark techniques include color horoscope weaving, words in color, and easy ikat.

Studio tour and hand wovens including portage fluff rugs, placemats, blue jean rugs, scarves, shawls, and table runners.

A calculator to find a skeleton tie-up to reduce the number of treadles required for a weaving pattern.

Loom construction references and where to find plans for building looms.

Directory of sites for exploring weaving on the web.

Db-Weben is software for handweavers. Free demo version available.

A site promoting the form of weaving from Japan known as Saori. Lessons available in Worcester, MA.

Gallery and information on New Zealand Maori weaving, a twined method of creating native geometric designs by artist Judy Shorten.

New Zealand weaver displays galleries of textiles woven from yarn, silk, woll, cotton, linen and possum.

Information on small loom building, weaving how-to, projects, and textile craft links.

At Tierra Wool Los Ojos Handweavers in northern New Mexico. Includes curriculum and schedule.

Online exhibition of fabric making and embellishment, with emphasis on grid-based designs.

Kathrin Weber Scott's handweaving and hand-dyeing images and process information. Fiber Classes offered to Guilds and Art/Craft Schools.

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