TO ALL: In the past I have made mention of a very important but little known book on natural dyestuff entitled "Natural Colourants and Dyestuff: A Review of Production, Markets and Development Potential". This work was prepared by C.L. Green of the UK-ODA Natural Resources Institute and was published in 1995 by the FAO (Food & Agricultural Organisation) of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. It contains, from the perspective of a plant biologist, much information on the present day status of natural dyestuff worldwide which is unknown to most handspinners. Included is an extensive bibliography at the end of each chapter. The book is written in relatively easy to understand language for the non-technical reader and manages to pack considerable content in less than 120 pages. At a cost of $17.00 plus shipping it is well worth the price. The Syracuse University book store has a few copies left over from a graduate course in textile dye theory and practise I taught this past spring semester. Anyone interested should contact me off list. Kind regards and thanks. AAF AAFHere is the pest again. Now I've found good eight-harness books thanks >to all of you!! Now I'd like advice on a good (your favorite) books on >twills. Start with the twills sections of Strickler's book. That will keep you busy till Bonnie Inouye get her book on twills out (soon, we hope). Seriously, there's plenty in Strickler to keep you happy for months & months, perhaps years. Ruth ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rsblau@cpcug.org Arlington, Virginia USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Since I still consider myself a beginning weaver, I can say that these are the books that I use over and over: Peggy Osterkamp's books, both the on winding a warp and the one on warping. She has revised the first volume to make it even more meaty. Madelyn van der Hoogt - The Complete Book of Drafting Mary Black - New Key to Weaving. This one is not very beautifully laid out, but if you take the time to really read it, it is a great resource. I wish that someone would reprint it in a more modern font with better layout, and a ring binding. Deborah Chandler is fine, but I prefer Hands On Weaving as the absolutely first book. And looking back on my own learning experience, I would get a video, preferably one that referred to a specific book or warping style.. A Handwoven Treasury, by Interweave Press. When I first started, I couldn't get enough of examples, and this book organizes them in a way that allows you to learn types of weaving techniques. Back to those placemats for the exchange, Judith To reply privately, send message to "Judith Favia" Just wanted to share a great new book I found on natural dyeing. The title is Earth Tones, Colors from Western Dye Plants by Carol Todd. There are so many reasons to check out this book, I thought I'd pass the word along. I found EARTH TONES to be a very user-friendly guide to the art of natural dyeing, containing easy-to-follow directions. There are over 100 recipes for extracting dyes from flowers, bark, stalks, seeds, leaves and roots. The recipes have a line-drawing and/or a picture of each plant. Then there is a written description of the plant and its habitat, with tips like, "can be found...on shaded hillsides under oak trees, and sometimes in the full sunlight in the chapparral." You can also see what time of year the plants are available. Carol reveals her information conversationally. About the toyon (the California Holly), she says, "They have yielded brown and orange tones, as well as some exquisite mauve-browns, a color impossible to describe and wonderful to see coming out of the dyepot." She goes on to explain that "because toyons are evergreen, they can be used for dyes all year long. I have obtained good results from leaves gathered as early as January, and as late as July." EARTH TONES is a wonderful guide into the secrets of natural dyeing. Carol's love and respect for the earth, as well as her enthusiasm for her art, are contagious and make one eager to explore for oneself. EARTH TONES can be ordered through Carol's web site which, by the way, has full-color pictures of weavings she has made with wool she has spun and dyed herself. Her web site is: http://www.slonet.org/~crowland/ Margaret started the ball rolling with her list of books. Here are my additions: Basic Library: A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns from the Friends of Handwoven (Carol Strickler, ed.) Specialty and more advanced books: The Techniques of Tablet Weaving, by Peter Collingwood Card Weaving, by Candace Crockett Designing with Blocks, by Doramay Keasbey Loom-Controlled Double Weave, by Paul O'Connor Weft-Faced Pattern Weaves: Tabby to Taquete, by Nancy Hoskins The Techniques of Rug Weaving, by Peter Collingwood Dan--do you want us to supply full info? Publisher, ISBN, etc? Ruth ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rsblau@cpcug.org Arlington, Virginia USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I would have loved to have had such a list at the beginning. I might also recommend FINISHING TOUCHES FOR THE HANDWEAVER, by Virginia West (Interweave) I have found it invaluable from the beginning. "More books" This could get dangerous... I am a serious book-a-holic. Amazon.com sent me a coffe mug as an unordered bonus for the amount I ordered last year.... books and fiber, a bad combination in this house! Peace. Jane Jane Dunning, Lenox MA O ye golden days of August, praise ye the Lord. To reply privately, send message to Jane Dunning More than ANY other single book - my most used reference is: "Handbook of Timesaving Tables For Weavers, Spinners & Dyers" By: Bettie G. Roth & Chris Schulz Every thing from charts for threads, setts, hot to compute warp & weft Conversion tables from US (inches, etc) to Metric, Glossary of Terms for Spinners, another for Weavers, notes about abbreviations, It is the most fact packed approx 100 pages I have ever seen - and since it is only 5x8inches and spiral bound it is a great pocket reference. ANYONE who wants to weave should own this book - you can find others at the library such as Davision and Chandler and many others that will give you pattern/structure info, but this is at the top of my IF I ONLY COULD HAVE ONE BOOK. It is carried by many local and on-line weaving suppliers. when I think about how many times I have bought it either as a gift or to replace a tattered copy, I probably should sell it myself. If nothing else, buy it for the Bibliography - then you would never need to ask what books ;) Wheat mailto:WanderingWolf@craftwolf.com http://www.craftwolf.com PO Box 417 Savage MD 20763 Fax: 1.888.BEAD.FAX (888-232-3329) To reply privately, send message to Michel McCabe Margaret Coe suggested these books Learning to Weave, Deborah Chandler New Guide to Weaving I, Peggy Osterkamp New Guide to Weaving II, Peggy Osterkamp The Complete Book of Drafting, Madelyn van der Hoogt A Handweaver's Pattern Book, Marguerite P. Davison Rag Rug Handbook, Meany & Pfaff I would suggest the 2nd edition of Deborah Chandler's book since it has all the warping techniques included. I know it's not a book but would also suggest adding the WinWeave program to the list the download site is http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~keister/winweave.html it's a great program to start with. -- Lynn Gonzalez Mississippi, USA lbghg@datasync.com To laugh often and much; .... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, ... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. -R. W. Emerson Dan, I am a bookaholic & bought lots of books. the one I use all the time is Deborah Chandlers Learning to weave. She answers basic questions, and goes in a detailed way through things like drafting & types of weaves. And lots of pictures. And exercises in figuring out your own projects. Another favorite book is Linda Knudson's synthetic dyes for natural fibers. I think it is out of print, but if you think you might ever dye fibers, this book has it all. controlled dying allows you to get any color or combination,& as sometimes the color available commercially is limited, this can be really great. It is still available here & there. Hands on Dying is also good & available. I also bought Mary black's Key to weaving, but somehow I havnt really gotten into using it. It is also expensive ($38) I have been really lucky at library sales of used books, i got Atwater's book A Shuttle Craft something on American Weaving with great stuff on overshot., other books on weaving, kinda obscure, but with info, & books on dying & spinning, and a golden Book on tablet weaving. watch for these sales. the books tend to have a broken binding or something, but for 50 cents, who cares. Nancy Another good one that I didn't see mentionned yet is: "The Weaving, Spinning & Dyeing Book" by Rachel Brown. It has info about all of the different kinds of looms, other equipment, projects, addresses of suppliers, finishing techniques, etc. hugs, Lili ak355@LAFN.org http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Bistro/5399 "Home of the Lace Exchange" To reply privately, send message to "Lili & Rick" Although currently out of print, I consider Beverly Gordon's book The Final Steps to be absolutely essential for a reference on fulling wool. Wet finishing and fulling are one of the big neglected areas of producing fabric IMHO...... FAQ's do not prevent people from asking questions, and do not prevent others from answering them. What they do is offer one more resource for information. As far as I'm concerned the FAQ's already exist in most part in printed form.....BUT not everyone has easy access to a good library. If Dan and co. are willing to compile and maintain a weaving/ spinning FAQ, then I say, Good on You! :D Laura Fry ....it's not finished til it's wet finished..... >From the first time I discovered the weaving list, I've saved every single item that interested me in any way, using Windows Explorer as my Filing Cabinet. TEXTILES is the File Name and, to date, these are my 27 folders/sub-titles: Books & Music Card Weaving Cut & Sew woven Double Width Dyeing Equipment Felting Finishing Friends, e-mails, addresses Guilds Insect & animal repellant Internet fiber groups Jewelry Kid n Ewe Knitting Rags Rug Hooking Rug Weaving Silk Spinning Tatting Warping Weaving Weaving Patterns Websites Woos & other fibers Wool Orders >From the titles, you can all guess which group your messages are in. And these are my everyday references. VT To reply privately, send message to Virginia Tinkle Hi Friends; I had to teach myself to weave, and as a new weaver (20 years ago), I found these books to be the most helpful: New Key To Weaving - Mary Black Rug Book - Peter Collingwood Weaving, Spinning & Dying Book - Rachel Brown Handweaver's Pattern Book - Margarite Davidson With these four books, and a subscription to Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot I was able to answer most of the questions beginners have. Dee Dee King P.S. Yes, the Collingwood rug book is still available. I think you can buy it from Robin and Russ in Oregon. When I bought the book it was $25. Last time I checked it was $65+. Worth it at any price if you are ever going to weave rugs. To reply privately, send message to Deirdre King Try: _The Scots: A Glimpse of Gaelic Clothing and Accoutrments of the Eighteenth Century_ by Linda Byrd. Published and distributed by Smoke and Fire News, P.O. Box 166, Grand Rapids OH 43522-0166 (phone 1-800-766-5334). this little paperback book has women's clothing as well as men's. They also put out a pattern for a Scottish kilt which includes both the great kilt (fileadh mor) and the little kilt (fileadh beag). The fileadh beag is the more modern version. I got both of these at a Renaissance Faire and have seen the book at Scottish games, so both are readily available. Sandy ferpo@netdex.com -----Original Message----- > She is looking for a pattern to make several kilts for a wedding party. I >have searched all my pattern catalogues. I have found one book in the Amazon >Dry Goods Catalogue but no single patterns . Does anyone know of a source for >patterns that I could pass on to her. > > Thankyou all in Advance for any help > > Lori in Dairyland > >To reply privately, send message to Orbweaver@aol.com > To reply privately, send message to "James Frediani" Orbweaver@aol.com wrote: > > Hello List I have a request for information from a friend. > > She is looking for a pattern to make several kilts for a wedding party. I > have searched all my pattern catalogues. I have found one book in the Amazon > Dry Goods Catalogue but no single patterns . Does anyone know of a source for > patterns that I could pass on to her. Annother source is The Tartan Patch. They sell a couple of self publilshed books for $14 or so each, one on a man's kilt and the other on a woman's kilted skirt. Kiltmaking Kilted Skirtmaking both are by Janet Ferguson Leslie Cannonito The Tartan Patch 4 Russell Court Irvine CA 92715 or call 1-714-851-5060 I purchased Kiltmaking about 8 mo. ago for $14.95 + 2.50 S&H It has very clear instructions, however I've yet to make a kilt using it's instructions. Dan To reply privately, send message to Dan Maker Folkwear carried a kilt pattern and Lark Books recently bought the = company and is reissuing patterns. I don't know if they are doing the = kilt or not. They have a website http://www.larkbooks.com/. I just = looked at their site and couldn't find the Folklore patterns so you may = have to email or call them about it. Good Luck Kate Kate Robertson Katespin@srv.net Snake RIver Fiberworks Idaho Falls, Idaho
Folkwear carried a kilt pattern and = Lark Books=20 recently bought the company and is reissuing patterns.  I don't = know if=20 they are doing the kilt or not.  They have a website http://www.larkbooks.com/.  = I just=20 looked at their site and couldn't find the Folklore patterns so you may = have to=20 email or call  them about it. Good Luck
 
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------=_NextPart_000_003C_01BDEB7D.D5951AC0-- To reply privately, send message to "Kate" Was intrigued by mentions of this Swatch Sample Book by those who had received this. So I contacted Charlotte about ordering and she asked that this be pasted on to the list.