CTD Creations .:. Textile Links

INFORMATION

The Rugmaker's Homestead <http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/index.html>
This site is like an encyclopedia about the traditional craft of making "rag" rugs. Be sure to take the "Rag Rugs Tour" that summarizes all the major types of rug-making - complete with pictures & descriptions. The site is the project of Diana Blake Gray of "Rafter-Four Designs" from Cocolalla, Idaho. Great ideas for recycling your old clothes or figuring out how your grandmother made that rug in your kitchen!

Marla Mallett Textiles <http://www.marlamallett.com>
Marla Mallett is an "author, textile researcher, lecturer, fiber artist and former university teacher" and this site reflects her expertise! The site "displays over 1100 textiles from the current gallery inventory, and includes numerous informational articles, bibliographies, and essays." She also provides easy instructions on how to make a simple frame loom and how to finish the ends of your weaving.

The Weaving Art Museum <http://www.weavingartmuseum.org>
This is a "virtural" museum with digital images of textile art. "The Museum has been established to promote increased appreciation for the historic weaving art of indigenous weaving cultures located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the adjacent areas known as the Caucasus Mountains and Southwestern Turkmenistan."

Digital Archive of Weaving, Lace, etc. <http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/index.html>
Professor Ralph Griswold's collection of hundreds of articles, books, ephemera, monographs, and other weaving material, all in PDF format.

INSTRUCTION

RUG HOOKING

Rug Hooking Online <http://www.rughookingonline.com>
Rug Hooking with Cindi Gay <http://www.cindigay.com> go to "Rug e-school"
The Rugmaker's Homestead <http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/index.html>

WEAVING/ TAPESTRY

Marla Mallett Textiles <http://www.marlamallett.com>
Soumak Weaving for the beginner <http://gfwsheep.com/soumak/soumak1.inst.html>

TABLET WEAVING etc

Phiala's String Page <http://www.stringpage.com>
Weavers Hand <http://www.weavershand.com>

INSPIRATION

WEAVING / TAPESTRY / TEXTILE ART

Stanley Bulbach <http://www.bulbach.com>
The Sixty Two Group of Textile Artists <http://www.62group.org.uk>
Assoc. of Latvian Textile Art <http://www.gallery.lv/textileart/EN/titulsEn.htm>
Joan Griffin <http://www.joangriffintapestry.com>
Jill Nicholson (Jen Works) <http://www.jenworksart.com>
Ulrika Leander <http://www.ctw-tapestry.com>
The Unicorn Tapestries <http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Unicorn/unicorn_inside.htm>

RUG HOOKING

Deanne Fitzpatrick <http://www.hookingrugs.com>
Primitive Wool Creek <http://www.primitivewoolcreek.com>
Let's Hook Rugs <http://letshookrugs.com>
Rug Hooking: I. W. Designs <http://www.rughookingart.com>
The Robin's Nest <http://www.kerrlake.com/robinest/index.htm> see "Magic Carpets"

TABLET/CARD WEAVING and BRAIDING

the Art of "hitching" <http://www.horsehairdesign.de/english/index.html> A German site showing beautiful examples of "weaving" with horsehair.
Eve's Tablet Weaving Gallery <http://www3.sympatico.ca/kirkflowers/gallery.html>