Handweaving-Related Links
Our Sponsors
These businesses, people and organizations help sponsor our Year Book.
- Denwar Craft Studio
- supplies for the weaver; looms, fleece, yarns, books and instruction. 236 E. 16th St. Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Phone: (949) 548-1342
- Gilmore Looms
- finely crafted looms since 1936. 1032 N. Broadway Avenue, Stockton CA 95205. Phone: (209)-463-1545 www.gilmorelooms.com
- Maj-Britt Isak
- looms, bobbinswinders, yarnswifts, books & yarns from Jaggerspun, Silk City, YLI, Henry's Attic, Crystal Palace and others. majbritt1@aol.com
- R & M Yarns
- crochet & weaving yarns with daily and monthly specials. 105 Roadilrad St. Adairville, GA 30103. Phone: (800) 343-9276. www.rmyarns.com
- Village Spinning & Weaving
- spinning wheels, weaving looms, books and supplies, 'nobody stocks more sizes and colors of UKI Perle Cotton'. 425 Alisal Road, Solvang CA 93463. Phone: ((805) 686-1192. www.villagespinweave.com
- The Weavers' Cottage
- weaving, spinning, knitting , felting, dyeing, silk painting, and more. Materials, workshops, classes and study groups. 15559 W. Sierra Hwy, Canyon Country CA 91390. Phone: (661) 250-9995. www.weaverscottage.com
- The Yarn Barn of Kansas
- need yarn? need equipment? need books? need videos? This is the place. 930 Mass. St. Lawrence, KS 66044. Phone: (800)-468-0035. www.yarnbarn-ks.com
Guilds and Organizations
- California Regional
- The Weavers' Cottage in Canyon Country, California (yarn, fiber, equipment, classes) and The Handweavers And Textile Guild (THAT Guild) (meets at Weavers' Cottage)
- Fiber Arts School & Gallery in La Habra, California, operated by SCHG member Doris Knape
- Association of Southern California Handweavers
- Conference of Northern California Handweavers
- Black Sheep Handweavers Guild
- The Weaver's Hand
- San Diego Creative Weavers Guild
- Foothill Fibers Guild
- Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild
- Carson Sierra Spinners and Weavers
- Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild
- South Coast Weavers and Spinners Guild (Meets in Irvine, CA)
- Ventura County Handweavers and Spinners Guild
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Marion's list of teachers, many of whom are local
- Around the United States
- Handweavers' Guild of America
- Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds, Inc. presents "Fibers Through Time."
- Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore
- Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild
- Handweavers' Guild of Boulder
- Weavers' Guild of Rochester, Inc.
- The Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina: Weaving instruction and lots of traditional stuff
- Elkhorn StudiosWeaving instruction
- Outside the United States
- In Cyberspace
- Ruthe Stowe's resources page
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Martha's Spinner's, Knitter's, and Weaver's Housecleaning Pages
(a place to buy and sell equipment and other fun things)
Exchange Guilds
These are guilds with whom we exchange (paper) newsletters.- Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Treadlin' Times: San Diego Creative Weavers' Guild
- San Diego, CA
- Inland Empire Hand Weavers Guild
- San Bernardino/Riverside, CA
- Bobbinwinders
- Covina, CA
- WeGO Newsletter: Weaving Guilds of Oregon
- State of Oregon
- Weavers' Guild of Rochester, Inc.
- Rochester, NY
- Handweavers of Bucks County
- PA
- Potomac Craftsmen News: Potomac Craftsmen
- Virginia/Maryland/Washington D.C.
- Fiber Focus: Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild
- Atlanta, GA
- Greater Vancouver Weavers & Spinners Guild
- Vancouver, BC Canada
- Handweavers & Spinners Guild of NSW, Inc.
- Burwood, Australia
Learning to Weave
The following are some resources offering classes where you can learn to weave:
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Anna Zinsmeister
Burbank, CA
email Anna
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Burbank Creative Arts Center
1100 W. Clark Ave., Burbank CA
http://www.ci.burbank.ca.us/park/recreationguide/1recreationclasses.htm
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Barnsdall Art Center
4814 Hollywood Blvd. LA
www.barnsdallart.com
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Torrance Adult School, Griffith Center
www.torranceadultschool.com
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The Weaver's Cottage
15559 W. Sierra Hwy., Canyon Country CA.
www.weaverscottage.com
Looms and Weaving Equipment For Sale
If you have a loom, yarns, books or other weaving-related equipment that you want or need to sell, you can place an advertisement in the Southern California Handweavers' Guild newsletter, the Tie-up. About 200 copies of this newsletter are mailed monthly to our members, as well as museums, art and textile-related institutions and other weaving guilds.
To place an ad, contact the Tie-up editor at editor@schg.org. Information must be received by the 20th of the month for publication in the following month's newsletter.
Equipment Ads:
Other places for placing an advertisement for selling your loom include:
Publications, Mail Order, Equipment etc.
- Interweave Press, publishers of Handwoven, SpinOff, Piecework, Knits and other magazines, and books on fiber arts and other subjects
- FiberArts Magazine
If you have a guild site or other fiber-related site to add, please email webmaster@schg.org.