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Create a Heart
Here are the general directions for making a heart shape using either knit or crochet. This way you can develop your own projects from lapel pins, dish clothes, to pillows!
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What Is Katazome?
Here is a wonderful article by John Marshall explaining what Katazome is. Read on and find out for yourself.
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Household Textiles: Handmade Floor Coverings
Introduction to textile floor coverings and where to get them.
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NATIVE AMERICAN TEXTILES
Exploring the textiles of the Native American, can not be described in only one article. So I decided to talk about the Muskogean Tribe or a.k.a Creek.
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A Sari or Saree as a Fabric Source
If you are fortunate enough to come across an old or used sari in your travels, snap it up quick as these beautiful items offer great opportunities to the creative sewer.
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Cloth and Weaving in the Inca Empire
In Tiwantinsuyu, the empire of the Incas, spindles and looms were just as important as spears and shields.
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Needle Felting in Sewing Projects
The technique of needle felting is used to add embellishments to many different sewing and needlecraft projects. The sharp barbed needle can be worked by hand or machine.
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The Precarious Baht
Analysis of why the Thai baht and stock exchange figures remain so high when government policies are so poor and discussions of the implications of this.
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Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands
Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands: Dreaming Patterns, Weaving Memories, published by Interweave Press, is a book that explores the hand woven textiles of the area.
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Where to Buy Vintage Clothing
Vintage clothing is becoming so sought-after these days it's hard to find a bargain. Whether it's vintage Chanel or YSL, or a lesser known label, find out where to look.
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Carding Without Handcards
You can card fleece without hand cards using this old peasant method.
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Color It Heather
Producing a heathery look and feel in woolen garments
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Dyeing with Prickly Pear
How to use prickly pear fruit for natural dyeing to obtain the traditional Native American red color.
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DYEING: more secrets
Over dyeing can save many projects from being less interesting than you like. Here are some more suggestions.
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Even Dyeing
Dyeing fiber and fabric to produce even color can be a bit tricky. Here are some hints to help produce nice even colors when you dye.
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Expressing a Culture in Fabrics
Fabric as an expression of culture through the ages.
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Get Started in Weaving ---Cheap!
One doesn't need an expensive floor loom to learn to weave. Here are some projects for you in cheap simple weaving.
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Make Your Own Cheap Frame Loom
Make an simple portable frame loom for weaving and textile experiemnts.
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Milkweed
Milkweeed is another alternative fiber seldom tried by the serious hobby spinner. Its is actually very easy to prepare and spin. Give it a try.
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Patterns for Homespun Yarns
Here are some quick easy patterns for homespun yarn I've developed. Included are a sea serpent toy, barbie dresses, and a cloche hat.
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Ritual Cloth: Ceremonies
Ceremonial textiles in the form of canopies, banners, gowns, veils and symbols.
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Specialty Fibers: Thistledown
Odd fibers may be spun with varying results. This article looks at the basics of spinning thistledown.
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The Great Nettle Experiment
An experiment using nettles as a fiber source which didn't quite turn out right, but will give you a good idea what retting bast fibers is all about.
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The Looper Frame Dish towel
You can take suares woven on a simple loom and make a dish towel and other useful items. Follow the directions here.
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The PVC Pipe Nahavo Loom
How to build an inexpensive Navaho rug loom out of PVC pipe.
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Tie-Dye Review
Here's a quick primer for those who want to expand their Tie-Dye experience.
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WEAVING TECHNIQUE: Craft Graphs For Weaving Patterns
The graphs commonly available for cross stitch and other crafts like knitting and crochet can be used in weaving to create patterns in cloth.
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WEAVING TECHNIQUE: Simple Pattern Weaving
Here is a good weaving technique to learn on a pocket loom to make gifts and to teach weaving to kids.
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WEAVING TECHNIQUE: tufted work
Tufted pile can be used to decorate even simple weaving projects. This article demonstrates pile creation technique by making a Christmas mug rug with a raised tufted tree for holiday gift giving.
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WEAVING: WHAT'S THE LOOM FOR YOU?
Do you really need a big floor loom? This article will help you decide.
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Weaving:Pin Weaving
Pin Weaving is a nice way to weave without the use of a loom. This project will instruct you on how to make a pin woven vest using scrap ribbon and yarns.
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What's The Madder?
How to dye reds and oranges with madder root which can be a very trickly natural dye plant.
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Wood Chip Dyeing
Various wood bark and chips can be used for dyeing a variety of colors. They need a bit more time and trouble to release their color but can produce some of the best natural tones particularly in blues and purples.
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Yes -- You CAN weave complex patterns on simple looms!
Wonderful cloth is produced by many native peoples using very simple techniques and equipment. Here are some wonderful photos of native women at work and the intricate cloth they produce.
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Baby Buntings to Knit and Crochet
Here is an easy baby bunting pattern in knit or crochet versions. Large needles and crochet hooks make this nice baby gift work up quickly!
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Cloth Which Signifies
Textile design in flags, banners, insignia, kites and windsocks
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CROCHET HOLIDAY BASKET
Here is a pattern for a nice gift basket that can be made of many different materials. Makes a lovely easter gift.
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Development of Early Looms
Loom design from the Neolithic to modern times.
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Dyeing with *Butter and Eggs * (toadflax)
Toadflax is a common wild herb in Eurpe and North America. Besides herbal uses it also makes a nice yellow dye. Pick some and try it.
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DYEING: Secret Techniques -- special effects!
Knowing the dye receptivity of various fibers allows you to be very creative in your fiber projects. This article looks at the different dyes one can use for cellulose and protein fibers and how combining them can produce unique effects.
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IRISH HAT FOR ST. PADDY'S DAY
Here is a cute St. Patrick's Day hat for kids. It works up quickly and could be adapted for adults with just the addition of a couple rows of crochet.
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MULLIEN
Mullien a common weed can be used as a dye plant. Available everywhere in the Americas and Eur-Asia it makes browns and yellows.
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Pumpkin Face Mask
Here is a pattern for a pull-on Halloween mask with eye and mouth openings for safety. This is for a pumpkin, but you can also make it in different colors for different masks.
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PUMPKIN SWEATER
Here is a kewl pumpkin sweater pattern I designed for my kid. He just loves it.
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Real People Online: Avital Pinnick (Part 2)
The interview with Avital concludes, with her thoughts and experience on spinning, ancient and modern, the internet, and her plans for the future.
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SAMPLERS...A YOUNG GIRLS EMBROIDERY WITH GROWNUP PRICES
Many of the "samplers" were of the simplest type of embroideries. They contained letters, numbers and sometimes stylized motifs. All were made by young girls to practice both the alphabet and basic sewing techniques. What makes this piece of embroidery so popular with the antique textile collectors that at auction they sell for thousands of dollars?
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The Bauhaus Weaving Workshop
Notes on the Bauhaus School of Textile Design.
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The Cloth Traders
How textile artisanry led to the cloth trade and promoted the development of the family business.
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WEAVING TECHNIQUE: Simple Tapestry
Inlay tapestry is easy to learn and can be done on very simple looms. Try this project to make a Christmas mug rug for a friend.
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The Day the Weaving Died
Weaving was for many centuries a manual process. It was not until the very late 1700's that weaving and fiber production generally became a highly mechanical procedure, thus changing the cloth industry forever.
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