Member Websites
National Weaving Organizations and Conferences
Schools and Classes in Weaving and Fiber Arts
Bay Area California Weaving Guilds
Other Fiber Related Resources – Bay Area
Textile Arts Council (TAC) www.textileartscouncil.org
The Textile Arts Council is a support group of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, created to advance the appreciation of the Museums’ textile and costume collections within the Bay Area community. This Mission is persured through scheduled lecture programs, visits to working artists’ studios, hands-on workshops, and international travel opportunities.”
Lacy Knitters Guild lcygrcy (at) aol.com
This Mountain View based organization promotes lacey knitting
Other Fiber Related Resources – online
Handweaving.net www.handweaving.net
The site contains almost 60,000 handweaving drafts (downloadable) with more added daily, as well as 8,000 documents from the Digital Archive on weaving, textiles, lace and related topics
Ron’s List of fiber Related Lists http://hem.bredband.net/ronpar/ListOfLists.html
WeaveTech www.groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/weavetech List serve on the yahoo groups site for all things weaving related
Weavolution www.weavolution.com Online international weaving community
Other Fiber Related Resources
Weave a Real Peace www.weavearealpeace.org “Weave a Real Peace (WARP) is a networking organization of weavers, academics, and interested supporters who value the importance of textiles to communities around the world.”
Anne Blinks Textile Study Collection www.santacruzhandweavers.org/anneblinks Anne Blinks left many textiles she had created or collected over the years. Of these, there was a large group of pieces representing Anne’s special interests, consisting of samples, replicas and some finished pieces. These became the basis for a project of the Santa Cruz Handweavers’ Guild to make them available to other weavers and guilds.
Embroiderers’ Guild of America – Greater Pacific Region www.ega-gpr.org The Embroiderers’ Guild of America’s (the Greater Pacific Region) mission is to stimulate appreciation for and celebrate the heritage of embroidery by advancing the highest standards of excellence in its practice through education, exhibition, preservation, collection and research
IOLI – International Old Lacers, Inc. www.internationaloldlacers.org A volunteer, Non-profit association of people who share an interest in the beauty and
intrigue of lace.
Ravelry www.ravelry.com Ravelry is a community site, an organizational tool, and a yarn & pattern database for knitters and crocheters.
Surface Design Association www.surfacedesign.org
Textile Society of America www.textilesociety.org
Local Textile Museums
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles - San Jose www.sjquiltmuseum.org
The Lace Museum – Sunnyvale www.thelacemuseum.org
Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles – Berkeley www.lacismuseum.org
Museum of Fine Arts – DeYoung San Francisco www.famsf.org http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/collections/textile-arts
Museum of Craft and Design – opening January 2013 www.sfmcd.org
Weaving Magazines – print and online
Handwoven http://www.interweave.com/weaving/
Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot http://www.weavespindye.org
CNCHnet http://www.cnch.org/cnchnet/
Blogs
WeaveZine - Syne Mitchell www.weavezine.com
Daryl Lancaster www.weaversew.com
Robyn Spady www.spadystudios.com