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Guild Library

Books may only be checked out by current (PAID) members of either guild. It is assumed you will keep the book for one month. For more info contact the Guild Librarian ( Debra & Abe Buddish) or send an e-mail to KCWG Library.

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Art & Design

Spinning

Basketry

Culture & History

Weaving- For Beginners

Crochet

African

Weaving- General

Felting

Asian

Weaving- Off Loom

Knitting

Native American

Weaving- Small Looms

Miscellaneous Books

History

Rugs & Tapestry

Magazines

Clothing

Patterns & Drafts

Folders

Dyes & Dyeing

Weaving- Special Techniques

Swatches, Notebooks & Samplers

Natural Dyes

Overshot

Videos

Art & Design

Art Fabric-Mainstream (The)

Constantine & Larsen

Art Of Paisley (The)

Rossbach

Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric

Constantine & Larsen

Color And Fiber

Lambert

Coptic Textile Designs

Gerspach

Creative Design In Wall Hangings

Blumenau

Decorative Wall Hangings

Van Dommelen

Eye For Colour

Klein

Fiberarts Book of Wearable Art (The)

Aimone

Fiberarts Design Book 7

Kieffer

New Design In Weaving

Willcox

Patterns From Peasant Embroidery

Beautement

Soft Sculpture And Other Soft Art Forms

Meilach

Woven Works

Hamamura

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Culture & History
African

African Fabric Crafts

Dendel

African Textiles and Decorative Arts

Seiber

African Textiles And Dying Techniques

Polakoff

Designs and Patterns from North African Carpets and Textiles

Revault

Introducing West African Cloth

Kent

Asian

Japanese Textiles

Weymiez

Japanese Weaving-10,000 Pictures (Japanese)

 

Sarasitic (Wasarasa) Patterns (Japanese)

 

Temari Balls Book 7 (Japanese) (2 copies)

 

Traditional Arabesque (Karakusa) Patterns (Japanese)

 

Traditional Small Motif & Middle Figure Patterns (Japanese)

 

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Native American

American Indian Design and Decoration

Appleton

Arizona Highways Mag.-Navajo July 1974

 

Arizona Highways Mag.-New Indian Individualist 1986

 

Beauty it is Finished (In)

Dallas Public Library

Designing With the Wool

Bennett

Fine Art Of Navaho Weaving (The)

Getzwiller

Folk Art of Peru

Petterson

Indian Basket Weaving

Newman

Indian Basketry

James

Indian Blankets and Their Makers

James

Navajo & Hopi Weaving Techniques

Pendleton

Navajo Rugs Past Present & Future

Maxwell

North American Indian Designs For Artists And Craftspeople

Wilson

Patterns and Sources of Navajo Weaving

 

Peru-Textiles Unlimited (Mono. 25,26)

Tidball

Plateau Bags (The)

JCCC

Quill and Beadwork of the Western Sioux

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Robes of White Shell and Sunrise

Conn

Salish Weaving

Wells

Spruce Root Basketry of the Alaskan Tlingit

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Story Of Navajo Weaving (The)

Kent

Two Gray Hills Exhibit

JCCC

Working with the Wool How to Weave a Navajo Rug

Bennett & Bighorse

History

Bobbins Spindles and Shuttles (From)

Perry

Foxfire 2

Wigginton

Homespun To Factory Made

Merrimack Museum

Old Time Tools And Toys Of Needlework

Whiting

Renaissance Fair Papers

Townsend

Women’s Work

Barber

Woolen Industry Of The Midwest (The)

Crockett

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Clothing

Alternatives to the Fig Leaf

Wittenberg

Bakers Dozen: Baby, Baby, Baby (A)

Interweave Press

Bakers Dozen: From Rags To…(A)

Interweave Press

Clothing from the Hands that Weave

Mayer

Creating Body Coverings

Laury / Aiken

Cut My Cote

Burnham

Fashions From The Loom

Beard

Handwoven Designer Patterns - Simple Skirts

Scorgie

Handwoven Designer Patterns - Simple Tops

Scorgie

Handwoven, Tailormade

Aldeman & Wertenberger

History of Costume (A)

Kohler

Portfolio Of Folk Costumes Patterns, No. 1

 

Portfolio Of Folk Costumes Patterns, No. 2

 

Samplers You Can Use

Drooker

Touch Of Style (A)

Stuvel

Weaving You Can Wear

Wilson

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Dyes & Dyeing
Dyeing

Anyone Can Dye

Cox

Dyers Companion (The)

Bemiss

Fabric Printing By Hand

Russ

Hands On Dyeing

Kreider & Blumenthal

Marbling On Fabric

Cohen

New Dyer (The)

Vinroot & Crowder

Synthetic Dyes For Natural Fibers

Knutson

Natural Dyes

Complete Illustrated Book Of Dyes From Natural Sources (The)

Krochmal

Handbook of Dyes from Natural Materials (A)

Bliss

Handbook On Dye Plants & Dyeing

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

KCWG Natural Dyes Workshops - 1982, 1988 (Notebook)

Nature's Colors: Dyes From Plants

Grae

Naural Plant Dyeing Gardens – a Handbook

Plants and Gardens

North American Dye Plants

Bliss

Rocky Mountain Dye Plants

Bliss

Spinning And Dyeing The Natural Way

Castino

Traditional Scottish Dye

Fraser

Weaver’s Garden (The)

Buchanan

Ikat & Tying

Ikat- an Introduction

Ritch & Wada

Ikat II

Van Gelder

Kasuri (Tying & Dyeing Threads)

Marty

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Spinning

Alpacas, Sheep & Men

Orlove

Care & Feeding Of Spinning Wheels (The)

Pauli

Complete Spinning Book (The)

Crockett

Essentials Of Yarn Design (The)

Ross

Fibers to Fabrics

Clark

Fibre Facts

Hocheberg

Fleece In Your Hands

Horne

Handspindles (2 copies)

Hocheberg

Handspinners Handbook (2 copies)

Hocheberg

Handspinning

Leadbeater

Joy Of Spinning (The)

Kluger

Linen: Handspinning & Weaving

Baines

Sheep’s Clothing (In)

Fournier

Spin, Span, Spun (3 copies)

Hocheberg

Spinning & Dyeing (Step-By Step)

Svinicki

Spinning And Spinning Wheels

Leadbeater

Spinning And Weaving With Wool

Simmons

Spinning Wheel Building & Restoration

Kronenberg

Sweaters By Hand

Rush & Emmons

Whole Craft Of Spinning (The)

Kroll

Your Handspinning

Davenport

Weaving- Books for Beginners

Art & Craft Of Handweaving (The)

Blumenau

Art Of Weaving (The)

Regensteiner

Beginning Four Harness Weaving VIDEO

Chandler

Hands On Weaving

Liebler

Key To Weaving (The)

Black

Magic of Handweaving (The)

Piroch

New Key To Weaving

Black

Notes On Weaving Techniques

House

Textile Arts (The)

Birrell

Textiles

Hollen, Saddler & Llangford

Warping All By Yourself

Garrett

Weaving A Creative Approach For Beginners

Creager

Weaving Is For Anyone

Wilson

Weaving Spinning, & Dyeing, a Beginner's Manual

Hower

Weaving, A Handbook For Fiber Craftsmen

Held

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Weaving- Off Loom

Bag Book (The)

Erickson

Basic Book of Fingerweaving (The)

Dendel

Beyond Weaving

Chamberlain

Byways In Handweaving

Atwater

Celebration Of The Curious Mind (In)

Rogers

Maker’s Hand (The)

Collingwood

Off The Loom

Marein

Off-Loom Weaving-Basic Manual

Russell

Weaving Off The Loom

Meilack & Snow

Weaving- Small Loom

Band Weaving

Tacker

Creating With Card Weaving

Specht & Rowlings

Frame-Loom Weaving

Redman

Inkle Weaving

Bress

Lithuanian Sashes

Tamusaitiene

Rigid-Heddle Weaving

Swanson

Textures & Patterns For Rigid-Heddle Loom

Davenport

Weaving Bands

Axelsson

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Weaving- General Information

Craft of Handweaving (The )

Plath

Elements Of Weaving

Thorp & Larsen

Encyclopedia Of Handweaving

Zielinski

Finishing Touches For The Handweaver

West

Foot-Power Loom Weaving

Worst

Foundation of Fabric Structure

Strong

Joy Of Handweaving (The)

Gallinger

Tips Tricks and Problem Solving VIDEO

Guy

Warp & Weave

Leclerc

Warp: A Weaving Reference (The)

Tate

Warping And Loom Preparation With Sally Guy VIDEO

Guy

Warping On A Shoestring VIDEO

Sanders

Weaver's Book (The)

Tidball

Weaving Book (The)

Bress

Weaving Is Fun

Wilson

Weaving Spinning And Dyeing Book (The)

Brown

Weaving Tricks

Gilmurray

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Weaving- Special Techniques

Boundweave

Barrett

Double Weave

Weigle

Finishes In The Ethnic Tradition

Baizerman & Searle

How To Weave Linens

Worst

Introduction to Complex Weaves (Workshop Folder)

Van DerHoogt

Looking At Twills

Voiers

Pile Weaves (The)

Wilson

Reflections from a Flaxen Past

Meek

Summer & Winter Study

Powell

Swedish Handweaving

Selander

Swedish Weaving

Nye

Techniques Of Sprang (The)

Collingwood

Twill Of Your Choice (A)

O'conner

Weaving As An Art Form

Moorman

Weft Twining (Mono. #28)

Harvey & Tidball

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Overshot

American Woven Coverlets

Strickler

Bill Dysinger Interview- Coverlets - VIDEO

KCTV 5

Coverlets; Legacies & Weavers (Of)

Wilson & Kennedy

Friendship Coverlet (Project Folder)

 

Keep Me Warm One Night

Burnham

Overshot Weaving

Saltzman

Shuttle-Craft Book Of American Handweaving (The)

Atwater

Weaving Roses (The)

Safner

Tartans

Official Tartan Map (The)

 

Sett And Weaving of Tartans (The)

Black

Setts Of Scottish Tartans (The)

Stewart

Tartans-Their Art & History

Sutton / Carr

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Rugs & Tapestry

American Hooked & Sewn Rugs

Kopp, Joel & Kate

Color Treasury of Rugs & Tapestries

Crescent

Designing & Making Handwoven Rugs

Deo

Great Tapestries

Laussane

International Tapestry Network

Anchorage Museum

New American Tapestry (The)

Kaufmann

Patterns For Tapestry Weaving

Harvey

Posts And Rugs

James

Rag Rug Handbook

Meany & Pfaff

Rug Hooking & Braiding

Lawless

Rug Making Techniques And Design

Allard

Rug Weavers Sourcebook (The)

Interweave

Tapestries From Egypt

Hamlyn

Tapestry Handbook (The)

Russell

Tapestry Weaving Level 1 VIDEO

Harvey

Technique Of Woven Tapestry (The)

Beutlich

Techniques Of Rug Weaving (The)

Collingwood

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Patterns & Drafts

Designing & Drafting For Handweavers

Frey

Drafting Primer

Guagliumi

Eight, Twelve, Twenty

Wertenberger

Four Harness Huck

Neher

Handbook Of Weaves (A)

Oelsner

Handweavers Notebook (A)

Alderman

Handweavers Pattern Book (A)

Davison

Handweaving, Designs and Instructions

Becher

Handwoven Design Collection Vols I- Simple Summer Tops

Handwoven Design Collection Vols II- Table Linens

Handwoven Design Collection Vols III- Gifts

Handwoven Design Collection Vols IV- Outerwear

Handwoven Design Collection Vols IX- No Sew Garments

Handwoven Design Collection Vols V- Dish Towels

Handwoven Design Collection Vols VI- Not For Beginners Only

Handwoven Design Collection Vols VII- Simple Styles

Handwoven Design Collection Vols VIII- Just Rags

Handwoven Design Collection Vols X- Terrific Table Toppers

Handwoven Design Collection Vols XI- Heirloom Table Linens

Handwoven Design Collection Vols XII- Great Cover Ups

Handwoven Design Collection Vols XIII- Super Simple Tops

Handwoven Design Collection Vols XIV- Weaving for Baby

Handwoven Design Collection Vols XV- Sensational Scarves

Handwoven Design Collection Vols XVI- Kitchen Collection

Huck Towel Patterns (2 copies)

Krieg

Mastering Weave Structures

Alderman

Method of Pattern Development (A)

Murphy

Primary Structures Of Fabrics (The)

Emery

Red & White Workshop

Snyder

Structure Of Weaving (The)

Sutton

Swedish Swatches - Yellow Series

Selander

Swedish Swatches- Red Series

Selander

Warp & Weft Book, #1 With Woven Samples

Warp & Weft Book, #2 With Woven Samples

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Other Fiber Techniques
Baskets

Basketmakers Art (The)

Pulleyn

Baskets As A Textile Art

Rossbach

Egg Baskets To Weave

Roberts

Modern Approach to Basketry with Fibers and Grasses (A)

Meilach

Natural Basketry

Hart

New Basketry (The)

Rossbach

Papermaking For Basketry

Stearns

Pine Needle Baskets

Millikin

Techniques Of Basketry (The)

Harvey

Weaving With Reeds & Fibers

Gallinger

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Crochet

Hard Crochet

Ditterick

Louisa Calders Creative Crochet

Calder

New Design In Crochet

Mackenzie

Felting

Felt Making for the Fiber Artist

Green

Feltcraft

Freeman

Feltmaking

Gordon

How to Make a Needlefelt Hat

Konya

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Knitting

Elle Knits (50 Designs)

Elle

Knitted Tams

Rowe

Knitting Experience, the Knit Stitch

Melville

Knitting Experience, the Purl Stitch

Melville

Knitting On The Loom

Barron

Knitting Without Tears

Zimmerman

Mary Thomas' Knitting Book

Thomas

Rowan Brothers Designer Machine Knitting (The)

Rowan & Brother

Sweater Workshop

Fee

Weekend Knitting Projects

Hubert and Gusick

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Miscellaneous

Art Of Drying Plants & Flowers (The)

Squires

Craft Of Straw Decoration (The)

Coker

Designing In Stitching & Applique

Belfer

How to Make Corn Husk Dolls

Wendorfe

Knots Useful & Ornamental

Shaw

Old Handmade Lace

Jackson

Silk Workers Notebook (A)

Kolander

Tatting

Kliot

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Folders

Projects

 Ecclesiastical Weaving

Felting

Friendship Coverlet

Holiday Project Ideas

Resources & Information

American Wool Council

Australian Wool Industry

Central American Weaving

Loom Plans

Marketing and Business

Synthetic Fibers

Techniques & Processes

8 Harness Weaving

Drafting and Drawdown

Macrame, Sprang and Leno

Overshot Patterns

Papermaking

Temari Balls

Theo Moorman Technique

Warping & Weaving Techniques

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Magazines

Current Subscriptions

Handwoven

1979-Current

Spin-Off

1984-Current

Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot

1985-Current

Indexes

Handwoven

 

Spin-Off

 

Shuttle, Spindle & Dye Pot

 

Other Magazines

Piecework

1997

Weavers

1988-1998

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Swatch Notebooks & Samples

Blumenau Swatch Book

Blumenau

Inspired by the Garden - KC Weavers Guild 2005

 

KCWG Natural Dyes Workshops - 1982, 1988

 

Midwest Fiber Conference - Ames Iowa 1982

 

Plaiting samples

Snider

Zapotec Sampler

Aquino

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Videos

Beginning Four Harness Weaving

Chandler

Bill Dysinger Interview- Coverlets

KCTV 5

Tapestry Weaving Level 1

Harvey

Tips Tricks and Problem Solving

Guy

Warping And Loom Preparation With Sally Guy

Guy

Warping On A Shoestring

Sanders

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