Mary Meigs Atwater Weaving Guild
Resources for Weavers
Books
Learning to Weave, Deborah Chandler
The Weaver’s Companion, Interweave Press
A Handweaver’s Pattern Book, by Marguerite Davison
A Weaver’s Book of 8-Shaft Patterns, edited by Carol Strickler
A Handweaver’s Pattern Directory, by Anne Dixon
(There are thousands more, but this is a start!!)
MMAWG Library: our very own library, maintained by Susan Hainsworth: a collection of over 500 books, these are available for loan. Susan holds periodic open houses at her home in Centerville, or you can request books, and if she’s able, she can bring them to a meeting.
Conferences
Intermountain Weavers Conference (IWC). Held in odd-numbered years. Intermountainweavers.org
Convergence. Sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America. Held in even-numbered years. weavespindye.org
Magazines and Journals
Handwoven magazine (Longthread Media, handwovenmagazine.com)
Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot (Comes with membership in HGA, weavespindye.org)
Weft Magazine (Weftmagazine.com)
Organizations
Mary Meigs Atwater Weavers Guild (mmawg.org): The guild is rich in members with a range of experience, and it offers the following activities:
Monthly meetings from September to June (usually second Thursdays)
A yearly Holiday sale featuring members’ handmade textiles
A biennial fiber arts show featuring fiber arts from Utah and beyond
Spring and fall workshops featuring nationally known weavers
A monthly Newsletter
An extensive library
Study Groups and Guild Challenge topics
A southern branch that meets in St. George
Check out the latest newsletter, on our website, for further details
Handweavers Guild of America (HGA)
Multiple other local guilds
In-Person classes
Salt Lake Weaving Studio (slweavingstudio.org)
Online Learning
Many are available on YouTube
Handwovenmagazine.com (search for any topic on their website)
kellycasanovaweavinglessons.com: lots of rigid heddle classes
Daryl Lancaster (Daryllancaster.com)
The Handweaving Academy: Tien Chiu and Janet Dawson (handweavingacademy.com)
JaneStaffordTextiles.com
RebeccaMezoff.com, Tapestry weaving
Online classes with Alice Schlein: weaverly.typepad.com/weaverly/weaverly.typepad.com/weaverly/
Stores
Many stores have links to online tips and classes
Yarn on the corner (In Sandy, UTAH!) facebook.com/yarnonthecorner
Knitting Hive, in SLC, knittinghive.com
Handworkslc.com (In SLC)
WEBS (Yarn.com)
Eugene Textile Center (ETC), eugenetextilecenter.com
Halcyonyarn.com
GISTyarn.com
Woolery.com
LunaticFringeyarns.com
YarnBarn-KS.com
CamillaValleyFarm.com
GreatNorthernWeaving.com (mostly supplies for rug weaving)
VermontWeavingSupplies.com
Mitzis-yarn-weaving-knitting.com
Loftyfiber.com
Weaving Software
Weaveit.com: Great for beginners, and low cost
Fiberworks-PCW.com
Pixeloom.com
Used Equipment
Facebook Marketplace: Weaver’s Marketplace
Homestead Weaving Studio (homesteadweaver.com)
Eugenetextilecenter.com
Miscellaneous
Handweaving.net: A resource for thousands of drafts, in WIF format. Minimal membership fee helps to support this amazing not-for-profit resource
Learning to Weave, Deborah Chandler
The Weaver’s Companion, Interweave Press
A Handweaver’s Pattern Book, by Marguerite Davison
A Weaver’s Book of 8-Shaft Patterns, edited by Carol Strickler
A Handweaver’s Pattern Directory, by Anne Dixon
(There are thousands more, but this is a start!!)
MMAWG Library: our very own library, maintained by Susan Hainsworth: a collection of over 500 books, these are available for loan. Susan holds periodic open houses at her home in Centerville, or you can request books, and if she’s able, she can bring them to a meeting.
Conferences
Intermountain Weavers Conference (IWC). Held in odd-numbered years. Intermountainweavers.org
Convergence. Sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America. Held in even-numbered years. weavespindye.org
Magazines and Journals
Handwoven magazine (Longthread Media, handwovenmagazine.com)
Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot (Comes with membership in HGA, weavespindye.org)
Weft Magazine (Weftmagazine.com)
Organizations
Mary Meigs Atwater Weavers Guild (mmawg.org): The guild is rich in members with a range of experience, and it offers the following activities:
Monthly meetings from September to June (usually second Thursdays)
A yearly Holiday sale featuring members’ handmade textiles
A biennial fiber arts show featuring fiber arts from Utah and beyond
Spring and fall workshops featuring nationally known weavers
A monthly Newsletter
An extensive library
Study Groups and Guild Challenge topics
A southern branch that meets in St. George
Check out the latest newsletter, on our website, for further details
Handweavers Guild of America (HGA)
Multiple other local guilds
In-Person classes
Salt Lake Weaving Studio (slweavingstudio.org)
Online Learning
Many are available on YouTube
Handwovenmagazine.com (search for any topic on their website)
kellycasanovaweavinglessons.com: lots of rigid heddle classes
Daryl Lancaster (Daryllancaster.com)
The Handweaving Academy: Tien Chiu and Janet Dawson (handweavingacademy.com)
JaneStaffordTextiles.com
RebeccaMezoff.com, Tapestry weaving
Online classes with Alice Schlein: weaverly.typepad.com/weaverly/weaverly.typepad.com/weaverly/
Stores
Many stores have links to online tips and classes
Yarn on the corner (In Sandy, UTAH!) facebook.com/yarnonthecorner
Knitting Hive, in SLC, knittinghive.com
Handworkslc.com (In SLC)
WEBS (Yarn.com)
Eugene Textile Center (ETC), eugenetextilecenter.com
Halcyonyarn.com
GISTyarn.com
Woolery.com
LunaticFringeyarns.com
YarnBarn-KS.com
CamillaValleyFarm.com
GreatNorthernWeaving.com (mostly supplies for rug weaving)
VermontWeavingSupplies.com
Mitzis-yarn-weaving-knitting.com
Loftyfiber.com
Weaving Software
Weaveit.com: Great for beginners, and low cost
Fiberworks-PCW.com
Pixeloom.com
Used Equipment
Facebook Marketplace: Weaver’s Marketplace
Homestead Weaving Studio (homesteadweaver.com)
Eugenetextilecenter.com
Miscellaneous
Handweaving.net: A resource for thousands of drafts, in WIF format. Minimal membership fee helps to support this amazing not-for-profit resource
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