Resources

Being listed on this page does not imply endorsement by the Illinois Prairie Weavers Guild; this information is provided as a service only.

Guilds & Associations

• After Hours Weavers
• American Tapestry Alliance
• Champaign Urbana Spinners and Weavers Guild
• Complete List of Weaving Guilds (by Camilla Valley Farms)
• Complex Weavers
• Handweavers’ Guild of America (HGA)
• Handweavers’ Guild of Peoria, Inc.
• Illinois Prairie Spinners
• Midwest Weavers Association
• Weavers Guild of Minnesota
• Weavers Guild of the North Shore
• Wisconsin Handweavers, Inc.
• Warp and Weft Weavers Guild (formerly the Woodstock Weavers Guild)

Classes (Local)

• Fine Line Creative Arts Center (St. Charles, IL)
• The Chicago Weaving School (Chicago’s North Side)
• TLD Design Center & Gallery (Westmont & Berwyn, IL)
• 2-B Weavers (Western Springs, IL)

Schools (Regional)

• Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts (Mineral Point, WI)
• The Clearing Folk School (Door County, WI)
• Vesterheim Museum Folk Art School Weaving Classes (Decorah, IA)

Schools (National)

• Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts (Gatlinburg, TN)
• John C. Campbell Folk School (Brasstown, NC)
• Penland School of Crafts (Penland, NC)
• Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center (York Haven, PA)
• Sievers School of Fiber Arts (Washington Island, WI)
• Vävstuga (Shelburne, MA)

Schools (Online)

• The Handweaving Academy (Tien Chiu and Janet Dawson)
• Jane Stafford School of Weaving
• Kelly Casanova Weaving Lessons
• School of Sweet Georgia
• Yarnworker School of Weaving (Liz Gipson)

Software

• Fiberworks
• Weave It
• PixieLoom
• ProWeave
• Weave Design (by Pikes Peak Weavers Guild)

Digital Archives

• Books About Weaving, Textiles, and Related Topics
• Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Digital Archive

Magazines and Books

• Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot
• Complex Weavers Journal
• Heddlecraft
• Handwoven
• Interweave Press
• Little Looms
• Long Thread Media (publisher of Handwoven and Little Looms)
• VÄV Maginset (print subscriptions may be purchased in the U.S. from the Lone Star Loom Room)
• Weaver’s Craft

Looms and Equipment — Local (New and Used)

• Fine Line Creative Arts Center (St. Charles, IL)
• TLD Design Center & Gallery (Westmont & Berwyn, IL)
• 2-B Weavers (Western Springs, IL)
• Selling Looms (guidance for individuals looking to sell a loom)

Looms and Equipment — Other

• Ashford Wheels and Looms
• AVL Looms 
• Fiber Artist Supply Co. (manufacturer of Woolhouse Looms and other fiber equipment)
• Gilmore Looms 
• Glimakra USA
• Harrisville Designs
• Leclerc Looms
• Louet Looms
• Macomber Looms
• Mirrix Tapestry and Bead Looms
• Schacht Spindle Co.