“Textiles are products of human artistry and creativity and an essential
aspect of everyday life. They reflect personal needs, individual identities
and cultural messages. While many textiles serve a specific function, all are
unique works of artistic expression that embody the joyful spirit of human creativity.”
The Textile Museum, Washington, DC http://www.textilemusuem.org/
WEAVING CENTER
Resources
REFERENCES: Discoveries for Children, Artists
& Teachers
Teacher Resources: Books
Dickerhoff, B. (1976). WEAVING ON A CARDBOARD LOOM. California: Crash Course Publishers.
Duncan, M. (1973). SPIN, DYE, AND WEAVE YOUR OWN WOOL. New York: Sterling Publishing Co.
Inc.
Editors of Fiberarts Magazine (1980). THE FIBERARTS DESIGN BOOK. New York: Hastings House.
Gemming, E. (1979). Wool Gathering: Sheep raising in old New England. New York: Coward,
McCann and Georghegan.
Hartung, R. (1963). CREATIVE TEXTILE DESIGN: THREAD AND FABRIC. New York: Van Nostrand
Reinhold Company.
Held, S. E. (1978). A HANDBOOK OF THE FIBER ARTS. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc.
Hoerner, N. (2008). FELT INLAYS. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Creative Publishing International.
Kelly, K. (1973). Weaving. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lerner Publications Company.
Lewis, R. (1953). Weaving. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Marthamm, A. (1969). SIMPLE WEAVING. New York: Taplinger Publishing Co.
O’Reilley, S. (1993). Arts and Crafts: Weaving. New York: Thompson Learning.
Paulin, L. (1977). WEAVING FOR BEGINNERS. California: Glick Publishing Inc.
Petersham, M. & M. (1939). The Story Book of Wool. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co.
Plath, I. (1964). HANDWEAVING. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Rainey, S. R. (1971). WALL HANGINGS: DESIGNING WITH FRABRIC AND THREAD. Worcester, MA:
Davis Publications.
Rainey, S. R. (1966). WEAVING WITHOUT A LOOM. Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, Inc.
Richardson, E. S. (1964). IN THE EARLY WORLD: DISCOVERING ART THROUGH CRAFTS. New York:
Pantheon Books.
Shillinglaw, P. (1972). INTRODUCING WEAVING. New York: Watson Guptill Publications.
Tod, Osma G. (1964). THE JOY OF HANDWEAVING. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
Tovey, J. (1965). THE TECHNIQUE OF WEAVING. New York: Van Nostran Reinhold Co.
Wiseman, A.. (1973). MAKING THINGS. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
Wiseman, A. (1975). MAKING THINGS: BOOK TWO. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
Wilson, J. (1972). WEAVING IS CREATIVE. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
Znamierowski, N. (1967). STEP-BY-STEP WEAVING. New York: Golden Press.
Museums with Weaving Collections
The Cloisters
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Textile Museum, Washington, DC http://www.textilemuseum.org/
The University of Manchester
Victoria and Albert Museum, London England
Children’s Books about weaving or connect weaving to curriculum
Ahiagble, G. B. & Meyer, L. (1944). Master Weaver from Ghana. Seattle, WA: Open Hand
Publishing, Inc.
Allen, C. (1991). The rug makers. Steck-Vaughn.
Beskow, E. (1989). Pelle’s New Suit. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Boardman, F. W. (1957). Castles. New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc.
Bodkin, O. (retold) (19998). The Crane Wife. San Diego: Voyager Books, Harcourt, Inc.
Castaneda, O. S. (1988). Abuela’s weave. Hong Kong: South Cina Printing Co.
Carle, E. The Very Busy Spider.
Chocolate, D. (). Kente colors. New York: Walker and Company.
Clements, G. The Truth About Casltes.
Cobb. M. (1999). A sampler view of colonial life. Brookfield, Connecticut: The Millbrook Press.
Crandell. R. (2002). Hands of the maya: Villagers at work and play. New York: Henry Holt and
company.
Denny, N. & Filmer-Sankey, J. (1966). The Bayeux Tapestry: The story of the Norman Conquest,
1066. New York: Wolff.
D’Adamo. F. (2001) Iqbal. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.
dePaola, T. (1974). Charlie needs a new cloak. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
dePaola, T. (1984). Mary had a little lamb. New York: Holiday House.
Dixon, A. (1990). Wool. Ada, Oklahoma: Garrett Educational Corporation
Duncan, L. (1996). The magic of spider woman. NY: Scholastic.
Dunn, H. (1973). Indians of Nevada. Nevada Department of Education.
Feelings, T. (1972). Moja means one: Swahili counting book. New York: Dial Press
Freeman, M. B. (1974). The Unicorn Tapestries. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Reprinted and
bound in Japan)
Grimes. N. (1999). Aneesa Lee and the weaver’s gift. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
Grossman, V. & Long, S. Ten little Indians. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
Haley, G. E. (1970). A story, a story. Troll Associates.
Hayer, M. The Weaving of a Dream.
Hillyer, V. M, & Huey E. G. (1966). The Medieval World. New York: Meredith Press.
Hindley, Judy (1976). The time traveler book of knights and castles. London: Usborne
Hoban. T. (1973). Over, under and through: And other spatial concepts. New York: Macmillan
Publishing Co.
Hong, L. T. (1995). The empress and the silkworm. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Co.
Johnson, S. A. (1982). Silkworms. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co.
Johnston, T. (1985). The Quilt Story. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
L’Hommedieu, A.J. (1997). From Plant to Blue Jeans. New York: Children’s Press a division of
Grolier Publishing Co, Inc.
Lyon, G. E. (2004). Weaving the Rainbow. New York: Atheneum for Young Readers
Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Mayers, F.C. (1988) ABC Egyptian Art from the Bronx Musuem. NY: Harry N. Abrams.
Mayers, F. C. Costumes and Textiles from the L. A. County Museum of Art ABC.
McCauley. Castles. (also in video)
McCully, E. A. (1996). The Bobbin Girl. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
McDermott, G. (1972). Anasi the spider. New York: Scholastic. (African folk tales)
Mills, L. (1991). The rag coat. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
Miles. M. (1971). Annie and the Old One. Boston: Little, Brown.
Major, J. S. (1995). The silk route: 7,000 miles of history. NYC: HarperCollins Publisher
Mortenson, G. and Roth, Susan L. (2009). Listen to the Wind: The story of Dr. Greg I Three Cups of
Tea. NYC: Penguin Group.
O’Reilly, S. (1993). Arts & Crafts: Batik and Tie-Dye. New York: Thomson Learning
Osinski, A. (1987). A New True Book: The Navajo. Chicago: Regensteiner Publishing Enterprises,
Inc.
Paterson, K. (1991). Lyddie. New York: Penguin Group
Pratt, D. and Kula, E. (1967). Magic animals of Japan Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press.
Price. L.(retold), (1990). Aida San Diego, CA: Voyager Books. [based on the opera by Giuseppe Verdi[
Ringgold, Faith. (2002). Cassie’s World Quilt. New York: Dell Dragonfly Books.
Ringold, F. (1992). Aunt Harriet’s underground railroad in the sky. New York: Crown Publishers Inc.
Roessel, M (1995). Songs from the loom. Lerner Publications.
Rumplestilskin.
San Souci, R. D. (1998). A weave of words. New York: Orchard Books.
Shaw, N. Sheep in a Jeep.
Sola, M. (1997). Angela weaves a dream: The story of a young Maya artist. New York: Hyperion
books for children.
Sobol, Donald J. (1959). The First Book of Medieval Man. New York: Franklin Watts.
Spilsburgy, L. (2009). Tapestries and Textiles. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group Inc
Taback, S. (1999). Joseph had a little overcoat. New York: Penguin Putnam Books.
Trez, D. & A. (1969). Maila and the Flying Carpet. New York: The Viking Press
The Emporer’s New Clothes.
Wells, J. (1992). The Milky Way Quilt. Lafayette, California: C&T Publishing.
Wilder, L. I. The Little House on the Prairie Series
Wilkes, Angela (1981). The Adventures of King Arthur. London: Usborne Publishing.
White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web.
Woodruff, E. (1999). The memory coat. New York: Scholastic
Yamane, L. (1997). Weaving a California Tradition. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications
Company.
Ziefert, H. A New Coat for Anna.
Video/CD
American Indian Videos: Hopi Indians and the Navajo Indians -- Native Americans share thier own
stories of life in harsh yet beautiful northern Arizona (20 min.)
Navajo Weaving -- this video documents the intricate art of Navajo weaving and tours the Durango
Collection of Navajo and Southwestern weaving (56 min.)
Castles by David McAuley -- Chronicles the building of and the life in castles
Weaving Websites
Incredible Art Lessons - A Hands-on Workshop:
National Art Education Association Convention
New York March 15, 2001, presented by
Maggie White, Alchesay High School, P. 0. Box 190
Whiteriver, AZ…included are some good drawings of weaving techniques
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/weave.htm
Carpet Hunt – An interactive website from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Explore and Learn
site with rich information about carpets and activities to make them
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/flowers/flowers/index.htm
Common Threads – an interactive online experience comparing two different cultures and their
weavings from the Textile Museum, DC http://www.textilemuseum.org/commonthreads/
Flowers Underfoot: Indian carpets of the Mughal Era - An interactive Explore and Learn website
from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with rich information about carpets and
activities http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Flowers/HTM/res_fs.HTM
Textile Terms – A rich source of commonly used terms, with some illustrations from the Textile
Museum in Washington, DC http://www.textilemuseum.org/PDFs/TextileTerms.pdf
The Silk Road – The exhibit and resources from amazing exhibit of the 7,000 mile journey called
the Silk Road at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/silkroad/
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/exhibitions/silkroad/edresources.php
Hunt of the Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters Explore and
Learn site with video of tapestry weaving process and activities
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Unicorn/unicorn_splash.htm
Pieces of a Puzzle: Classical Persian Carpet Fragments - Online resource for 16th and 17th Khorasan
carpets from the Textile Museum frhttp://www.textilemuseum.org/pieces/index.html
The Art of Rug Making: Pottery Barn – short video of rug making process
http://www.potterybarn.com/shop/rugs-windows/see-rugs-made/?cm_type=lnav
https://pvcrafts.org/online_store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=78
University of Manchester: Talking Textiles – Interactive website dealing with all aspects of textiles,
felting, knitting and weaving, includes a good one on color too!
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/artanddesign/talkingtextiles/
WEAVING RESOURCES
Places to find and buy materials and supplies for weaving centers as well as instructions to
make some of the cool resources found in these weaving centers.
Bookmaking Ideas to use for your Weavings
A small concertina book
A somersault book