I don’t ‘do’ resolutions for the coming new year, but thought I would share some on line resources for people who want to increase their knowledge in the coming year.
As some of you know, I have been weaving samples for Tien Chiu’s on line course on colour for weavers. She has launched her first class which will begin shortly. You might want to check out her resources and consider if her class is right for you. She has been working on streamlining her website and will soon move the forums to a different platform which she hopes will be more user friendly.
Jane Stafford’s on-line guild is another resource people may find helpful. I’ve known Jane since the mid-1980s and she gives good straight forward information in a concise clear manner.
Janet Dawson’s class on Craftsy is a basic class on learning the fundamentals of weaving. Just this morning she mentioned that she now has over 8000 students – something that shows people are becoming interested in weaving again. Recent articles say that hand weaving is having a resurgence. Something that makes me feel confident that the craft of hand weaving will continue for a long time to come.
Heddlecraft is an on-line magazine by Robyn Spady. She covers one topic in depth per issue and includes .wif files for those with computer software for weaving.
Interweave Press has now migrated much of their dvd inventory into ‘classes’ such as mine.
WeaveZine and WeaveCast were created by Syne Mitchell. Syne continues to fund the website so that people can access the articles and podcasts.
These are just a few on line resources. Feel free to add more in the comments.
(PS – all of those named above are also instructing at the conference here in June. For two of them it will be the last in person teaching they will be doing.)