Complex Weavers Lending Library

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The Complex Weavers Lending Library is in the process of entering its collection into an online catalog in LibraryThing.com. The first books we are entering are those that came to us through the Ralph Griswold Legacy. We hope to have the full collection (both main library and Canada Branch Library) online in LibraryThing by the end of 2007.
Click on this link to browse the CW Lending Library on Library Thing. All materials listed in LibraryThing, as well as those listed in the January 2007 printed catalog and in the online catalog on the CW website, may be borrowed from the library by CW members.

Study Group and Exchange Notebooks; Portfolios; Exhibit Catalogues; Miscellaneous

Codes used

hard = hardcover book; paper = paperback book; copy = photocopy, not original; nb = notebook, binder or looseleaf, may include swatches.
Note: Items marked with an asterisk (*) are available online at http://www.handweaving.net, in the Document Archive section. You can save shipping costs if you download the document from the website rather than borrowing it from the library.

CW Study Groups

• CW Convergence Exhibit 1996, Greeting Cards w/swatches. nb.
• CW Convergence Exhibit 1998, Curtains for Scarlet w/swatches and display boards. nb.
• CW Seminar, Fashion Show Samples. 2000. nb.
• CW Seminar, Pieced Vest Project. w/swatches. 1998, organized by Doramay Keasby & Janet Stollnitz. nb.
• CW Seminar, The Great Idea Challenge w/swatches. 1990. paper.
• CW Study Group, 30's Thru 50's w/swatches. nb.
• CW Study Group, Acadian. 2 nb, samples.
• CW Study Group, Beads & Interlacements w/swatches. 3 nb.
• CW Study Group, Beyond Plain Weave Garments w/swatches. 7 nb. Fall 2006 Sample Set
• CW Study Group, Blended Drafts. nb.
• CW Study Group, Bobbin Lace, nb
• CW Study Group, Collapse, Pleat and Bump w/swatches. 2 nb
• CW Study Group, Computer Aided Design. 2 nb, 6 comb-bound books, March 2007
• CW Study Group, Computer Tools. nb.
• CW Study Group, Computers in Weaving. nb.
• CW Study Group, Coverlets. nb.
• CW Study Group, Crackle w/swatches. 4 nb. December 2006
• CW Study Group, Damask w/swatches. 3 nb.
• CW Study Group, Double Harness Weaving. Good, 2 nb. November 2006, February 2007
• CW Study Group, Double Harness Study.Peggy Hoyt, ed. summary, '85-'92. copy.
• CW Study Group, Double Two-Tie. nb.
• CW Study Group, Double Two-Tie Study. Francois Deygout, ed. summary, '87-'89. copy.
• CW Study Group, Double Weave. 1 nb. Review in Newsletter #51, May 1996.
• CW Study Group, Double Weave Online. 5 nb.
  Notebook #1 Emails, Pault O'Connor Bulletins & Project 1 (Color in Double Weave)
  Notebook #2 Paul O'Connor Bulletins & Project 2
  Notebook #3 Emails, Projects 2 & 3, June 2002-June 2003
  Notebook #4 June 2003-June 2004
  Notebook #5: Paul O'Connor's Bulletins, June 2002-June 2004
• CW Study Group,Early American Coverlets September 2006, January 2007, (newsletters), Fabric Analysis Exchange 2006
• CW Study Group, Early American Handlooms September 2006
• CW Study Group, Early Weaving Books & Manuscripts w/swatches. 7 nb. January 2007, March 2007
• CW Study Group, Ecclesiastical Weaving. nb.
• CW Study Group, Eight or Less - Make It Complex! w/swatches. 2nb/
• CW Study Group, Ethnic Weaving. nb.
• CW Study Group, Evaluating Mill Processes for Handloom Application. Good. nb.
• CW Study Group, Fabric Analysis. 4 nb. December 2006
• CW Study Group, Fine Threads w/swatches. 5 nb. January 2007
• CW Study Group, Good 'n Old Weaving Books. nb.
• CW Study Group, Jacquard. nb.May 2006, November 2006
• CW Study Group, Japanese Textiles. 2nb., October 2006
• CW Study Group, Kumihimo on the Marudai. 15 nb.
  • Notebook #1: Monochromatic
  • Notebook #2: Braid (not flat) You Never Made
  • Notebook #3: Let You Imagination Soar
  • Notebook #4: Beaded Braids
  • Notebook #5: Two-in-one
  • Notebook #6: Hollow Braid
  • Notebook #7: A High Contrast Braid
  • Notebook #9: Expand a Braid (increase the # of bobbins)
  • Notebook #10: Many Fine Threads
  • Notebook #11 Exotic Kongo Gumi
  • Notebook #12 Space-dyed Warps
  • Notebook #13 One Color, One Fiber
  • Notebook #14 Insides Out
  • Notebook #15 Color design with Odd Numbers
  • Notebook #16 A Practical Braid
  • Notebook #17 A Braid to Embellish a Greeting Card
• CW Study Group, Kumihimo on the Taka Dai. nb. Contains
  • Notebook #1, Conatins Swaps #1-4
  • Swap #5 Plain Weave & Twill
  • Notebook #2 Exchange #6 A Useful Braid.
  • Notebook #3, Exchange #7 In tribute to Warren Felton: A Wide Braid.
  • Notebook #4, Exchange #8 Inspired by Roderick Owen.
• CW Study Group Lace Weaves. nb.
• CW Study Group, Lampas Study. Peggy Hoyt, ed. summary, '87-'90. Copy.
• CW Study Group, Landes Profile Study. nb.
• CW Study Group, Long Eyed Heddles-Jack Loom w/swatches. 2 nb and one folder.
• CW Study Group, Loom Devices. nb.
• CW Study Group, Loom Mechanics.nb.
• CW Study Group, Mathematics and Textiles. nb.
• CW Study Group, Medieval Textiles Individual Project #1 On Weaving a Handspun Plaid Shawl.
• CW Study Group, Medieval Textiles w/swatches. 7 nb. September 2006, December 2006
  • Notebook #1: Issues 1-14
  • Notebook #2 Issues 15-26
  • Notebook #3 Issues 27-34
  • Notebook #4 Issues 35 - current
  • Notebook #5 Sample Notebook Exchange Samples
  • Notebook #6 Project 1 Tapestry, Sampler
  • Notebook #7 Project 2 Handwoven Embroidery Tunic
  • Individual Project #1 On weaving a Handspun Plaid Shawl.
• CW Study Group, More Than Four. 2 nb.
• CW Study Group, Multishaft Overshot w/swatches. 2 nb.
• CW Study Group, Natural Dyes. nb.
• CW Study Group, Network Drafting on 8 Shafts. nb.
• CW Study Group, Passementerie. 3 nb.
• Exchange #1: Tassel for the Bride
• Exchange #2: Christmas Tassels
• Exchange #3: Cordings
• Exchange #4: Fruits of Our Labours
• CW Study Group, Patternland Design.nb.
• CW Study Group, Sample Exchange--The Old Fashioned Way w/swatches. 7 nb. 2006
• CW Study Group, Sampling of Newsletters from Various Study Groups. nb.
• CW Study Group, Stitched Double Cloth, nb and exhibit boards.
• CW Study Group, Symmetry. 2 nb.
• CW Study Group, Tablet Weaves. nb.
• CW Study Group, Terminology. nb.
• CW Study Group, Tied Weaves w/swatches. 4 nb.
• CW Study Group, Twenty Four and More w/swatches. 4 nb. October 2006

CW Swatch Exchanges

• CW Swatch Exchange, 84-85. 2 groups in 1 notebook, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 85-86. 2 groups in 1 notebook, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 86-87. 2 groups in 1 notebook, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 87-88. 2 groups in 2 notebooks, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 88-89. 3 groups in 2 notebooks, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 89-90. 3 groups in 3 notebooks, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 90-91. 3 groups in 3 notebooks, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 91-92. 3 groups in 3 notebooks, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 92-93. 3 groups in 3 notebooks, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 93-94. 3 groups in 3 notebooks, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 94-95. 2 groups in 5 notebooks, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 95-96. 2 groups in 2 notebooks, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 96-97. 2 groups in 1 notebook, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, 97-98.2 groups in 1 notebook, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange, Logo. Ongoing.
• CW Swatch Exchange Cross Border, 1995. The Asymmetric Profile Draft.nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Cross Border, 1997. Plain Weave Manipulations.nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Cross Border 2001. Double Weave. nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 89-90. Interpretation of Commercial Fabric. nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 91-92. Bedford Cords. nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 92-93. Network on 8. nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 93-94. 8 Shaft Double Weave. nb. . Review in Newsletter #51, May 1996.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 94-95. Diversified Plain Weave. nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 95-96. Lampas. nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 96-97. Threadbenders. nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 97-98. Advancing Twills.nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 1999 Classical Summer & Winter.nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange Ontario, 2000 Huck Delights.nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange The Sixteens, 1995 Stitched Double Weave, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange The Sixteens, 1996 Taquete. nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange The Sixteens, 2001 Integrated Cell Weaves or False Double Weave, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange The Sixteens, 2002 Blended Drafts, nb.
• CW Swatch Exchange The Sixteens, 2002 Blended Drafts and 2003 Network Drafts (bound together)
• CW Swatch Exchange The Sixteens, 2004 Turned Overshot. nb.
• CW Study Group, Sixteens, Pique,2005 & 2005-06
• Tri-State Multiple Harness Weavers,1979, (large envelope); 1981, nb; 1987, nb.

Portfolios

• *Shuttle Craft Monograph Portfolios. Bound together. Copies
  • Shuttle Craft Monograph Portfolios.Good, copies.
  • 1960, No. 1, The Double Weave Plain and Patterned
  • 1961, No. 2, Surface Interest, Textiles of Today
  • 1961, No. 3, Design and the Handweaver
  • 1961, No. 4, Woolens and Tweeds
  • 1962, No. 5, The Weaver's Book of Scottish Tartans
  • 1962, No. 6, Mexican Motifs
  • 1964, No. 13, Thomas Jackson, Weaver: 17th and 18th Century Record
  • 1965, No. 16, Color and Dyeing
  • 1968, No. 25, Peru: Textiles Unlimited

Exhibit Catalogues

• --. 3rd International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles. British Craft Centre, 1978. Exhibition. Good, paper.
• --. 4. Bienniale der Deutschen Tapisserie, Hamburg 1985
• --. V. Fal és Tértertil Bienniá
  lé/5th Textile Biennial, Savria Museum, Szombathely, 1978
• --. VI. Biennale der Textilkunst/6e biennale d'art textile, various locations, 1990-1991
• --. 6. Nemzetközi Minaitürtextil Bienniálé/6th International Biennial of Miniature Textiles, Szombathely-Savaria Museum, 1986
• --. 7. Nemzetközi Minaitürtextil Bienniálé/7th International Biennial of Miniature Textiles, Szombathelyi Keptar, 1988
• --.14e Biennalle Internationale de la Tapisserie/ 14th International Biennial of Tapestry, Musee cantonal des beaux-arts, Lausanne, 1989
• --. African-American Folk Art Kentucky. Kentucky Folk Art Center, 2000. Folk art. Good, paper.
• --. Bradford Industrial Museum. City of Bradford, Galleries & Museums, n.d. Machinery. Good, paper.
• --. Die Handweber/Les Tisserands, several locations, 1983
• --. Ecriture Textiles, Galerie Filambule, Lausanne, 1987
• --. Fabrications. HGA 1972. Catalog. Good, paper.
• --. Fliessende Grenzen. Textilausstellung 1999
• --. Folk Art Treasures from Guangxi. Kentucky Folk Art Center, 2000. Folk art exhibition catalog. Good, paper.
• --. Kentucky Quilts: Roots & Wings. Kentucky Folk Art Center, 1998. Quilt exhibition catalog. Good, paper.
• --. Miniature Textile Suisse, Galerie Filambule, Lausanne, 1981
• --. Textilbegegnung: Schweiz-Deutschland, Haus der Handweberei, 1992
• --. Textil Taktil Textur, Gewerbermuseum Winterthur, 1991
• --. Textilkunst Gruppe 78, Gewerbermuseum Winterthur, 1979
• --. The Middle Ages. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1960. Exhibition catalog. Good, paper.
• --. The Sarkis H. Nahigian Private Collection of Rare Old Rugs. Madison Art Association, 1930. Exhibition catalog. Fair, paper.
• --. Uncommon Threads. Museum in the Community, 2000. Textile exhibition flyer. Good, paper.
• --.Village Arts of Romania. Trustees of the British Museum, 1971. Good, paper.
• --. Wandteppiche der Nurnberger Gobelin-Manufaktur. Kulturgeschichtlishes Museum, Osnabruck, 1973
• Burt, Ben. Weaving. British Museum Publications, Ltd., London, 1977. Paper, good.
• China & Ontario Science Centre. China: 7000 Years of Discovery. Ontario Science Centre, 1982. Chinese crafts. Good, paper.
• China Science. China: 7000 Years of Discovery. China Reconstructs, 1983. China technology. Good to fair, paper.
• * Cooper, Grace Rogers. The Copp Family Textiles. Smithsonian Institution,1971. Connecticut textile history. Good to fair, paper. Review in Newsletter #50, January 1996.
• Eiland, Emmett and Maureen Shockley. Tent Bands of the Steppes. Albany Press, California, 1976. Good, paper.
• Goodman, Deborah Lerme. Kings, Heroes, and Lovers: Pictorial Rugs from the Tribes and Villages of Iran. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition, 1986. 16 pages. Exhibit catalogue. Paper, good.
• Hallman, H. Theodore. Sunrise Titles & Twills. ROM, 1978. Exhibition catalog. Good, paper.
• Houck, Shirley. The Delhi Jacquard Coverlets. Delaware County Historical Association, 1982. Coverlet exhibition. Good, paper.
• * Johnson, Ellen H. Expressions in Fiber: The Art of Eleanor Merrill. Allen Memorial Art Museum, 1975. 38 pages. Exhibition catalog. Good, copy.
• Katzenberg, Dena S. The Great American Cover-Up. Baltimore Museum of Art, 1971. Counterpane exhibit. Good, paper.
• Sawyer, Alan R. An Exhibition of Peruvian Spanish-Colonial Textiles. The Textile Museum, 1961. Peruvian textiles. Good, copy.
• Simmermaker, John and Janet. Wove in Indiana. Conner Prairie Pioneer Settement, 1978. Coverlet catalog. Good, paper.
• University of Wisconsin. Midwest Constructed Fiber 1980. University Publications, 1980. Fiber exhibition. Good, paper.
• Vilppula, Hilkka. Folk Costumes and Textiles. The National Museum of Finland. Finnish textile exhibit. Good, paper.
• Vollmer, John E. Five Colours of the Universe. Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981. Ch'ing Dynasty. Good, paper.

Videos

• Karvonen, Pirkko. CW Seminar 2000 Exhibition and Fashion Show.
• Karvonen, Pirkko. CW Fashion Show 2006.

CD-ROMs

• --. ArahWeave 3.2f. Demo for Linux,
• --. CW Study Group, Fine Threads. Compilation1993-2001.
• --. CW Study Group, Structure. Compilation 2002.
• --. CW Web Site, Web Site Information -- 2002.
• --. Silk Roads, Other Roads. Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America, Inc.
• Atwater, Mary Meigs. Recipe Book. (CD edited by Judie Eatough).
  Review in Journal #77, January 2005.
• Best, Elearnor, Over 7000 Drawdowns.
• *Griswold, Ralph, comp. Digital Archive of Weaving Books, Vol. 1, Complex Weavers, 2002. Old weaving books.
• *Griswold, Ralph E., comp. Digital Archive of Weaving Documents, Vol. 2, Complex Weavers, 2002. Old weaving documents.
• *Griswold, Ralph E., comp. Digital Archive of Weaving Documents, Vol. 3. Complex Weavers, 2003. Old weaving documents.
• *Griswold, Ralph E., comp. Digital Archive of Weaving Documents, Vol. 4, Complex Weavers, 2003. Old weaving documents.
• *Griswold, Ralph E., comp. Digital Archive of Weaving Documents, Vol. 5, Complex Weavers, 2004. Old weaving documents.
• Harris, Peter. Tapestry Shawl Design and Weave Patterns. Kashmir shawl slide show.
• O'Connor, Paul. Double Weave: A Retrospective. 2006
• *Parrish, Tess and Ralph E. Griswold, comp. Digital Archive of Documents on Lace and Related Topics, Vol. I, 2003. Lace.
• *Parrish, Tess and Ralph E. Griswold, comp. Digital Archive of Documents on Lace and Related Topics, Vol. II, 2003. Lace.
• *Parrish, Tess and Ralph E. Griswold, comp. Digital Archive of Documents on Lace and Related Topics, Vol. III, 2003. Lace.
• *Parrish, Tess and Ralph E. Griswold, comp. Digital Archive of Documents on Lace and Related Topics, Vol. IV, 2003. Lace.
• Windeknecht, Margaret and Thomas, Color and Weave.

Miscellaneous

• CW Convergence Exhibit 1996, Greeting Cards w/swatches. nb.
• CW Convergence Exhibit 1998, Curtains for Scarlet. w/swatches and display boards. nb.
• CW Seminar, Fashion Show Samples. 2000. nb.
• CW Seminar, The Great Idea Challenge w/swatches. 1990. paper.
• CW Web Site, Annual Printouts of Web Site Information -- 1998, 1999, 2000. 3 nb.

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