Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Tapestry Weaving Resource List

 

Rebecca Mezoff's online classes: Rebecca's online classes

A good one to start with is her Little Looms course.

Here's a YouTube video of how to warp a Hokett loom (or any similar slotted loom.)


There's a tapestry weaving group on Ravelry and there are other groups that discuss tapestry weaving,
and several 
on Facebook... 

Book list (not in alphabetical or publishing date order):

Kathe Todd-Hooker, Tapestry 101.
 (to see my sampler based on Kathe's book, go here: 
   to follow progress, go to the October page and start at the bottom and work up... the finished photo
is here:
   
Kirsten Glasbrook, Tapestry Weaving

Nancy Harvey, Tapestry Weaving

Carol Russell, Tapestry Handbook
A quick tutorial can be found in Threads Magazine #41. You can find them on eBay, or you can join for
$5.99/month 
(as of December 2019), to see and download the archived article.. you can find it here.
 
Rebecca Mezoff and Sarah C. Swett, The Art of Tapestry Weaving: A Complete Guide to Mastering the
Technique 
of Images with Yarn.

Tommye McClure Scanlin and Rebecca Mezoff, Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond: Planning and
Weaving with
Confidence
 
 Tommye McClure Scanlin and Phillis Alvic, The Nature of Things: Essays of a Tapestry Weaver
 
Joanne Soroka, Tapestry Weaving: Design and Technique
 
There's a book list on the Tapestry Weaving forum on Ravelry as well as on Rebecca's page, but
the above are my
 favorites.

Book reviews on Rebecca Mezoff's blog here

Rebecca Mezoff has several online courses (linked above) that are pretty good. I have her Little Looms
course & love it.