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The Sheep Creek Weaver Fibre Arts Guild has always been a teaching guild.  It aspires to further the knowledge and practice of making.  One way it does this is to maintain a collection of books and magazines in it’s library.

 

The Guild library has well over 700 books and hundreds of magazines about the Fibre Arts.  The library has items that it has collected for decades, and strives to keep current by adding to this collection each year. It offers the loan of these as part of it’s members privileges.  The library is open to members at each meeting.

 

Books and magazines may be borrowed by any member at no charge.  They must be returned to the library at the next in person meeting.  In order to give fair access to all, (especially those items that are in demand) they cannot be renewed.  However they may be borrowed again, after other members have had a chance. 

 

The catalogue is a list of all books in the library. A PDF file of the library catalogue is sent to each member. The catalogue will be updated as needed, and the new PDF will be sent to the membership.  A printed copy is also in the library.   

 

Books are organized by a numbered topic system that is unique to this library.  Topics covered are:

 

01 History, Philosophy, Economics

     01.1 History

     01.5 Philosophy

     01.7 Economics

05 Inspiration

     05.1 Nature

     05.3 People

     05.5 Artists

09 Fibre Arts (mixed topics)

12 Design & Colour Theory 

15 Drawing and Painting

16 Surface Design

     16.1 paint and other mediums, marbling

     16.3 stamp, stencil 

     16.4 mono-printing, gel plates

     16.8 digital image transfer

20 Dyeing

     20.1 general

     20.3 natural dyes

     20.5 synthetic dyes

     20.7 indigo

     20.9 resists; shibori, batik, tie dye

25 Fibres

     25.1 general

     25.2 plant fibres

     25.3 sheep breeds

     25.4 silk

     25.5 other animals

     25.6 animal husbandry

     25.8 synthetic fibres

29 Felting

33 Spinning

     33.01 History

     33.3   Equipment

     33.5   Technique

     33.7   Design

36 Other Textile Structures

38 Braiding & Kumihimo

41 Macrame

44 Lacemaking

46 Knitting

     46.01 Historical

     46.1   General Reference

     46.2   Unique yarns, Handspun

     46.3   Techniques, misc

     46.4   Cables

     46.5   Lace knitting

     46.6   Colourwork

     46.7   Patterns, general

     46.8   Patterns, socks

50 Crochet

53 Weaving

     53.01  History

     53.05  Global

     53.1    Off Loom

     53.2    Simple looms, bands

     53.3    General

     53.35  Saori

     53.4    Warping and Finishing

     53.5    Fundamentals of Weaving

     53.6    Weave structures

     53.7    Patterns and Drafts

     53.8    Projects

     53.9    Hand manipulated, Tapestry

58 Rug Making

62 Interior Decoration

65 Embroidery & hand stitching

     65.01historical

     65.1 general

     65.2 Art stitching

     65.3 embroidery

     65.35 ribbon embroidery

     65.36 pulled threads

     65.4 canvas work

     65.45 Bargello

     65.6 Kantha and Sashiko 

69 Machine stitching

72 Beading 

75 Quilting

78 Appliqué & Fabric Collage

81 Clothing

     81.01 historical

     81.1 general

     81.2 sewing clothes

     81.3  accessories, footwear & millinery

     81.4  jewelry & ornament 

     81.5 saori

     81.7 patterns

     81.8 buttons & closures

     81.9 recycling, renewing, reusing

     81.95 mending & repairs

85 Leather craft

87 Basketry

     87.1 general

     87.2 grass

     87.3 pine needles

     87.4 splint

     87.5 wicker

     87.6 willow

90 Paper Arts

     90.1 general

     90.2 Paper making

     90.3 Book making

     90.4 other

     90.7 Calligraphy

94 Soft Sculpture

96 Children’s Books 

97 Photography

99 Misc

 

 

 

We hope you find the knowledge you are in search of in our library!

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