Spinning and Weaving sources

On the Internet:

Village Spinning and Weaving  http://villagespinweave.com/

Peter Collingwood Master Inkle Weaver http://www.petercollingwood.co.uk/

RiverSpun Fiber Works http://www.riverspunfiberworks.com/

Lion Brand Yarn company http://www.lionbrand.com/

Martha's  Spinner's, Knitter's, and Weaver's Housecleaning Pages http://homepages.together.net/~kbruce/kbbspin.html

Yarnit! Links Page http://www.keyway.net/crafts/links.htm

Handmade Wood Spinning/Tatting tools http://www.davidreedsmith.com/

Kate Painter and Paradise Fibers http://www.paradisefibers.com/

Stores you can walk into:

The Black Sheep

1060 First St.
Encinitas, CA 92024
Tel: 619-436-9973

The Black Sheep is a wonderful boutique with a huge inventory of hand-woven and hand-dyed yarns. The store is a feast of color and texture and a must see if you're ever in Southern California. They also carry unusual buttons, beads, and looms in a variety of sizes. Prices range from $5 a skein for chenille to $100+ for specialty yarns with metallic threads woven in. I visit them rarely, but all of the yarn I bring home ends up in a variety of projects: from scarves for family and friends to faerie doll hair or weavings...No scrap is ever wasted.

hebies Needlecraft in Montclair on Arrow Hwy (just East of Central at 5436 Arrow Hwy 909-985-3778).

Although they are rather small, they have some exceptional yarns at times. Also wonderful floss for needlework and a small selection of beads. I found a great book on tassel making there, now if I could just figure out how to make a tassel with a beaded head, wouldn't that just make a lovely favor? And next door is a wonderful, wonderful quilt shop (The Fabric Patch). Lots of beautiful cottons here. None too cheap mind you. Last time I was in there (ok it was a few months ago, but they've had them for quite some time) they had quite a nice selection of imported Japanese prints that would make a beautiful Kimono. Anyways it's always worth poking your head in there to take a peek at the quilts on display. Reported by Lady Guen the Red

Favorite SCA-Medieval Merchants and Fabric Shopping areas

The Renaissance Store /  Chivalry Sports 7718 E. Wrightstown Rd, Tuscon, AZ 85715 (520) 722-1255  Go to Chivalry Sports Renaissance Store 

Raymond's Quiet Press - Reproductions of actual metal fittings a jewelry from Saxon, Viking, Celtic, Sutton Hoo finds. Great for belts, cloak clasps.  http://www.nmia.com/~rqpltd/

Boots by Bohemond - http://www.nmia.com/~bohemond/

Drachenstein Treasures - crowns, jewelry, awards, belts, custom work in bronze and silver http://www.dragonsjewels.com/

Ingasbo - your friendly Norse trader - circlets, burkas http://www.ingasbo.com/

Downtown Los Angeles in the Garment District -     Bordered by 8th, 9th, Maple and Wall streets http://www.csun.edu/~hbgeg069/LA/garment.html

  • Kashcool (my favorite place, but where is that address?)

  • Los Angeles Fabric Center, LLC 916 S. Wall St. 90015 - upholstery jacquards, great textures

  • Beads & Trims, 321 E. 8th St. 90014 - carved bone beads of skulls, inexpensive beading supplies, trim, buttons

  • Agape International Trading 950 S. Maple Ave, Unit 1/f/106, 90015. embroidered patches, Byzantine rounds

  • Michael Levines - Fabrics

  • Bohemian Crystal - Beads

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The Norwalk/Artesia Sari District - Pioneer Blvd, between 91 and 22 Freeways  (Southeast of downtown Los Angeles).

This is "Little India", and there are many sari stores and Indian clothing shops. Be prepared to bargain, since most items are not marked, and prices are flexible. An Indian sari is a width of fabric, usually 6 to 8 yards long, silk and beautifully embroidered. A sari can be fashioned into a Renaissance Italian dress or other Medieval garments.

Sari Niketan, 18423 Pioneer Blvd., Artesia 90701

The Leather Factory  1374-A Maine Ave., Baldwin Park, CA 91706  626 813-1570