Fiber Arts-Books
Using the Norwegian Cradle Loom by Lila Nelson
Newly revised! Lila Nelson, previous Vesterheim Textile Curator, originally wrote these instructions for how to use the cradle loom in 1977. Includes detailed drawings and updated full-color pictures.
Softcover.
$13.95
Handweaving In The Norwegian Tradition by Laurann Gilbertson and Carol Colburn
Catalog of the popular Vesterheim exhibition, Handweaving In The Norwegian Tradition.Softcover, 30 pp.
$5.00
Norwegian Tapestry Weaving by Maria Brekke Koppen
The classic book on Norwegian tapestry. Profusely illustrated with over 220 black and white drawings, photographs, and 4 color plates. The translation combines the 1978 and 1988 editions. It includes: history, joining techniques (especially the Norwegian dovetail), looms, designing, weaving...
$19.99
Vesterheim Magazine Vol. 19 No. 2 2021 – Dressed
Vesterheim is published twice a year, featuring in-depth articles focusing on the museum's priceless collections of artifacts, Norwegian-American history and culture, and up-to-date information on all museum events, classes, tours, and education opportunities. The magazine is a benefit to Vesterheim members...
$5.00
Norwegian Pick Up Bandweaving
For the first time in English, here's a complete book about Norwegian pick-up bandweaving—from its fascinating history to beautiful bands you can make yourself, with more than 100 pattern charts from bands in museum collections, including Vesterheim's. Meticulously researched, easy-to-read,...
$24.99
Mend & Patch by Kerstin Neumüller
A handbook to repairing clothes and textiles. With this guide to mending and patching, you don’t have to say goodbye to your worn favorite clothes. Whether you are nervous at the sight of a needle, or can thread one with...
$19.99
Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs by Heather Torgenrud
A lifelong resource for pick-up bandweavers, this pattern and color sourcebook contains 288 new charts that can be mixed and matched creatively, plus photos of 70 woven sample bands that illustrate techniques to help weavers arrange their own colors beautifully....
$30.00
Nordic Hands by Anita Osterhaug
These 25 fiber craft projects to discover Scandinavian culture bring the warmth and beauty of Nordic culture into your life through the work of your own hands. Vivid photos and spirited text explain the values of Scandinavian life—nature, community, craftsmanship, and...
$34.99
Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book by Karen Diadick Casselman
Lichens have been used to create brilliant, versatile dyes for over 4,000 years. In this comprehensive guide based on 25 years of meticulous research, Casselman explains how to create and use dyes derived from these unusual plants. Filled with expert...
$7.95
Skinnfeller du kan lage selv by Britt Solheim
Learn the ancient craft of sewing and decorating a sheepskin coverlet with Solheim, who has taught skinnfeller at Vesterheim, Includes full-color photographs and patterns. Norwegian text. Hardcover.
$127.95
Indigo – Cultivate, Dye, Create by Kerstin Neumüller and Douglas Luhanko
Discover indigo, one of the most mystical yet widely used dyes in the world. Featuring inspirational images and presented with a luxurious exposed and patterned spine, this book shows you how to grow, extract, and dye with indigo. Full-color images....
$21.95
Invisible Threads in Knitting by Annemor Sundbo
A knitting book for anyone interested in culture and anyone who likes to knit. Sundbo uses memories, the language of symbols, folk beliefs, and leftover yarns are the exciting means of traveling into the world of knitting techniques. A charming history...
$61.95
Weaving Patterned Bands by Susan J. Foulkes
Narrow bands woven in colorful patterns are a centuries-old part of the Baltic craft tradition. The double-slotted heddle makes patterned band weaving quicker to learn and easier to do, and this is the first book that offers beginners instructions for...
$26.99
Norske Strikketradisjoner by Nina Granlund Sæther
A thorough presentation of Norwegian knitting history! In this book, Nina Granlund Sæther has delved into history in search of traces that can tell how knitting techniques came to Norway, spread, and became part of the national history and identity. The very...
$139.00
Scandi Needlecraft by Clare Youngs
Expert crafter and lover of Scandinavian design Clare Youngs presents a collection of gorgeous gifts, soft furnishings, kitchen items, bags, clothes, and accessories to make and embroider.
Paperback.
$21.99
Passementerie by Elizabeth Ashdown
The first book on how to create handwoven passementerie (ornamental fringe, tassels, braid, piping, and more) using widely available materials.
Hardback.
$39.99
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