Suppliers
This contact information is provided in good faith. The Braid Society does not necessarily recommend the individuals or organisations listed here.
| Anneliese Bläse http://www.gewebte-baender.de/angebote |
| Anneliese offers instruction, and supplies equipment for bandweaving using backstrap with rigid heddle and inkle loom. Her specialty is pick-up braid designs as used around the Baltic sea . She runs weekend courses at her home in Plön , Germany. |
| Berlinbraids http://www.shirleyberlin.com |
| Shirley teaches, writes booklets and makes kits for various types of narrow wares. She co-edited "Sixty Sensational Samples", a kumihimo book with great patterns from 42 braiders and useful appendices. Shirley and Peter make marudai, bobbins and small weaving tools. |
| Dave Budd http://davebuddknives.homestead.com |
| Dave supplies the grip fids used by Julie Hedges for her Ply-Split work. He also supplies a wide range of basketry related tools. |
| Button Lady http://www.thebuttonlady.co.uk |
| Buttons and clasps in natural materials. Very large range of synthetics in shapes. Varieties include flowers, animals, gardening, cooking, christmas, figures, fish, noah's ark, wild animals, etc. Supplier of buttons for the embroidered village bag. NEW - wooden pins to close knitwear. Tea towels for knitters and quilters. Leather skins and pieces. Agent for Cash's address labels. |
| BraidersHand (Janis and Dave Saunders) http://www.braidershand.com |
| BraidersHand kumihimo equipment is made in our workshop using hand selected maple. We offer marudai, takadai, tama, ayatakedai, karakumidai and kakudai. For those interested in Peruvian braids or other braids that carry a core, we offer a stand that we developed with Rodrick Owen. We also stock traditional silk and synthetic Japanese kumihimo thread, bamboo yarns and hand painted ribbon, kumihimo disk and plate, kits, books on kumihimo, general braiding, loop manipulation and ply-splitting. |
| Carey Company http://www.careycompany.com |
| Carey Company is a family business that specialises in braiding. We endeavour to offer a fast and efficient service with quality products, and are more than happy to help with any queries you may have about braiding and related subjects. |
| Anna Crutchley acrutchley@braidsociety.com |
| Anna specialises in custom made furnishing trimmings. She offers a range of equipment and supplies for making cords and tassels, including the Anna Crutchley cordtwister for making 2, 3 and 4 strand cords and rope. She offers courses and workshops. |
| Diana East http://www.glass2wear.com/ |
| Diana specialises in glass bead making. The beads she makes are "textile friendly" - ideal for use with braids. |
| Anne Dixon annedixon@braidsociety.com |
| Anne Dixon is the author of "Handweaver's Pattern Book [A&C Black ISBN 978 0 7136 8411 7] and 3 booklets on inkle loom weaving (covering: 1. Basics and Design, 2. Lettering and 3. Baltic Patterns. Anne offers talks, workshops and demonstrations about: Inkle-loom weaving, tablet weaving, kumihimo on marudai, 4 shaft weaving and Dorset Buttons. |
| Empress Mills http://www.empressmills.co.uk |
| Threads and yarns supplied by mail order. Huge variety covering the ‘naturals' - 100% cotton (soft finish and mercerised), jute, linen, pure silk - plus combinations such as cotton covered polyester, nylon bonded together for smoothness and strength etc. etc. The shade range covers over 100 colours. The Empress Centre, just half a mile from the end of the M65 in Lancashire, is an ‘ Aladdins Cave ' of yarns, threads, fabrics and haberdashery. Regular workshops cover a wide spectrum of topics from incredibly creative to wholly practical. Open days throughout the year give ‘tasters' for different textile based subjects with tutor demonstrations. |
| Fibrecrafts http://www.fibrecrafts.com |
| A selection of kumihimo, tablet weaving, inkle weaving and lucet braiding equipment. A large range of yarns, books and magazines. |
| Louise French http://www.louisefrench.com |
| We are a new supplier of Gripfids for Ply-Split Braiding and have recently filled several orders from individuals in the UK , Australia , and the USA . |
| Edna Gibson egibson@braidsociety.com |
| Books on braiding, kumihimo disks, plates and kits. Olympus II cordmaker, Japanese jewellery findings for use with braids. Tuition by arrangement. |
| William Hall and Co. Williamhallyarns@hotmail.co.uk |
| We stock over 1500 repeatable yarns, many used for braid and tassel making. Plain and mercerised cottons, linens, cotton/linens, wools, viscose rayons, chenilles and fancy yarns in a large range of fast dyed colours. Send for details of our shade cards collections. Call us on 0161 437 3295. |
| Handweavers Studio http://handweavers.co.uk |
| The Handweavers Studio is a treasure trove for weavers, spinners, felters, braiders, tassel-makers, dyers, embroiderers, and anyone involved in textile arts and crafts. As well as stocking an extraordinary range of yarns and fibres - most of which are available in very small quantities, as little as 25gms. You will find equipment, books and magazines covering a wide variety of textile arts, crafts and techniques. There is also an extensive programme of workshops and classes, from introductory level to specialist techiques. |
| Julie Hedges http://www.juliehedges.co.uk |
| Julie teaches workshops in Ply-Splitting and Decorative Twisted Cords to groups throughout the UK and gives talks on her research into Ply-Splitting and her study visits to India. She suppliers her book "Ply-Split braiding, An Introduction to designs in Single Course Oblique Twining". She welcomes commissions for her Ply-Split jewellery and sculptures. |
| Carol James http://www.sashweaver.ca |
| Carol offers fingerweaving instruction. Her book, "Fingerweaving Unravelled" is available in English and French. |
| The Lucet Company http://www.thelucet.co.uk |
| Run by Ziggy Rytka, this company supplies lucets, lucet kits, books and an instructional DVD on advanced luceting techniques. |
| Ruth MacGregor http://www.spinningforth.com |
| This site is mostly handspinning. It's also about fibre, and yarn structures, and interesting things to do with yarn. The site provides online articles about techniques, tools and other tidbits. Ruth supplies semi-rigid heddles, a booklet entitled "Learn to Spin Silk" and also supplies learning spindles. |
| Jennie Parry jennieparry@braidsociety.com |
| Jennie is the sole distributor of the Apollo Cord Winder. This 4 hook winder enables you to make your own unique cords. It is easy to use, durable, & includes instructions. Jennie has published her own book "Textures & Edges for Takadai Braids". Supplier of European Loop Braiding series by Noémi Speiser, Joy Boutrup and others, and Loop Manipulation Basic Techniques by Noémi Speiser. |
| Steve Pretty http://www.kumidai.co.uk |
| Steve makes a range of equipment for braiding, including takadai and karakumidai. Steve also sells plans for karakumidai |
| Freda Robinson http://www.arabesquebraids.co.uk |
| My site includes a variety of braiding kits suitable for 5 - 95 yr old. Remember the Knitting Nancy ? Visit my site to see Up market necklaces using this simple tool. |
| Selvedge Magazine http://www.selvedge.org |
| Directed towards an international, discerning audience, Selvedge covers fine textiles in every context: fine art, interiors, fashion, travel and shopping. |
| Soper Lane www.takvbowes.co.uk |
| Tak v bowes departed is an in-depth study of Article 4, British Library Manuscript Harley 2320. This treatise, which dates to the fifteenth century, gives instructions for making forty different braids of varying complexity. The book offers basic instruction in loop braiding and then offers modern english instructions for all the braids features in the Harley manuscript. |
| Otfried Staudigel www.tablet-weaving.com |
| Author of "Tablet Weaving Magic" and "Woven Images - Unravelled Motifs", which document hundreds of tablet woven motifs from countries around the world. |
| Texere Yarns http://www.texereyarns.co.uk |
| Brilliant supplier of many types of yarns suitable for braid making and other textile crafts. |
| Uppingham Yarns http://www.wools.co.uk |
| A comprehensive, competitively priced range of yarn and fibre available for many crafts, including knitting, embroidery, weaving, braiding, spinning etc. Warehouse to visit, mail order department and online shop on website. |
| Westhope College http://www.westhope.org.uk |
| Creative craft courses at every level, including a wide range of City & Guilds craft and design courses. The college is available for hire as a venue at weekends to craft groups and guilds. |
| Michael Williams http://www.michael-williams-wood.co.uk |
| Michael Williams - wood turner and fine woodworker. Hand made wooden articles for textile crafts, intended for a lifetimes use: spindles (round or square whorl, navajo, akha for short fibres), inkle looms, lucets, marudai, shuttles, boards and tablets for tablet weaving, Tunisian crochet hooks, nostepinnes, niddy noddies, threaders, beading frames, tapestry frames, bobbins etc. I can match spinning wheelbobbins for unusual or old spinning wheels. If you have a favourite wooden tool you would like copying or adapting, or an idea for an improved design, contact me for a quote. |
| Yeoman Yarns www.yeoman-yarns.co.uk |
| Yeoman Yarns offer a wide range of yarns that will be of interest to braiders. |