Suppliers
This contact information is provided in good faith. The Braid Society does not necessarily recommend the individuals or organisations listed here.
| Anneliese Bläse 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 www.shirleyberlin.com |
| Shirley is passionate about narrow wares - teaching and
writing about them, making them and preparing kits so that others can make
them too. Shirley and Peter make marudais and bobbins in workshops in Canada and the UK. |
| Dave Budd www.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 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) 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, kumihimo disk and plate, kits, books on kumihimo, general braiding, loop manipulation and ply-splitting. |
| Carey Company 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. |
| Louise French, Tools for Ply-Split Braiding www.louisefrench.com |
| Supplier of Bradshaw Cord Winders and Gripfid tools of our improved design for Ply-Split Braiding. Three standard sizes delivered by airmail from stock, and special lengths and diameters via custom order. No charge for P&P to the UK. |
| George Weil and Sons Ltd www.georgeweil.com |
| A large selection of traditional craft materials and equipment for weavers, spinners and dyers. |
| 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 www.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 www.juliehedges.co.uk |
| Julie teaches workshops in Ply-Splitting and decorative twisted cords and gives talks on her research into Ply-Splitting and her study visits to India. She suppliers her books "Ply-Split braiding, An Introduction to designs in Single Course Oblique Twining" and "Ply-Split Braiding, Further Techniques". She welcomes commissions for her Ply-Split accessories and sculptures. |
| Giovanna Imperia www.giovannaimperia.com |
| Unusual yarns from Italy and Japan, including metallics, polyurethane coated yarns, wool blends dyed with natural dyes, wide range of active yarns and wire. Also carry kumihimo silk and exclusive karakumi silk. |
| Carol James www.sashweaver.ca |
| Carol James offers classes in fingerweaving and sprang. She is the author of the book Fingerweaving Untangled, available in English and in French as Le Fléché Démêlé. |
| The Lucet Company www.thelucet.co.uk |
| Run by Ziggy Rytka, this company supplies lucets, lucet kits, books and an instructional DVD on advanced luceting techniques. |
| SpinningForth.com www.spinningforth.com |
| Though this website's main focus is handspinning, it's also about fibre, yarn structures, braids and narrow weavings. The site provides online articles about techniques, tools and materials. Ruth supplies semi-rigid heddles, tablet-weaving kits, booklets, hand-dyed silk fibres and learning spindles. |
| The Old Kennels www.theoldkennels.co.uk |
| Situated in the heart of the beautiful Blackdown Hills, The Old Kennels offer short courses in a variety of arts and skills tutored by local, national and international artisans. Subjects include; Glass bead making, silver smithing, textiles, wood, metal, fibre, clay, plant fibres, willow, cane and stone.The Old Kennels has been graded as a Green Tourism Gold Standard Establishment and beautiful four star bed and breakfast accommodation is available situated above the studio near the house, with its own lounge/kitchenette and roof terrace. |
| 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. |
| PitstopX Jewellery www.pitstopx.co.uk |
| Jewellery making tuition and parties in Central London. Learn to make your own fabulous jewellery with regular courses at my home in a variety of techniques including: braiding, knotting, stitched beadwork, stringing, silver clay and mode. Individual tuition also arranged to suit your needs and interests. I teach Kumihimo on a disk for beginners, as well as various single element braids and knotting techniques which create great effects for use in jewellery with or without beads. Silver clay can be used to create your own beads for hanging on braids, or for creating unique end caps for braids. |
| Steve Pretty www.kumidai.co.uk |
| Steve makes a range of equipment for braiding, including takadai and karakumidai. Steve also sells plans for karakumidai |
| Freda Robinson 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 www.selvedge.org |
| Directed towards an international, discerning audience, Selvedge covers fine textiles in every context: fine art, interiors, fashion, travel and shopping. |
| 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 www.texere-yarns.co.uk |
| Brilliant supplier of many types of yarns suitable for braid making and other textile crafts. |
| Tulsi Travel www.tulsi.uk.com |
| Specialists in craft and textile study tours to the Indian subcontinent. |
| Uppingham Yarns www.wools.co.uk |
| A large range of yarns and fibres in many colours and types, suitable for many craft types. Warehouse, mail order and on line shop available. |
| Westhope College 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. |
| Yeoman Yarns www.yeoman-yarns.co.uk |
| Yeoman Yarns Ltd - mail order suppliers of machine - hand knitting - crochet yarns. 100% cottons / mixes, mercerised / soft matt, 100% pure wools and wool acrylic, felting wool 1ply. Fancies, metallics, acrylics, mohairs. Shade cards available. Mill shop now open. Please call 0116 2404464 to arrange your visit. |