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 in Canada and soon also in the UK . |
| Button Lady http://www.thebuttonlady.co.uk |
| Buttons and clasps in natural materials. Large range of button shapes for embellishment. Charms, tea towels, leather skins and pieces. Agent for Cash's labels and address labels. Catalogue £1.50 refundable on orders of £5 or over. |
| Braidershand (Janis and Dave Saunders) http://www.braidershand.com |
| Braidershand are makers of quality hard maple Japanese kumihimo stands, which easily break down for transport or storage. We also make our own tama and offer our customers books, jewellery clasps, software, DVD instruction, kumihimo disks and plates, ribbon, kumihimo silk, synthetic and metallic threads for braiding. |
| 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. 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. |
| 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 |
| The Art of textiles and colour - an online shop for textile dyes & paints, fabrics, handmade papers, fibres and yarns plus equipment for batik, spinning, weaving and more. |
| 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 |
| Teaching by arrangement of Japanese Kumihimo and interlacing (fingerweaving). Jewellery findings for braid ends and fastenings; books on braiding, temari, knotting; Olympus String II cord maker; kumihimo disc and plate kits. |
| Handweavers Studio http://handweaversstudio.co.uk |
| Spinning, weaving, feltmaking supplies and tuition. Wide range of fibres, fleece, yarns, powdered dyes, equipment and books. Weekend courses in weaving, spinning, felting and tapestry weaving. Mail order and personal callers welcome. |
| 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 publishes the book 'Loop-Manipulation Braiding Basic Instructions' by Noémi Speiser and also her own book 'Textures & Edges for Takadai Braids'. |
| 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. |
| Texere Yarns http://www.texereyarns.co.uk |
| Creative yarns for creative people. |
| 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. |
| Yeoman Yarns www.yeoman-yarns.co.uk |
| Yeoman Yarns offer a wide range of yarns that will be of interest to braiders. |