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Beinschnitzer

Interesting site with information on medieval bone carving.
http://www.beinschnitzer.de/ (Website in German only.)

Bernhard's Nadelbinden

Nice page on needle-binding, also including an illustrated beginner's course.
http://www.nadelbinden.de.vu/

Flinkhand

Website focussing on textile crafts of the Middle Ages and their historical background.
http://www.flinkhand.de/ (Website in German only)

Guntram's Tabletweaving Page

Home of Guntram's Tabletweaving Thingy (GTT), an application program for pattern design. The pages also have a collection of patterns, some of which are historical, and a couple of articles on tablet weaving.
http://www.guntram.co.za/tabletweaving/

Jernmagerens værksted

Micheal Schmidt Nissen has experimented with the art of melting iron from ore using techniques from the Iron Age and Viking Age since 1995. This site describes the techniques and the equipment used as well as the results of his experiments, which mostly took place at Ribe Vikingcenter, Denmark.
http://www.jernmager.dk/ (Website in Danish only)

Kleines Lexikon der Färbepflanzen

A site describing various plants and historic methods for dyeing textile fabrics.
http://www.digitalefolien.de/biologie/pflanzen/faerbe/faerbe.html (Website in German only)

Nadelbinden

A collection of information on needle binding.
http://www.nadelbindung.de/ (Website in German only)

On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics

The On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics contains material on weaving, basketry, lace, and related subjects. Most documents are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The documents on this site come from a variety of sources. Most are digital facsimilies of paper documents created by scanning or, in some cases, digital photography. Some documents were written for online publication. Other documents were obtained from the Web and other sources.
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/

Peter Collingwood

Homepage of Peter Collingwood, well-known author and expert on tablet weaving and sprang.
http://www.petercollingwood.co.uk/

Phiala's String Page

Homepage of an SCA member with quite some information on Viking age textile techniques and tools.
http://www.stringpage.com/

Smedning.dk

Danish site on Iron Age and Viking Age smithing.
http://www.smedning.dk/ (Website in Danish only)

The Loomy Bin

The site provides design tools and patterns for handweavers which can be used over the internet or (in case of tablet weaving) installed on the local computer.
http://www.theloomybin.com/

Vikingbronze

A very informative page dealing with ancient metalcraft and research mainly from a reconstructional and experimental basis. It provides texts, resources and links related to the archaeology of ancient and early historic metalcrafts.
http://web.comhem.se/vikingbronze/

Weavershand

An information page for weavers. Specifically for those interested in Tablet Weaving, Kumihimo, and Ply-splitting.
http://www.weavershand.com/

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