Tradition in evolution.

Some of my favorite books are long out of print. If your local bookstore or favorite fiber art supplier can't get an out-of-print title, try searching online or borrowing it through interlibrary loan.

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• New Age Looping: A Handbook for Fiber Artists by Donna Kallner
  
• Aboriginal String Bags by Alan J. West
  
• Needle Lace; Techniques & Inspirations by Jill Nordfors Clark.
  
• Whadoo Tehmi: Long-Ago People's Packsack; Dene Babiche Bags: Tradition and Revival by Suzan Marie & Judy Thompson
  
• Armenian Needlelace and Embroidery by Alice Odian Kasparian. Fascinating history.
  
• Down East Netting: A History and How-To of Netmaking by Barbara M. Morton
  
• Make Nets: Here's How by H.T. Ludgate
  
• African Fabric Crafts: Sources of African Design & Technique by Esther Warner Dendel. Wonderful stories.
  
• The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework by Therese de Dillmont.
  
• The Maker's Hand: A Close Look at Textile Structures by Peter Collingwood.
  
• In Celebration of the Curious Mind by Nora Rogers & Martha Stanley, editors.
  
• Primitive Scandinavian Textiles in Knotless Netting by Odd Nordland
  
• The Technique of Needlepoint Lace by Nenia Lovesey.
  
• The Technique of Filet Lace by Pauline Knight
  
• Earth Basketry by Osma Gallinger Tod.
  
• The Techniques of Basketry by Virginia Harvey
  
• The Crochet Workbook by Sylvia Cosh & James Walters and Freeform Crochet and beyond by Renate Kirkpatrick. While these are crochet books, they will inspire anyone with an interest in freeform looping.