Wikipedia:WikiProject Textile Arts

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[edit] About us

This project aims to better organize information in articles related to Textile arts on Wikipedia. A major problem is organizing the vast amount of information that has been and continues to be collected. A primary goal of this project is to collect and organize this information and make it accessible to everyone, regardless of their skill level.

If you would like to help, feel free to add yourself to the list of participants, or just look over the How you can help section below. Also of interest is the Textile Arts Portal associated with this project.

[edit] Concrete goals

  • Create and perfect articles on the fundamental topics in textile arts, with a particular focus on subjects that are most commonly taught. The perfect article is complete, but accessible to a secondary school student.
  • Create a standard system for presenting the information about the textile arts.

[edit] Articles Articles covered by this WikiProject

WikiProject Textile Arts articles

[edit] How you can help

Armenian needle-lace.
Armenian needle-lace.

Look for something to do? Make an article, make a stub, assess an article and, above all, have fun! :)

[edit] Improve articles

  • The article worklist contains a list of all of the articles that have been identified as being of top importance to the project. Most of these articles are easy to improve and assistance is welcome.
  • Contribute to a team effort by expanding one of our stubs. If it grows to five times its original length within five days' time the improvement may qualify for Wikipedia's front page at Template:Did you know and raise the visibility of our project.
  • Add a picture to one of our articles needing photos.

[edit] Categorize the many Textile-related articles

[edit] Direct our focus

  • Join in discussing proposals, so that we can take our ideas off the drawing board and put them into action. Go there, choose a proposal, read it and add your two cents!
  • The Textile Arts Portal always needs to be maintained!

[edit] Improve the project itself

  • Assist in public relations and outreach by recruiting editors interested in all forms of textile arts to contribute to Wikipedia.
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WikiProject Textile Arts

Representative Textile Arts Illustration
Project standards
Portal: Portal:Textile Arts Textile Arts Portal
Shortcuts: WP:TA, WP:WPTA
Project template: {{WikiProject Textile Arts}}
Collaboration of the Month: Current TA COTM
Member userbox: {{User Textile Arts}}
Other userboxes Textile Arts userboxes
Navigational templates: TA Nav Templates
Awards: {{Cross-stitched Barnstar}}
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WikiProject Fashion
WikiProject Knots
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Textile Arts
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 1 1
Good article GA 1 2 1 4
B 12 10 11 4 14 51
Start 12 41 68 30 47 198
Stub 4 32 62 110 52 260
List 1 1 2
Assessed 28 84 145 144 115 516
Unassessed 45 45
Total 28 84 145 144 160 561
Featured Articles in the Textile Arts
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[edit] Participants

Here is a list of Textile Arts Wikiproject members, together with some of their interests. To join the group, please add yourself to the list of participants, ideally in alphabetical order.

  Name  Talk page   Special interests
Alizera Talk The only textile arts I'm really into is crocheting. One of these days I'll get around to teaching myself to knit, but that time isn't here yet. :P I'm still a bit new to Wikipedia so bear with me.
AnnaKucsma Talk Mostly, I knit. I'm mostly self-taught, to a skill level somewhere in the vicinity of "intermediate" (but exactly where is debatable). I quilt a little, too, but am fully self-taught here and probably don't have a lot to say that hasn't already been said. And I'm teaching myself to spin.
Bards Talk Interested in all forms of clothing, fashion, textiles and crafts. Amateur designer and DIY maker of things, often hi-tech. I like to restructure messy categories, as a way of learning.
Bluevalkyrie Talk I'm a computer geek who also happens to sew. I enjoy complicated sewing patterns since sewing is sort of like a puzzle for me, and hard puzzles are more fun. I'm here since I found the articles on sewing to be lacking, and while I'm not a professional seamstress by any means I do enjoy it as a hobby.
blahedo Talk A good friend taught me to knit during Spring Break in 2003, and I've been knitting ever since. More recently I've learned how to crochet. I've been able to sew for some time—including making a peasant shirt entirely by hand—but more for utilitarian purposes than as a hobby.
BlindEagle Talk I can knit, crochet and am interested in learning to spin. I needle and wet felt albeit quite poorly. My main interest is in exotic raw fiber usage like Llama and such.
Cirt Talk Stuff related to Portal:Textile Arts.
comfort80 Talk I can Crochet. I'm not a beginner, but not quite advanced yet, but I CAN read a Pattern!! I'd like to help in any way i can. :)
Cparkhill1730 Talk For a number of years I have been interested in, and have practiced, various textile arts including tablet (or card) weaving, historical costuming, sewing, needle-tatted and bobbin lace-making and crochet. Up until recently, I maintained Web pages that were devoted to tablet weaving until I switched service providers. In the interest of continuing to make this information available I decided to post it on Wikipedia.
Dfred Talk My primary interest is in knotting, but I have done a bit of utilitarian sewing while mending clothing and creating custom items for outdoor pursuits. I have experimented with ropemaking and am interested in learning more about spinning. For the last several months I have been attempting to kickstart WikiProject Knots.
Durova Talk So far, started the embroidery hoop article and added references to crochet. Textile arts could use help so I'll pitch in.
DroEsperanto Talk I'm a knitter and have done a little bit of weaving and sewing in the past. I especially enjoy cabling.
Eyrian Talk Experimented with bobbin lace, tablet weaving, etc. Capable of making diagrams.
Geoff Plourde Talk
Julie E. Talk Bobbin lacer; member of Arachne lace list, Lacemakers of Puget Sound. I don't have lots of time during the (US) school year, but will look in as I can. I started the Lace project. I think it will take time to gather interest.
Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles Talk I am a professional historian and can help on articles dealing with the history of textiles.
Loggie Talk Mainly I spin yarn and knit socks, though I crochet, weave and sew as well. My current big project is weaving cloth out of yarn I've spun, using a basic twill.
Lynda Talk Hi. I've been knitting for over 30 years and have recently learnt to crochet. I've also worked on bobbin lace and am learning needle lace. I sew, embroider, cross-stitch. I'd like to help out where I can and I'm particularly interested in the Irish Fibre Arts, Irish-style knitting and lace making.
MegaMom Talk I make a lot of my children's clothing by hand, particularly "fancy" dresses, which I love to design! Needlework has been my hobby since childhood. Although I knit and crochet from time to time, I prefer embroidery and needlepoint. As I've gotten older and my eyes aren't what they used to be so I've taken up Bargello and working with large mesh plastic canvas making 3-D baskets and ornaments. I fear my petit point days are over! I have also created several wax batiks and done a bit of leather work in my day. Anyway, it's a pleasure to join you all!
Ornith Talk New to writing for Wikipedia, but I'll help as best I can. Built goldwork (embroidery) just the other day because I was astonished it didn't exist, which is how I got pulled into this project. I work as an apprentice vestment maker/restorer, and I also design and sew more usual clothing and do silk-shading and goldwork embroidery. I've done a little knitting, a little weaving, a little batik dyeing, a little leatherwork, and a little costume design, and I'm hoping to learn corsetry and crewelwork in the near future as well.
PKM Talk My interests are history of clothing and embroidery. I have access to good reference materials and I can find/add images.
Willow Talk My first love is knitting, but I also sew, spin, crochet and design clothes. I haven't learned weaving yet, but I hope that you'll teach me! I like smiley faces a lot, too. ;)
Yarn.wench Talk knit,crochet,stitch,felt... if it can be done with natural fibre, i will try it.
User:Next person Talk Tell us about yourself!