Crafts

Sites

Home Improvement Collection

Home improvement articles for the hobbyists and the professional alike. Coverage includes architectural techniques, tool and material selection, and much more.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.

Artisan Crafts

Deviant Art is one of the biggest art communitis on the web. The Artisan Crafts section includes basketry, ceramics, costume, papercraft, glass, leather, metal and wood work, needlework, textiles and more.

Craftster

Craftster is an online community where people share hip, off-beat, crafty DIY (do it yourself) projects.

CraftZine

This site has how-tos, often as video and/or pdf of how to make all kinds of crafty things from hypertufa to knitting.

Creative fibre : New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society

domiKNITrix

Domiknitrix is a knitting website by author Jennifer Stafford

Etsy

American craft marketplace website. Also has active communities for crafters.

Felt

New Zealand based online outlet dedicated to all things handmade.

Fingers Auckland

Contemporary jewellery gallery.

Form Gallery

Hand Embroidery Tutorials

Great collection of visual examples of different embroidery stitches.

Handknitting Association of Iceland

Official site with details of Icelandic yarns, including the famous lopi sweater, patterns and more

Instructables

A site where people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others. Instructional videos and slideshows are included for individual projects. The range of craft projects is amazing.

Knitting Help

Good example of a knitting website with online videos demonstrating various techniques, also a range of free patterns and a knitters forum.

Linda Hendrickson Tablet Weaving and Ply-Split Braiding

Tablet weaving and ply-split braiding.

MakeZine

Technology projects from trebuchets to bicycles – how to make all kinds of stuff presented as videos and/or pdf.

National Association of Wood Workers

The National Association of Woodworkers NZ Incorporated brings together both amateur and professional people from all over New Zealand who are skilled in working with wood.

New Zealand Floral Art Society

Encourages floral design

New Zealand Society of Potters

Aim is to encourage, foster and promote the creativity, excellence and appreciation of ceramics within New Zealand and overseas.

Ravelry

Ravelry is a free knit and crochet community.

Sarah Goslee's fibre arts site

Huge range of fibre arts - spinning, weaving and felting plus information about Viking fibre techniques

Vogue knitting

Vogue knitting - previews the contents of the Vogue Knitting magazine. Also includes free patterns and how to information plus lots of inspiration.

Weavershand

An information page for weavers! Specifically for those interested in Tablet Weaving, Kumihimo, and Ply-splitting, but peruse the links if your interests lie elsewhere.