LOONatic Mug Rugs
Michele, the Traveling Lunatic, is spending much of her time in Southern California and getting to know the weaving communities there. This blog post and Mug Rug pattern comes from her: I am enjoying being part of the Southern California Handweavers Guild. The energy and creativity of the members is amazing, and mentors and eager […]
READ MOREBunnies Multiply
April the Bunny has multiplied. Her creation “hatched” a whole family of Lunatic Bunnies. Because we are Lunatics and do crazy things, and we wanted to check how our pattern instructions worked, we have been making bunnies using commercial fabric. We found that 2 yards of 42” wide flannel fabric is enough to make 3 […]
READ MORESpringtime Hoppenings
We are so fortunate to be part of an amazing artistic community of weavers. Lunatic Fringe Yarn’s latest kit (Hoppy Spring–Bunny and Towels) is the perfect example of weavers/artists feeding one another’s creative fires. After the fun that we had with the Coral Challenge and the Sweetheart Towels, we were thinking of another seasonally themed […]
READ MOREGreen Line Scarf or Cowl
We received a big box of Jaggerspun, Organic Green Line yarn on luscious 50 g skeins a couple weeks ago. All of us around the Lunatic world were brimming with ideas of what to do with this lovely yarn and what colors we would we weave first. The race to the loom was on! Happily, […]
READ MOREKnitting Yarns vs Weaving Yarns
Which of our yarns can you use for knitting, and how do the yarns compare with the standard knitting terms such as Sport Weight or DK weight? You certainly can knit with weaving yarn, and weave with knitting yarns, but a little knowledge about the yarns and their purpose will help your knitting and weaving […]
READ MOREA Whole Lot of Counting Going On!
Amid all the counting and recounting going on for the current elections, our thoughts turned to all the counting that is part of getting a warp on the loom, especially a warp with a complex threading. We are in the process of weaving the Coral Challenge First place prizes. Surprise, Surprise, they will be 8-shaft […]
READ MOREWaulk On…Waulking a Blanket Part 2
We recently recounted the beginnings of the wool blanket saga, and now for part two, the finale to the ultimate 2017 Blanket Creation story. Creating the wool blanket for the waulking at Florida Tropical Weavers Guild Conference was an exercise in flexibility. When part of the goal is to use up odds and ends of JaggerSpun 3/8 […]
READ MOREWaulking a Blanket…Part 1
It seemed like a good idea at the time… Melissa Weaver Dunning will be teaching Tartan Weaving at the Florida Tropical Weavers Guild Conference at Lake Yale, Florida over St. Patrick’s weekend in March (16-19). FTWG asked if we could arrange for her to do a program of her ‘Old Songs from Ireland, Scotland and […]
READ MOREThe Incredible Randall Darwall
This weekend we learned that Randall Darwall, an icon in the weaving world, has left us. We are heartbroken and yet so very thankful that we have had the privilege of knowing and spending time with Randall. In the 20+ years we have been doing yarn shows, we often had the pleasure of spending time […]
READ MOREScarves from 5/2 Mercerized Cotton
As we were working on the gray Chameleon scarves, using 3 strands of 10/2 mercerized cotton yarn, it suddenly occurred to us that we already had the perfect yarn for a gray scale scarf. It was even foolishly apparent: we could use 5/2 yarn from our gray matter kit! Those yarns already have 5 shades of […]
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