It’s a Wrap…ANWG 2025 – Blog Post
Traveling to shows is one of our favorite things to do! Mingling with customers, showing off our products and samples, and attending conference events reenergizes our souls and sends us home with our creative juices flowing. This summer, 3 of the Lunatics and a whole trailer full of yarn and weaving equipment traveled to Yakima, […]
Big Fun at IWC – Blog Post
Summer is the season we Lunatics go out into the weaving world: to see long-time friends, make new friends and learn new things at regional Conferences. This summer, Michele made a quick trip to Albuquerque to enjoy some time at Intermountain Weavers Conference (IWC). As summer winds down and we find time to reflect on […]
Texsolv. Solving Textile Problems! – Blog Post
We recently posted about using Texsolv cord to make life easier on Countermarche looms. This brought up questions about what Texsolv cord is, where it came from and why you would want to use it. Let’s look a bit closer at the amazing invention known as Texsolv. As the name implies, Texsolv was invented to […]
Untangling a Countermarche Loom Tie-up – Blog Post
Texsolv cord is a fabulous invention. It is made from nylon cord and solves a myriad of textile problems. The cord has loops in it every inch so that you can poke itself through the hole to make a lark’s head knot to attach your apron rods (like in our Beam Me Up Scotties). Katzy […]
Designer Spotlight Blog Post – Jodi Ybarra
We here at Lunatic Fringe Yarns are honored to have been a part of the handweaving, spinning and fiber arts community for over 30 years. Over the years, we have met so many amazing people and watched our yarns go out into the world (even around the globe) to become wonderful cloth for garments, household […]
Clasped Warp? Challenge Accepted! – Blog Post
Trying new techniques can be fun. Perhaps it’s a little intimidating too. But there is so much joy when you complete that new thing! This spring we challenged ourselves to a Loonie Challenge. All of us made something with those yarns and we encouraged each other to try something that we have never done before. […]
In praise of Diane Mortensen and Not Using Floating Selvage Threads–Blog Post
We read with great sadness about Diane Mortensen’s passing after her own epic trip of a lifetime and a brief illness. She had successfully battled many health challenges but went on her own terms. There is a nice obituary about Diane in the Gulf Islands Driftwood online Magazine. Michele first met Diane at a Florida […]
Designer Spotlight Blog Post – Jenny Brown
Welcome back to our Designer Spotlight series. This week’s feature comes from Jenny Brown, a creative young designer from Wichita Kansas. Jenny is the powerhouse dyer behind the business 316 Dye Studio. She has an eye for color and design, and a passion for dyeing that we are excited to share with you. Please note […]
Designer Spotlight Blog Post – Cynthia Newman
Welcome back to our Designer Spotlight series. This week’s feature comes from Cynthia Newman, a delightful designer who lives and designs in Eastern Oregon. Among many other projects, Cynthia received Master Weaver certification from Handweavers Guild of America in 2018; completed work as a Look Development Textile Designer for the feature film Missing Link (she wove […]
Magic Threads – Blog Post
Books. Books. Who doesn’t love a good book? Books can be a source of comfort, inspiration, or a window into new worlds we haven’t explored yet. We have Thread Magic, Weaving for Shape and Texture by Lotte Dalgaard and Paulette Adam back in stock, and Katzy was reading it the other day and wanted to […]