Hobnobbin with Hemp Bobbins
We LOVE weaving with hemp and love the fabrics it produces. We have several kits that use a combination of hemp and cotton to produce amazing towel fabrics. Check out the Tidepool Treasures Towels, Splash! Towels, and Enchanted Windowpane towels for a taste of weaving with hemp and cotton yarns. Our Anni Alber’s Masters Towel […]
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Lunar Year of the Dragon- Blog Post
Welcome to the Lunar Year of the Wood Dragon!! In the Lunar Calendar, this is the year of the Wood Dragon. The Dragon is the strongest and most creative of the characters in the Chinese Zodiac – and it is the only mythical creature. The natural element of wood softens the dragon a bit and brings […]
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Peachfuzz! Pantone Color of 2024! – Blog Post
Pantone has released their color of the year for 2024! This coming year’s selection is a gentle color from Pantone, called Peach Fuzz. Pantone number 13-1023 Peach Fuzz captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. As they say on their website: “Pantone’s Peach Fuzz is a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit […]
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Bah Humbug – Red and Green do not Make Me Feel Festive!
We have constant discussions in the shop about color choices for projects. We have found that we all have our favorite colors, and we all have certain color combinations we like best. As we make kits, we take all of our opinions and try to appeal to a wide range of tastes. For years, we […]
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Party with Playing Cards – Blog Post
It’s December, and in the Northern Hemisphere, we are gearing up for winter. Snowflakes fly in the crisp air, trees are frosted with icy crystals, and the warm scents of cinnamon, maple syrup, and buttered toast are everywhere. And all the delicious indoor time is often filled with parties! Playing with color is an […]
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Dark Side of the Moon – Blog Post
Hear the softly spoken magic spells. Creative play is a necessary part of our creative lives. Sometimes it comes while we are working on other projects, during unexpected down times, and sometimes it is scheduled into our days. How ever that play time is structured, it often leads to wonderful projects that we didn’t anticipate […]
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Weaving the Tequila Sunrise Scarf – Blog Post
Learning to weave can be exciting, challenging and rewarding. All of us have been beginning weavers at the beginning of our weaving careers, and many of us have forgotten how fresh and exciting, and intimidating that experience can be. We Lunatics are fortunate to have some new, young weavers in the shop, and we wanted […]
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Double Rainbow on Zoom – Blog Post
For us here at Lunatic Fringe Yarns, one of the best parts of the COVID 19 pandemic was that Jennifer Moore approached us to host her Double Rainbow classes. A year or so before the pandemic, Jennifer had contacted us about providing kits for her students in the Double Rainbow classes that she was teaching […]
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How to make a lift plan! – Blog Post
“HELP!!!! I don’t have treadles!!!!!” If you have a direct tie-up loom or a table loom, you need to create a lift plan from the draft to know how to weave the fabric. A lift plan combines the tie up and treadling to tell you exactly which harnesses go up for each pick. It is […]
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Invisible Join for Repp Filler Yarn – Blog Post
Written by Michele Belson In the Metamorphic Placemat Kit, Cynthia Newman describes a nice way to begin and end 4 strands of 8/16 thick repp filler. We recently had a question about this technique and the picture in the kit, and we wanted to clarify and share this technique. Original Pictures Here is the original […]
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