Bah Humbug – Red and Green do not Make Me Feel Festive! – Blog Post
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 […]
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 […]
Dark Side of the Moon – Blog Post
Hear the softly spoken magic spells. Playtime 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 at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Viva Magenta! Pantone Color of 2023! – Blog Post
The draft shown here uses our Tubular Spectrum™ yarns in 10 Red Purple, Sky Blue, Violet, Coral, Very Light Gray and Bleached White. This draft is adapted from our Toasty Turned Tacquete Cowls. We have a printable version of this draft if you would like to print it out. Click here. Pantone has released […]
Rippling Along – Blog Post
We LOVE the Ripple Scarf by Denise Kovnat in the Nov/Dec 2022 issue of Handwoven. In part, because it uses our beautiful 20/2 mercerized cotton yarn and the exciting active Linen Crepe yarn. 20/2 mercerized cotton yarn is a favored child of mine and combining it with a yarn from the GevolveYarns is a […]
Random Acts for Napkins – Blog Post
Sometimes we all need a quick, gratifying project to fill the need to create beauty and have something functional. Especially a project that fits the needs of our family. Katzy became a bit obsessed about clearing out our bobbin drawers to regain some empty bobbins and created some fun napkins along the way. Let her […]