Can I Make a Project With a Different Yarn?-Blog Post
One of our frequently asked questions is “How do I make a project with a different yarn?” Michele loves the Seaside towel that is made with 8/2 unmercerized cotton yarn. She would like to make them with the 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarns. Let’s follow her journey to convert the Seaside Towel, in the […]
Making a Soft and Cuddly Evergreen Scarf-Blog Post
We love scarves on the Rigid Heddle Loom. Amber wanted to make a scarf using 8/2 unmercerized Bleached White yarn that would be long enough to wrap around her neck and be versatile in how she wore it. And so, she designed her Evergreen Scarf. Let’s let her tell us all about it. By Amber […]
American Maid Sampler–Blog Post
We created our line of American Maid™ naturally colored yarns in 2011. My how time has flown! These soft, naturally colored cotton yarns are still one of our favorite yarns for towels, blankets, and clothing. Join us for a trip through the way-back machine as we look at what Katzy wrote in 2016 about weaving […]
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 […]
Starting and Stopping Colors in your Color Gamp–Split Plies – Blog Post
When you weave a color gamp, you weave weft stripes. And each time you start or stop weaving with one color and are ready for a new color, you have to deal with the weft ends. There are several techniques to do deal with all those weft ends, and one of these techniques is to […]
Weave a Shawlette in a Weekend
It got cold here in Idaho this past week, and we turned once again to our rigid heddle looms and the 3/8 GreenLine wool yarn. GreenLine wool is a 100% organic wool yarn dyed with GOTS certified dyes. The 3/8 size makes for a quick weekend project, and it was just what we needed. Last […]
New Chameleon Scarf Blog Post
Weaving a project always leads to plenty of “what if” questions. After weaving the blue-green Chameleon scarf, we started thinking about what other colorways we could use. 3 strands of 10/2 mercerized cotton yarn holds lots of potential for color combinations. Grays came immediately to mind…gray scarves are classic, and we have some lovely shades of gray. We warped the […]