Designer Spotlight Blog Post – Marcy Petrini
It’s time for another Designer Spotlight! Marcy Petrini is a well-known figure in the weaving world, and we are delighted to have her share some personal stories with you! Meet the designer Marcy Petrini! Tell Us About Yourself I weave scarves and shawls to wear or exhibits. I weave a lot of samples for my […]
Weaving the Tessellation Triangles Towels–Blog Post
Michele fell in love with Sheila O’Hara’s elegant Tessellating Triangles Towels as shown in Handwoven Magazine’s Spring 2024 issue. As Michele jumped right into the weaving, she realized that she needed a different way of thinking about how to weave the towels than what was in the magazine. Here are Michele’s insights into how she […]
Tantalizing Tessellation Triangles Towels–Blog Post
Michele went down a rabbit hole when she saw and loved Sheila O’Hara’s Tessellating Triangles Towels in person. She had so much fun we decided to share her journey – and put together a collection of yarn so you can weave these gorgeous towels yourself. By Michele B. Getting back together in person at shows […]
Violet the Crocheted Unicorn! – Blog Post
Meet Violet, the cutest unicorn made entirely from Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarns! Once again, Amber has been crocheting and wants to share what she made. By Amber H. Get ready to see the cutest unicorn made with Tubular Spectrum™ yarns! Violet stands about 5″ tall and is made with 3/2 Tubular Spectrum™ yarn. I […]
Skinny and Steel–Blog Post
Katzy took Denise Kovnat’s class at IWC Conference in Logan, Utah and got to see fabrics woven with stainless steel yarns. What? Weaving with stainless steel? That sounds crazy! But really, these are thin yarns: two-ply with a thin stainless-steel wire plied with a silk or cotton strand. The thicker the yarn, the thicker the […]
What is a Color Gamp? Blog Post
We have been weaving gamps for a long time, and we love to answer to the question “What is a gamp?”. A color gamp is a cloth that contains a set of color stripes in the warp that are crossed by the same set of color stripes in the weft. The resulting fabric will show […]
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 […]
Have you tried EZ-Spin cotton? – Blog Post
Ready to Spin? We are thrilled to announce that we are now the exclusive suppliers of EZ-spin cotton! Lura Moore and Jill Holbrook, the owners of Brookmoore Creations have passed the cotton spinning torch to us at Lunatic Fringe Yarns. The EZ-Spin cotton sliver is a wonderful complement to our own American Maid™ Cotton yarns. […]
Lunar Year of the Rabbit – Blog Post
Welcome to the Lunar Year of the Water Rabbit!! In the Lunar Calendar, this is the year of the Water Rabbit. Bunnies Galore! It feels a bit full circle to have the rabbit again in our universe. We began creating bunnies with handwoven cloth back in 2019. Michele had the wonderful fortune of working with […]
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 […]
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