Pantone Color of the Year for 2021
Pantone just released their color of the year for 2021! And it is not just one, but TWO colors: Illuminating (13-0677 TCX, 106 C) and Ultimate Gray (17-5104 TCX, Cool Gray 7 C). This year’s choice of color of the year comes with a message of hope and strength from the company, Pantone: “As people […]
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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 […]
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Lunatics LOVE Color!
We have been on a long journey discovering color in our own way, and this week we are excited to participate with many of our customers and friends in the Discovering Color Weave Along with Tien Chui and Janet Dawson. Let’s play with ALL the Tubular Spectrum colors! With our usual Lunatic enthusiasm, we are […]
READ MORESpinning and Weaving Week 2020
We are so excited about Spinning and Weaving Week! It is a wonderful chance to learn something new, try out a new product or just connect with other people who love to do what you do! Throughout the week we are offering specials and discounts throughout our website. Here is a list of our specials: […]
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What is the Difference Between Worsted and Woolen Spun Yarns?
As we start to think about Fall, we are gazing at our lovely wool yarn selection from Jagger Spun. We received this information from our friends at Jagger Spun, and we wanted to share! What’s the difference between worsted and woolen spun yarns? It’s all in the preparation of the fiber. All Jagger Spun yarns […]
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Shrinking Your Draft – Point Twill and more
So now that we did the straight twill draft in the last post, what about a more complicated draft? Let’s go through the same steps with point twill: Originally the draft called for: 42 ends of each of 20 colors for a total of 840 ends sett at 24 epi: this is 35.1” wide in […]
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Shrinking Your Draft-Straight Twill
Remember when Alice went down the rabbit hole and tried multiple ways to make herself grow bigger and smaller? Wouldn’t it be grand if we too could make our projects or looms grow larger or smaller? We often are asked how to weave a kit or project when the loom you have is not wide […]
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Bunnies Multiply
April the Bunny has multiplied. Her creation “hatched” a whole family of Lunatic Bunnies. Because we are Lunatics and do crazy things, and we wanted to check how our pattern instructions worked, we have been making bunnies using commercial fabric. We found that 2 yards of 42” wide flannel fabric is enough to make 3 […]
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Springtime Hoppenings
We are so fortunate to be part of an amazing artistic community of weavers. Lunatic Fringe Yarn’s latest kit (Hoppy Spring–Bunny and Towels) is the perfect example of weavers/artists feeding one another’s creative fires. After the fun that we had with the Coral Challenge and the Sweetheart Towels, we were thinking of another seasonally themed […]
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