With Style and Grace! An Awesome Dishcloth!
After we published the post about Katzy’s search for the perfect washcloth, Amber came into the shop with her version of the perfect crocheted washcloth! Wow! Amber knocked all our socks off! She used the 4-ply naturally colored American Maid ™ yarn that we are selling as a closeout yarn and combined it with our […]
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Searching for the Perfect Knitted Washcloth
Washcloths are useful. And most of us make washcloths in some way. We knit, we crochet, we weave, we make washcloths out of all kinds of things. As Lunatics, we love our American Maid™ woven washcloths, and our quick and easy Weekend washcloths. But sometimes we are on the go and want to take our […]
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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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Happy Valentines Day! – Blog Post
Weaving pickup on an inkle loom takes some patience and has a bit of a learning curve. Missy has been learning to weave on the inkle loom over the past year, and this is the first pickup pattern she selected. Missy’s muse for this pattern is on page 99 in Anne Dixon’s book: The Weaver’s […]
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Fusing Thermoplastic Yarns–by Giovanna Imperia
What are thermoplastic yarns? While polyester is often classified as a thermoplastic, I tend to separate it from a class of industrial materials where high heat is used to fuse yarns into a solid, stable fabric that retains the original structure (typically woven). In this category, there are a variety of types of thermoplastic yarns […]
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Plying Lesson: Make Your Fabrics Soar!
Fringe can add an extra style element to your garments, handbags, scarves or just about anything that needs a little extra zing! Plus, when you twist or ply the fringe, the fringe will be more durable and look nice for a long time, even with many washings of your handwoven treasures. We use plied fringe […]
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Interesting Yarns-Blog Post
We had a wonderful time with Giovanna Imperia at her Saturday Seminar on Non-traditional Materials. She talked about some of the amazing and interesting yarns in our new GevolveYarn Line and we learned SOOOO much. We hope you did too! Giovanna shared lots of her incredible samples made from some of these unique yarns and […]
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Weaving with Lyte Hemp Yarns
We are having so much fun playing with the new Lyte Hemp. Warps are going on and flying off our looms as we test drive this fabulous new product! We now know that both the Lyte BOLD and Lyte FINE work beautifully in the warp. Both are incredibly strong yarns and once the fabrics are […]
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Spring is in the air!
Hyacinths, sunshine, birdsong, oh my! Spring is on the way! Let the bright colors evoke the newness of the season, warming up the earth and melting away the gloom of winter. Spring is so full of hope and the promise of things to come! What shall we weave to bring spring into our lives? Pictured […]
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