Shrink Me! Working with Elastic Yarns. Blog Post.
When we acquired the GevolveYarns collection, we were astonished by the variety of yarns. Thick and thin, smooth and bumpy, yarns made from paper, and yarns made from silk. And then there were the active yarns. Crepes, stainless steel yarns, yarns that could be heat set and elastic yarns. Elastic yarns are a specialized type […]
Magic Threads – Blog Post
Books. Books. Who doesn’t love a good book? Books can be a source of comfort, inspiration, or a window into new worlds we haven’t explored yet. We have Thread Magic, Weaving for Shape and Texture by Lotte Dalgaard and Paulette Adam back in stock, and Katzy was reading it the other day and wanted to […]
A Whole Lot of Counting Going On! – Blog Post
Weavers are always counting. Counting warp ends as we wind our warps. Recounting those warp threads, heddles and dents as we prepare our looms for weaving. And counting as we weave, passing the shuttle from one side to another. Years ago, when we first started stocking the color Coral in our Tubular Spectrum™ line of […]
Mocha Mousse! Pantone Color of 2025! – Blog Post
Pantone has released their color of the year for 2025! This coming year’s selection is a color from Pantone, called Mocha Mousse. Warm and comforting the color brings hot chocolate, thick mocha coffee and all kinds of indulgences to mind! According to Pantone, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse is a classic color with humble and grounded […]
Oh Baby, Baby – Blog Post
One of the best things about being a maker is creating things for the people in our lives. And is there anything better than creating something to celebrate a new human being? We received an email request for advice on making a summer weight baby blanket. We thought it would be fun to share Michele’s […]
Skinny Yarns and Small Projects – Blog Post
Alan Luhring has been weaving fine threads for many years. He loves to weave small overshot patterns using skinny silk and cotton yarns. In the January/February 2015 issue of Handwoven Magazine, he talked about using those skinny yarns to make notecards. If you don’t have the magazine, click here for an online version. We wanted […]
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 […]
Yarn of Many Colors -Blog Post
Variegated yarns. They are delightful to look at, but what do you do with them? We have been asked this question over the years, and Katzy took a dive into what to do with them and has a few thoughts. Lovely, variegated yarns. by Katzy Luhring Maurice Brassard has come out with amazing colors of […]
With Style and Grace! An Awesome Dishcloth!–Blog Post
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 […]
Searching for the Perfect Knitted Washcloth–Blog Post
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 […]