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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fusing Thermoplastic Yarns–by Giovanna Imperia – Blog Post
Giovanna Imperia has been a master of creating interesting fabrics from interesting yarns. We convinced her to talk about a special kind of yarn: Thermoplastics. 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 […]
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 […]
Spring is in the air! Blog Post
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 […]