10/2 and 20/2 Mercerized Cotton Yarn – Tubular Spectrum
Tubular Spectrum™ yarns are 100% mercerized cotton yarns, available in 46 vivid, intense and very color fast colors. Ideal for all of your handcrafted projects. The yarns will withstand years of washing and will keep your handwoven treasures looking bright and colorful! In order to view the colors on the cones and to purchase the yarns, please select the cone size and the weight of yarn from the drop down menus, and then the yarn color by clicking on the color swatches shown below.
This page has 10/2 and 20/2 weight yarns. If you would like to use 3/2 or 5/2 weight yarn, please click here.
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3/2 and 5/2 Mercerized Cotton Yarn – Tubular Spectrum
Tubular Spectrum™ yarns are 100% mercerized cotton yarns, available in 46 vivid, intense and very color fast colors. The yarns will withstand years of washing and will keep your handwoven treasures looking bright and colorful! In order to view the colors on the cones and to purchase the yarns, please select the cone size and the weight of yarn from the drop down menus, and then the yarn color by clicking on the color swatches shown below.
This page has 3/2 and 5/2 weight yarns. If you would like to use 10/2 or 20/2 weight yarn, please click here.
American Maid™ Unmercerized White Cotton Yarn
Natural white, sustainably produced, unmercerized cotton yarn. Perfect for all your soft handwoven items. Strong enough for warp in any of the sizes, and soft and absorbent for anything you can dream up. It makes wonderful towels, baby blankets, napkins, or cuddly throws.
*As of 2022, the 20/2 size is only available as a NON-American Made yarn. The cotton in the 20/2 yarn currently comes from Egypt. All the other yarn sizes are 100% American Made.
10/2 American Maid™ Naturally Colored Yarn
Sustainably grown, colorful cotton yarn straight from American cotton fields to you! This American made yarn is available in the colors that it is grown in, no dye required! Available in: Brown, Green, Natural White (the color of “white” cotton before it is bleached) and Bleached White. Additionally, Natural White is also available in 6/2, 12/2 and 20/2*. Click here for the additional sizes of Natural White.
To order, choose the yarn color by clicking on the swatches shown below, then choose your cone size from the drop-down menus.
8/2 American Maid™ Naturally Colored Yarn
Sustainably grown, colorful cotton yarn straight from American cotton fields to you! This American made yarn is available in the colors that it is grown in, no dye required! Available in: Brown, Green, Natural White (the color of “white” cotton before it is bleached) and Bleached White. Additionally, Natural White is also available in a wide range of sizes. Click here for the additional sizes of Natural White.
To order, choose the yarn color by clicking on the swatches shown below, then choose your cone size from the drop-down menus.
3/2 American Maid™ Naturally Colored Yarn
Sustainably grown, colorful cotton yarn straight from American cotton fields to you! This American made yarn is available in the colors that it is grown in, no dye required! Available in: Brown, Green, Natural White (the color of “white” cotton before it is bleached) and Bleached White. Additionally, Natural White is also available in 6/2, 12/2 and 20/2*. Click here for the additional sizes of Natural White.
To order, choose the yarn color by clicking on the swatches shown below, then choose your cone size from the drop-down menus.
Fine Lyte Hemp Yarn
This hemp yarn will light your fire! It is so hot, we call it Lyte Hemp. It is gorgeous, lovely to work with, and made from high quality European Hemp. This wonderful 2-ply yarn has approximately 5,000 yards per pound. Similar in size to 16/2 cotton, weave the Bold Lyte Hemp™ yarns at 30 epi for plain weave, 36 for twills. It currently comes in 23 colors! If you want to use a thinner hemp yarn, click here to see the Bold Lyte Hemp™ yarns.
Choose a color from the swatches shown below, then select your cone size. Scroll down for further information about these wonderful yarns.
Bold Lyte Hemp Yarn
This hemp yarn will light your fire! It is so hot, we call it Lyte Hemp. It is gorgeous, lovely to work with, and made from high quality European Hemp. This wonderful 2-ply yarn has approximately 2,600 yards per pound. Similar in size to 8/2 cotton, weave the Bold Lyte Hemp™ yarns at 20 epi for plain weave, 24 for twills. It currently comes in 25 colors! If you want to use a thinner hemp yarn, click here to see the Fine Lyte Hemp™ yarns.
Choose a color from the swatches shown below, then select your cone size. Colors are available in 4 oz and mini cones. Bleached and Natural yarns are available on 8 oz cones. If you can’t select a size or color that you want, click on the word “clear” right below the cone size dropdown menu. Scroll down for further information about these wonderful yarns.
Variegated Cotton Yarn
8/2 Unmercerized Cotton Variegated yarn from Maurice Brassard! Check out these fabulous colors!
And the best part? All these AMAZING colors are available on 1.5 oz, 4 oz and 8 oz cones! (Approximately 320 yards on a 1.5 oz mini cone, 840 on a 4 oz cone, or 1680 yards on an 8 oz cone.)
Use by themselves or pair them with a solid color to make a stunning towel, scarf or blanket. See the solid colors available here.
Unmercerized 8/2 Cotton Yarn – Maurice Brassard
8/2 Unmercerized yarns weave into lovely hand and dishtowels, soft and cozy blankets for your new nephew or niece, or many other soft and absorbent uses. All colors are available on 8 oz tubes and 1.5 oz mini cones, approximately 3,360 yards per pound (1680 yards on an 8 oz tube, and approximately 320 yards on a 1.5 oz mini cone). Sett these yarns at 16 epi for lace weaves, 18-20 for plain weave, and 20-24 for twill weave structures. You can also weave with these yarns on your rigid heddle loom by doubling the yarn and using a 10 dent reed.
27 Color Gamp Plus Kit
Add value to your color exploration. 27 cones of color: 5 shades of gray, all 20 Tubular Spectrum™ colors, plus black and white make an expanded color and value gamp. The kit with 1.5 oz cones contains enough yarn and instructions to weave a beautiful, colorful shawl as well as a 40″ square gamp. Instructions are included for the 8-shaft twill block pattern that makes these colors sing.
Listen to the Loon! This is a two fish advanced beginner weaver kit designed for 4 or 8 shafts. If you would like more information about our Listen to the Loon rating system, please click here.
20 Color Gamp Kit
Color gamps are a brilliant way to explore color interactions. They will help you predict future color interactions and take the guess work out of project planning. This kit contains the original twenty Tubular Spectrum™ bright and brilliant colors and includes instructions to weave color gamps!
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Advanced Beginner (Two fish). This is a Four to Eight harness kit. The 3/2 size yarn also has instructions for making gamps on the rigid heddle loom.
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10 Color Petite Gamp Kit
This petite 10 color gamp kit contains ten of our Tubular Spectrum™ colors to weave color gamps! Choose whether you would like to weave using Tints, Brights or Tones. Available in 20/2, 10/2, 5/2, and 3/2 yarns.
Gamps are a brilliant way to explore color interactions. They will help you predict future color interactions and take the guess work out of project planning.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Advanced Beginner (Two fish). This is a Four to Eight harness kit. The 3/2 size yarn also has instructions for making gamps on the rigid heddle loom.
Totally Tubular Collection
The whole enchilada! Get all of our brilliant Tubular Spectrum yarns in one breathtaking Totally Tubular Collection!
46 of the finest mercerized cotton yarns combining our original 20 bright colors, 18 tints and tones with 5 shades of gray, black, white and natural.
Oh, the fun that can be woven with the colors you’re craving!
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Unmercerized Cotton Yarn – 30/2 Natural White
This 30/2 Unmercerized Cotton Yarn is wonderful for lightweight fabrics. Make that summer blouse or delicate table linens in unmercerized cotton. Natural White color, unbleached yarn. Available on approximately 1 lb cones.
20 Color Gamp for Rigid Heddle Looms
Use your Rigid Heddle Loom to weave 20 gorgeous colors into color gamps. Learn about color interactions in weaving and make beautiful cloth! This kit contains all the 3/2 or 5/2 mercerized cotton yarns you need to weave 2 color gamps. Or you could weave 1 gamp and have enough fabric for a vest or weave a table runner…lots of possibilities. This Kit comes with instructions designed for Rigid Heddle Looms.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Advanced Beginner (Two fish)
Gray Matter Kit
Five evenly spaced gray yarns along with black and white create a 7 value gradient study. Use alone for a great study of value, or to highlight a color or double the gray yarns with a color to tone the color down incrementally. All of the kits come with instructions to make 4 napkins.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Advanced Beginner (Two fish). All kits have instructions for 4-shaft looms. The 3/2 size yarn comes with instructions for a Rigid Heddle Loom as well as 4-shaft looms.
12 Color Gamp Kit
For those of you taking workshops that need the classic 12 colors around the spectrum…this kit is for you! The kit contains 12 cones of our Tubular Spectrum colors in mercerized cotton. The colors included in the kit are: 5 Purple, 5 Red Purple, 5 Red, 10 Red, 5 Yellow Red, 10 Yellow Red, 5 Yellow, 5 Green Yellow, 10 Green, 10 Blue Green, 10 Blue, 10 Purple Blue. Minimal instructions are included with this kit. Yarn is 100% mercerized cotton dyed with fiber reactive dyes to minimize fading and bleeding of the colors.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Advanced Beginner (Two fish). This is a Four to Eight harness kit.