Center of Earthtone Towe

Center of Earthtone Towel Kit

April 18, 2024

A luscious combination of our American Maid™ sustainable cotton and a collection of amazing earth-tone shades of Bold Lyte Hemp.  These towels are soft and strong and are sure to become your favorite towels!  They make impressive gifts and are even better to keep for yourself.  The kit makes 2 towels.

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Anni Albers Best of Both Worlds Towel

Best of Both Worlds – Masters Towel Kit with Hemp

March 29, 2024

The best of both worlds.  Mercerized Cotton Warp and Hemp weft!   This kit makes 3 generous towels using 3 colors of 10/2 Tubular Spectrummercerized cotton yarn, and 3 colors of Bold Lyte Hemp™ yarn.  You can choose your favorite colorway:  Anni Albers, Ansel Adams, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, and Pierre-August Renoir.  Woven in 2 blocks to create a visually complex towel that is fun and easy to weave.   Finished towels are approximately 17″ x 29″.  Kit includes instructions for both 4 and 8-shaft looms.  These towels are breathtakingly inspired by our 100% cotton Masters Towels in the same colorways. 

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4ply American Maid Yarn

4-ply American Maid Yarn

February 29, 2024

This is a loosely cabled 4-ply yarn made from 4 strands of 10/2 American Maid™ cotton yarn.  It is a fun and interesting yarn.  Amber has been playing with it in crochet projects and loves using it.  When it is gone, we will not be restocking this yarn.  Get it while it lasts!

Available on 8oz cones.  Each cone contains approximately 525 yards.  Enough for 5 washcloths or what ever else you want to make with it!

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Zombie Cotton Main Picture

Dyed Acala Sliver

January 26, 2024

Spin some Zombie Dyed EZ Spin Acala cotton!  These 4 oz packages of Acala cotton sliver were hand dyed by Lorna Miser of Zombie Yarns.

These are originally from Brookmoore Yarns, and we have limited quantities.

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American Maid Yarn

American Maid™ Naturally Colored Yarn

November 9, 2023

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:  Dark Brown, Light Brown, Dark Green, Light Green, Natural White (the color of “white” cotton before it is bleached) and now Bleached White in 3/2, 8/2, and 10/2.  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 yarn size and cone size from the drop down menus.

 

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American Maid™ Unmercerized White Cotton Yarn

November 9, 2023

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.

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Enchanted Windowpane Towels

Enchanted Windowpane Towels

September 20, 2023

Combine a hemp warp with 5 colors of 10/2 American Maid naturally colored cotton to weave 5 lovely fingertip towels (finished size approximately 13” x 24”).  The hemp yarn is our new Lyte Hemp, and we make the American Maid™ yarns from cotton grown here in the American west and spun in the US.  When you wash the finished towels with baking soda, the color of the naturally colored cotton yarns will deepen.  The green cotton is especially affected by the alkalinity of the wash water. And, the colors will deepen over time.

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Seed Cotton

Seed Cotton

September 1, 2023

100% Seed Cotton.  This is cotton right from the field.  It still has the seeds attached to the cotton.  Available in Pima and Upland varieties.

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Pima Lint

Cotton Lint

August 31, 2023

Premium 100% Pima Ginned Cotton Lint.  Ready to dye and card into your own cotton creations!  This Pima cotton lint is nice and clean and has had the seeds removed.  Available in Green and Natural White, 2 and 4 oz packages.

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Splash! Towels

Splash! Towel Kit

April 8, 2023

Make a Splash!  You will be the envy of everyone at the pool, the beach, the spa or even in your own bathroom!  This kit makes two towels woven with soft 10/2 American Maid ™ unmercerized cotton warp and amazing, thirsty Lyte Hemp weft yarn.  An 8-shaft Crepe weave structure from the incredible Alice Schlein makes these towels as absorbent as they are gorgeous! (Finished size approximately 28” x 48”).

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Brilliant Weavealong

From Dull to Brilliant Weave-Along Collections

March 14, 2023

Are you joining the “From Dull to Brilliant” weave along with the Handweaving Academy?  They have designed two colorways that they will be using in the weave-along, and we have collected the 8/2 unmercerized yarns in convenient collections.  Choose your colorway and choose whether you want 1.5 oz cones or 8 oz cones.  We have the collections in stock and are ready to ship.

If you would like to add additional colors of 8/2 yarns, click here for more options.

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A Place in Time Cowl Yarn Collection

October 21, 2022

Weave a Place in Time and create this beautiful cowl designed by Rebecca Morris and featured in the November/December 2022 issue of Handwoven Magazine.  It uses 8/2 unmercerized cotton yarn to make a lovely cowl.  We have created this yarn collection with the right amounts of all of the yarns to make one or two cowls as shown in the magazine.

You can purchase the pattern from Handwoven by clicking here.

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Warped to Weave Mug Rug Instructions

September 6, 2022

Wind a warp with two colors of 5/2 Tubular Spectrum™  Mercerized cotton to make a nice pile of mug rugs.  This is a perfect short warp to practice warping your loom.  We have designed these mug rugs to show off a fun Color and Weave threading and provide lots of options for weaving.  Design created by Michele Belson.

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Big Wrap Beach Blanket Yarn Collection

May 10, 2022

Cynthia Newman and our very own Katzy Luhring collaborated to make this wonderful beach blanket that is shown in Handwoven May/June 2022 page 68-70 from Long Thread Media!  This soft and luscious towel is woven on 4-shafts using 100% American Maid™ Naturally Colored Cotton Yarn!   We have collected the American Maid yarns you will need to make the towel…you will need to purchase the instructions from Long Thread Media. Click here to purchase the pattern.

Finished towel size after wet finishing:  39″ x 73″ plus 2.5″ fringe.

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Broad and Deep Towel Collection

February 2, 2022

We have assembled the yarns to make Christine Jablonski’s Broad and Deep Towels as shown in Handwoven Jan/Feb 2022 from Long Thread Media, page 58.  We have collected the Maurice Brassard yarns you will need to make these towels. You will need to purchase the instructions from Long Thread Media.

If you would like to make the towels with other colors, click here for more colors.  You will need two 8 oz cones and 1 1.5 oz mini cone to make the 4 towels as shown in the instructions.

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Metamorphic Placemat Instructions

May 10, 2021

Here are the instructions to make the fabulous placemats designed by Cynthia Newman.  These striking placemats evoke Frank Lloyd Wright and the Mid-Century Modern movement with a contemporary flair.  And all this patterning on 4-harnesses!  Elegant on their own or coordinate them with the Magical Metamorphic Napkins to make a beautiful set!  The 4 mats are approximately 18” x 12” when finished.

Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level is Beginner to Intermediate (One fish). This project is a four harness design.

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Stainless Steel and Cotton Yarns – GevolveYarns

April 15, 2021

This is a lovely stainless steel and cotton yarn.  Stainless steel adds a springiness (memory) to the yarn so when it is stretched out it will tend to return to its original shape.  This yarn is a stainless steel core wrapped with cotton.  You can use it to add texture to your weaving.

Available on 1 oz cones.  Approximately 1000 yards.  Choose the color from the swatches shown below.  Scroll down for more information.

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Elastic Cotton Yarn – GevolveYarns

April 14, 2021

This very fine Elastic cotton yarn is a lively Cotton yarn.  These yarns can be used as weft yarns for creating interestingly textured fabrics.

Available on 1 oz cones.  Approximately 1600 yards.  Choose a color from the swatches shown below.  Scroll down for more information.

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