100% Cotton Slub Yarn
Slub yarn gives your creations more personality and added texture. Perfect for dishtowels, baby blankets and anything you want to be soft and absorbent. This slub yarn is the same size as the 8/2 Maurice Brassard Unmercerized yarn and it pairs beautifully with the regular 8/2 yarn! Available on 8 oz tubes.
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.
EZ-Spin Cotton Sliver, Easy to Spin
Spin your own cotton yarn! This is EZ-Spin™ cotton and it is easy to spin! Luscious colors of cotton, sustainably grown cotton in the Southwestern US. The brown and green color is part of the cotton lint. It actually gets darker as you wash it! Available in a 4 oz package.
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Center of Earthtone Towel Kit
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.
Best of Both Worlds – Masters Towel Kit with Hemp
The best of both worlds. Mercerized Cotton Warp and Hemp weft! This kit makes 3 generous towels using 3 colors of 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized 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.
We have instructions for both 4 and 8-shaft looms! Scroll down for further information.
4-ply American Maid Yarn
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!
Enchanted Windowpane Towels
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 Bold Lyte™ Hemp yarn, 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.
Seed Cotton
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.
Cotton Lint
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.
Splash! Towel Kit
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, 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”). If you are choosing your own colors, you will receive bleached yarn in the kit, you choose 2 colors from the selection shown, and write those colors in the comments when you order the kit.
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A Place in Time Cowl Yarn Collection
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.
Warped to Weave Mug Rug Instructions
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.
Broad and Deep Towel Collection
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.
Metamorphic Placemat Instructions
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 for this kit is Intermediate Weaver (Three fish). This is a 4-shaft kit.
Stainless Steel and Cotton Yarns – GevolveYarns
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.
Elastic Cotton Yarn – GevolveYarns
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.
4 Season Towel Instructions
Step into the colors of the Seasons! By weaving on a natural white warp made from our American Maid™ unmercerized Cotton yarns, you can create 4 distinctly different colored towels. The weft yarn is 8/2 unmercerized cotton yarn from Maurice Brassard. The instructions include 4 different treadlings using the same draft, so no need to rethread to create entirely different towels. These towels will bring a riot of color to your kitchen or bath! 4 and 8-shaft instructions. 4 different 8-shaft treadlings, 1 4-shaft treadling.
Designed by Master Weaver Mary Berent.