Bump Scarf Instructions
Bumps in the Night Scarves are made by combining merino wool and mercerized cotton yarns in both warp and weft! The different shrinkage of these two yarns creates a delightful scarf that has a bumpy 3-dimensional texture.
Tubular Spectrum Towel Instructions
Instructions to make 4 beautiful and functional dishtowels. Finished towels are approximately 17” x 28”. The towels are threaded in a 4-harness rosepath threading, and can be woven in rosepath, twill or plain weave with a white solid weft for striped towels or with the Tubular Spectrum™ colors woven approximately as drawn in for beautiful plaid towels.
Sett Fiesta Instructions
The Sett Fiesta Runner and Shawl is an exploration of asymmetry and using 10/2 mercerized cotton to achieve very different fabrics on the same warp. You can weave both a beautiful, stable table runner (sett at 30 epi) and a soft, drapable shawl (sett at 20 epi) using the same warp set up and threading. You will need to resley the reed between the runner and shawl.
Designed by Lunatics Katzy Luhring, Michele Belson and Mary Berent. Originally published in Handwoven in the May/June 2014 issue (please see the issue for the full blown instructions). This set of instructions will help you to make one shawl and one runner.
Poetic Placemats Instructions
If you follow these instructions, you will end up with 4 beautiful placemats that all have a different look. You will learn to do 4 types of finger manipulated edging techniques to create 4 beautiful placemats. Mix and match or choose your favorites. Think of them as samplers you can use.
Tubular Spectrum Comes to Dinner Instructions
A collection of 8 napkins, woven in 20 colors! A useful way to make a color gamp, or 8 of them!
Not only do you get to see how the 20 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn colors interact with each other in a color gamp, but you also get to see how very different the colors look with a multitude of woven structures. You warp your loom once, and then by changing the treadling, you can have 8 radically different, yet related napkins.
If you would like a kit that includes both the yarn and the instructions, click here.
Lee Surrender Pillowtop Instructions & WIF File
Weave 4 spectacular Lee’s Surrender Pillow Tops using 21 Colors of Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn. These pillows will liven up any room in your home!
The finished size of the pillow covers is about 18” x 18”. Lee’s Surrender is an overshot pattern that uses 4 shafts. The pattern comes from Marguerite Porter Davison’s book A Handweaver’s Pattern Book on page 184.
Weaving overshot is fun…you will weave with two shuttles. One shuttle carries the pattern yarn, and the other shuttle carries the tabby or tie down yarn.
Lee Surrender Placemat Instructions & WIF file
This overshot pattern is stunning! The finished size of these placemats is approximately 13.5” x 18.5”. Weaving overshot is fun…you will weave with two shuttles. One shuttle carries the pattern yarn, and the other shuttle carries the tabby or tie-down yarn.
Lee’s Surrender is an overshot pattern that uses 4 shafts. The pattern listed comes from Marguerite Porter Davison’s book A Handweaver’s Pattern Book on page 184.
Seychelles Scarf Instructions
Dreams of warm sand beaches and cool lagoons will fill your head as you weave and wear these lightweight, naturally colored scarves. These scarves are soft and subtly colored and with just the right amount of drape. Two colors of our own American Maid™ Naturally Colored Cotton and natural white yarn are perfect to make a sophisticated scarf.
The Weaver’s Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid Heddle Loom
Want to learn about Leno, Brooks bouquet, Soumak, and Embroidery on fabric? This book by Jane Patrick presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. Each chapter contains weaving patterns along with swatches illustrating the techniques, accompanied by step-by-step photography. Spiral bound and hard cover.
Tubular Spectrum 20-Color Gamp Instructions
Want to understand more about color and how various colors work together in your woven fabrics? A fabulous place to start is to create a gamp: a valuable and beautiful tool to help you create your future projects. These instructions show you how to weave a 20 color gamp from our own Tubular Spectrum™ Mercerized Cotton Yarns.
Choose what size of yarn you want to use from the drop down menu.
Lee Surrender Pillowtop WIF file
Want to weave the Lee Surrender Pillowtops, and don’t have the time to enter the weaving information your weaving software? We have done the hard work for you. Download both the instructions for making the pillowtop, and the full color WIF file. You can head straight to the loom to start weaving. Make sure you save a copy of the file and then you can modify it to your heart’s content.
Sweetheart Towels Instructions
Who said weaving can’t be romantic? Not only are these towels stunning to look at, but the texture of the finished towel is also as sweet as candy! Enough yarn to weave four beautiful heart towels on your 8-shaft loom. You’re going to fall in LOVE with these towels!
Heart pattern from Weaver’s Design Collection Twill Thrills pg 52-54. The heart pattern was originally designed by Kim Marie Bunke for Weaver’s Magazine.
Basket Weave 4 Towel Rigid Heddle Instructions
Want to make a Gorgeous Basket Weave Towel that is both functional and beautiful on your rigid heddle loom? This is it! 8 colors from around our Tubular Spectrum ™ Mercerized cotton plus enough white yarn to make 4 beautiful and functional basket weave dishtowels. Finished towels are approximately 12.5” x 24”. The 5/2 yarn is doubled in each dent and doubled when weaving to make a balanced basket weave structure.
To view more pictures, or to purchase the kit, please click HERE! Scroll down for more information.
Basket Weave Towel Instructions- 2 Towel- Rigid Heddle
Want a Color Gamp that is both functional and beautiful? This is it! Finished towels are approximately 12.5” x 24”. The 5/2 yarn is doubled in each dent and doubled when weaving to make a balanced basket weave structure.
You can find instructions for the 4 towel variation HERE
To view more pictures or to purchase the kit, click HERE!
Ombre Chameleon Scarf Instructions
Watch the shades shift from blue to green! By blending these 3 yarns you can make a pair of lovely scarves that gently shifts color from one edge to the other. They are designed to give you this fun color experience on your Rigid Heddle or other 2-4 shaft Loom!
Makes 2 scarves approximately 7” X 58”in 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn, one to give and one to keep for yourself.
To view more pictures, or to purchase a kit, click HERE!
Enchanted Windowpane Fingertip Towel Instructions
Peak into this weaverly interpretation of the quilters 9-Patch pattern, in 2 of our favorite sustainable yarns: Lyte Hemp™ and American Maid™ Cotton!. Combine gorgeous 2-ply Lyte Bold hemp warp with the 5 colors of 10/2 American Maid™ naturally colored cotton grown here in the American west and spun in the US to weave 5 lovely fingertip towels (finished size approximately 13” x 22”).
To view more photos, or to purchase the kit, click HERE!
Essential Towels Instructions
Weave two completely different and stunning towels from the same warp on your 4-shaft loom. Pattern spots are interspersed with sections of plain weave for maximum color blending. We have included instructions to make two striped towels using our 5/2 Tubular Spectrum™ yarns. The finished sizes of the towels are approximately 15.5” x 24”. Thank you to Deb Essen for the wonderful design!
To view more pictures, or to purchase the kit, please click HERE!
Baja Placemats Instructions
Welcome to Baja Mexico where the desert meets the Sea of Cortez! Cliffs of volcanic rock tower over gorgeous beaches in quiet coves where the water changes from brilliant turquoise in the shallows to deep blue in the depths. The placemat pattern reflects the patterns of Mexican textiles. The pattern is bands of Summer and Winter, woven in Dukagang style. Instructions are for 4 placemats, approximately 13″ x 18″. Choose either the Sand or Sea version.
To view more pictures, or to purchase the kit itself, click HERE!
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