Dark of the Moon Hanging

Dark of the Moon Wallhanging

December 1, 2023

Weave a stunning wall hanging on either a shaft loom or a Rigid Heddle Loom.  Use 3/2 Tubular Spectrum™ Mercerized cottonEtelo Opalescent Yarn from the  GevolveYarns™ collection, and beads for visual impact.  Explore Hand Manipulated techniques, play with fun fibers and howl at the moon!

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27 Color Gamp Plus Kit

November 9, 2023

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 harness twill block pattern that makes these colors sing.

Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Beginner to Intermediate  (One fish). This is a Four or Eight harness kit. 

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20 Color Gamp Kit

November 9, 2023

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 Beginner to Intermediate (One 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

November 9, 2023

This petite 10 color gamp kit contains ten of our Tubular Spectrumcolors 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.

The 3/2 Kits come with instructions for rigid heddle and harness looms.

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3/2 10 Color Petite Gamp Kit

November 9, 2023

Designed with new weavers in mind!

Gamps are a brilliant way to explore color interactions.  They will help you predict future color interactions and take the guesswork out of project planning.

Use 10 colors of Tubular Spectrum™  100% mercerized cotton yarn to create 2 square gamps (approximately 12.5” square) and a table runner (approximately 12.5” x 35”).  The gamps will be a lifetime reference to help you predict color combinations and give you better control over your woven results in future projects.  Each of the 10 cones included with this kit contains approximately 118 yards of yarn.

The gamps will be a lifetime reference to help you predict color combinations and give you better control over your woven results in future projects.  Each of the 10 cones included with this kit contains approximately 118 yards of yarn.

Comes with 10 Bright colors : 10 Yellow, 10 Yellow Red, 10 Red, 10 Red Purple, 10 Purple, 10 Purple Blue, 10 Blue, 10 Blue Green, 10 Green, and 10 Green Yellow.

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3/2 & 5/2 Mercerized Cotton Yarn – Tubular Spectrum

November 8, 2023

Tubular Spectrum™ yarns are 100% mercerized cotton yarns, available in 45 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.

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Color On Your Table Kit

September 20, 2023

Get ready for your next festive occasion with this stylish table cloth.  Enough yarn to weave 2 squares (approximately 32″ x 32″ finished) or one large rectangular cloth.  This cloth will brighten up any event.

Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Intermediate to Advanced (Two fish). This is an Eight harness kit. 

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Tequila Sunrise Chameleon Ombre Scarf

Chameleon Ombre Scarf Kit

January 20, 2023

Blend three colors of yarn across the warp and weft to make a lovely scarf that gently shifts color from one edge to the other.  These scarves are designed to give you this fun color experience on either your Rigid Heddle or 4-shaft Loom!  Have fun and change color!   

This kit has three 1 ½ ounce cones of each of three analogous colors from our own Tubular Spectrum color wheel in 10/2 Mercerized Cotton

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Autumn Equinox Towel Instructions

November 21, 2022

Use 7 cozy colors of 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn to make these towels to warm your hearth. This one-shuttle Turned Taquete (aka Jin) weave structure makes towels to match the season. This kit comes with enough yarn to make four dishtowels.  With this 8-shaft pattern, you can make both the towels with the circles and the towels with the blocks.  Thanks to Susan Poague who designed the circle draft.  Her original towels can be found in Handwoven May/June 2019. Choose either 4 or 8-shaft instructions.

If you would like both drafts and all the yarns to make the kit, click here.

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Autumn Equinox Towel Kit

November 4, 2022

Use 7 cozy colors to make these towels to warm your hearth. This one-shuttle Turned Taquete (aka Jin) weave structure makes towels to match the season. This kit comes with enough yarn to make four dishtowels.  Kit includes both an 8-shaft and a 4-shaft pattern.  With the 8-shaft pattern, you can make both the towels with the circles and the towels with the blocks, and with the 4-shaft pattern you can make the towels with the blocks. Thanks to Susan Poague who designed the circle draft.  Her original towels can be found in Handwoven May/June 2019.

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Weekend Washcloth Tequila Sunrise

Weekend Washcloth Instructions

June 17, 2022

Instructions for the Weekend Washcloths.  Looking for a quick project to use the wonderful 3/2 Tubular Spectrum™  yarns?  How about a pile of washcloths from three brilliant colors of yarn?  Three colors of yarn build an interesting warp that you can weave with a solid weft or make fun plaids. The finished sizes of the washcloths are approximately 10” x 10”.  Instructions use three 4 oz cones of 3/2 Tubular Spectrum™  Mercerized Yarn and are written for Rigid Heddle or 4-shaft looms.

If you would like to purchase the complete kit or see the other color variations, click here.  Scroll down for more information.

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Masters Towel Kit

September 20, 2021

Taking our inspiration from our favorite artists (Anni Albers, Ansel Adams, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, and Pierre-August Renoir) we designed this fun kit for 4 generous, towels with 3 colors of 10/2 Tubular Spectrumyarn.  And you can choose your favorite colorway.  Woven in 2 blocks to create a visually complex towel that is fun and easy to weave.   Finished towels are approximately 18″ x 28″.  Kit includes instructions for both 4 and 8-shaft looms.

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10 Color Gamp Instructions

April 1, 2021

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 set of instructions will guide you through weaving three-four 10 color gamps.   The instructions are for our Bright Tubular Spectrum yarns.  You can substitute any 10 colors of Mercerized cotton yarn that you would like when weaving the gamps.

Available in 20/2, 10/2, 5/2, and 3/2 yarns.  Also available in 3/2 for Rigid Heddle looms.

If you would like the yarn already in a kit, please click here.

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Metamorphic Placemat Kit

February 11, 2021

These striking Placemats evoke Frank Lloyd Wright and the Mid-Century Modern movement with a contemporary flair.  Elegant on their own or combine them with the Magical Metamorphic Napkins to make a coordinated set!  And these can be woven on 4-harnesses!  The Kit contains all the yarn you need to weave 4 mats, approximately 16” x 12” when finished.

Designed by Cynthia Newman.

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Basketweave Towels

November 30, 2020

Want to make Hand towels that are both functional and beautiful?  This is it!  8 colors from around our Tubular Spectrum Mercerized cotton plus enough white yarn to make either 2 or 4 beautiful and functional basket weave dishtowels.  Now available in Tones, Tints or Brights!

Finished towels are approximately 12.5” x 27”.  The 2-towel variations only have instructions for weaving on the rigid heddle looms.  The 4-towel variations have instructions for both rigid heddle and 4-shaft looms.  We include several treadling variations for the 4-shaft looms to mix things up!  Choose Brights, Tints or Tones yarns.

Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level is Beginner to Intermediate (One fish). This is a Rigid Heddle and 4-shaft kit.

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Surprise! Shadow Weave Towel Collection

September 17, 2020

These amazing shadow-weave towels in the current issue of Handwoven Magazine by Deb Essen takes full advantage of our Tubular Spectrum Tints and Tones!

We have assembled the yarns to make Deb Essen’s “Surprise! Shadow-Weave Towels” as shown in the November/December 2020 edition of Handwoven Magazine from Long Thread Media.  You will find the instructions on page 44. If you do not have a current subscription, you can purchase the magazine here: Handwoven Magazine

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“Yes, It’s Worth It” Runner Kit

September 9, 2020

Remember secret decoder rings and writing special messages for your friends? Overshot name drafts are woven “secret messages” created by assigning each letter of a phrase to a shaft on the loom. Based on the message “Yes, it’s worth it”, this 4-shaft design is the weaver’s response to “But you can buy a runner, is it really worth all the effort?” Why yes, yes it is indeed worth it. Featuring Lunatic Fringe Yarns Tubular Spectrum™ Tints & Tones mercerized cotton yarns.

This is a DJE Handwoven Kit, and it comes with all the yarn you need plus a prewound warp ready to put on your loom.

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3/2 10 Color Petite Gamp Kit for Rigid Heddle

August 28, 2020

Designed with new weavers in mind!

Gamps are a brilliant way to explore color interactions.  They will help you predict future color interactions and take the guesswork out of project planning. Use 10 colors of Tubular Spectrum™  100% mercerized cotton yarn to create 2 square gamps (approximately 12.5” square) and a table runner or scarf (approximately 12.5” x 57”). The gamps will be a lifetime reference to help you predict color combinations and give you better control over your woven results in future projects.  Each of the 10 cones included with this kit contains approximately 118 yards of yarn. Choose from either Tints, Brights or Tones colors.  All available on 1.5 oz cones.

The Tint colors are:  Butter Yellow, Tangerine, Coral, Verbena, Violet, Periwinkle, Sky Blue, Teal, Sea Green, and 5 Green Yellow.

The Bright colors are:  10 Yellow, 10 Yellow Red, 10 Red, 10 Red Purple, 10 Purple, 10 Purple Blue, 10 Blue, 10 Blue Green, 10 Green, and 10 Green Yellow.

The Tones colors are:  Gold, Copper, Cranberry, 5 Red Purple, 5 Purple, 10 Purple Blue, Cobalt, 10 Blue Green, Forest and Kelp.

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