Wooden Swift from Glimakra
Glimakra umbrella swifts are made from birch, and will hold your skeins of yarn with ease! No hands needed as you wind your yarn into balls. These wooden swifts come in two sizes, the regular size which holds skeins up to 72″ (2 yards) around, and the large swift which holds skeins up to 100″ (2.75 yards) around.
You can clamp these swifts to stand vertically, as shown or you can mount them horizontally which can make for easier unwinding, especially for fine threads.
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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.
The 3/2 Kits come with instructions for rigid heddle and harness looms.
READ MORELyte Hemp Fine
This hemp yarn will light your fire! We have a new line of gorgeous, lovely to work with, high quality European Hemp. This hemp yarn is a wonderful 2-ply yarn with approximately 5,000 Yards per pound. Weave the Lyte fine yarns at 36 epi for plain weave. It currently comes in 21 colors as well as a creamy Bleached yarn. If you are looking for a thicker hemp yarn, click here to see the Lyte Hemp Bold yarns.
Choose a color from the swatches shown below, then select your cone size. Colors are available in 4 oz and mini cones. Bleached 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.
READ MORELyte Hemp Bold
This hemp yarn will light your fire! We have a new line of gorgeous, lovely to work with, high quality European Hemp. This hemp yarn is a wonderful 2-ply yarn with approximately 2,600 Yards per pound. Weave the Lyte Bold yarns at 24 epi for plain weave. It currently comes in 21 colors as well as a creamy Bleached yarn, and Natural and Dark Natural. We also have Lyte Hemp Fine yarns if you want to use a thinner yarn.
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.
READ MORE3/2 10 Color Petite Gamp Kit
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.
READ MOREFrom Dull to Brilliant Weave-Along Collections
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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READ MORETouch of Twill Yarn Collection
This warm and elegant shawl is designed by Jane Sheetz and featured in the January/February 2023 issue of Handwoven Magazine. It uses Superfine Merino wool yarn to make one gorgeous shawl. We have created this yarn collection with the right amounts of all of the yarns to make one shawl as shown in the magazine.
You can purchase the pattern from Handwoven by clicking here.
READ MORETide Pool Treasure Towel Instructions
Instructions to make the Tide Pool Treasure Towels. Thirsty Lyte™ Bold Hemp yarn and 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarns combine to make 6 lovely hand towels that remind us of the colors of a Pacific Ocean tide pool on a warm summer day. With a 4-shaft draft and a white hemp warp, the brilliant colors of the mercerized cotton will warm up your summer. Finished size of the towels is approximately 15” x 21”. Instructions are for the Sky Blue colorway.
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READ MOREWeekend 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”. Kit makes 6 washcloths and includes three 4 oz cones of 3/2 Tubular Spectrum™ Mercerized Yarn and complete instructions for Rigid Heddle or 4-shaft looms.
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READ MOREHemp Bag Bliss Yarn Collection
This classic bag is a beautiful 8-shaft project!
We have assembled the yarns to make Krista Richey’s Hemp Bag Bliss as shown in the January/February 2021 edition of Handwoven Magazine from Long Thread Media. You will find the instructions on page 50. If you do not have a current subscription, you can purchase a copy of the magazine here: Handwoven Magazine
You can see all the colors of hemp here if you wish to choose additional colors.
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3/2 10 Color Petite Gamp Kit for Rigid Heddle
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.
READ MOREKaleidoscope Adventure Box
Kaleidoscope Collection Boxes are ready to ship to you!
Come along with the Lunatics as we roam along our shelves to collect a premium box of “goodies” bursting with color! This Kaleidoscope Adventure Box contains full cones, tubes or skeins of yarn plus other amazing products! We have included a set of project instructions in the collection. We intend for this project to be your muse, or starting point for using the yarns in the box. And, of course, we added a few other surprises to make things fun!
The Treasure Hunter collections will contain at least 5 different items, and the Thrill Seeker collections contain at least 10 different items. These items are not samples. All of the items come directly off our retail shelves. You never quite know what will be in the box. That is the adventure part! We Lunatics want to give your creativity a boost with luscious, fun yarns!
READ MORETurning Autumn Towels Yarn Collection
These delightful towels are such a fun 4-shaft project!
We have assembled the yarns to make Cynthia Newman’s Turning Autumn Towels as shown in the September/October 2020 edition of Handwoven Magazine from Long Thread Media. You will find the instructions on page 61. If you do not have a current subscription, you can purchase one here: Handwoven Magazine.
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