Shrink Me! Working with Elastic Yarns. Blog Post.
When we acquired the GevolveYarns collection, we were astonished by the variety of yarns. Thick and thin, smooth and bumpy, yarns made from paper, and yarns made from silk. And then there were the active yarns. Crepes, stainless steel yarns, yarns that could be heat set and elastic yarns. Elastic yarns are a specialized type […]
Designer Spotlight Blog Post – Denise Kovnat
Welcome to our new Designer Spotlight Blog! We have been in contact with some of the many wonderful creators and makers in the spinning and weaving world. As our motto here at LFY is “Unique Yarns for Unique People”, we will be featuring a guest blog written by the designers themselves! Please note that all […]
Skinny and Steel–Blog Post
Katzy took Denise Kovnat’s class at IWC Conference in Logan, Utah and got to see fabrics woven with stainless steel yarns. What? Weaving with stainless steel? That sounds crazy! But really, these are thin yarns: two-ply with a thin stainless-steel wire plied with a silk or cotton strand. The thicker the yarn, the thicker the […]