Simply Irresistible Scarf
You might as well face it, you’re addicted to scrunch! Double layers of 10/2 mercerized cotton yarn, a little elastic yarn and 4-shafts weave into a delightful textured, scrunchy scarf. Design by Katzy Luhring inspired by Denise Kovnat’s Deflected-Doubleweave scarf from her book: Weaving Outside the Box. Available in three colorways!
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10/2 & 20/2 Mercerized Cotton Yarn – Tubular Spectrum
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 10/2 and 20/2 weight yarns. If you would like to use 3/2 or 5/2 weight yarn, please click here.
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American Maid™ Naturally Colored Yarn
Sustainably grown, colorful cotton yarn straight from American cotton fields to you! This American made yarn is available in the colors that it is grown in, no dye required! Available in: Dark Brown, Light Brown, Dark Green, Light Green, Natural White (the color of “white” cotton before it is bleached) and now Bleached White in 3/2, 8/2, and 10/2. Additionally, Natural White is also available in 6/2, 12/2 and 20/2*. Click here for the additional sizes of Natural White.
To order, choose the yarn color by clicking on the swatches shown below, then choose your yarn size and cone size from the drop down menus.
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American Maid™ Unmercerized White Cotton Yarn
Natural white, sustainably produced, unmercerized cotton yarn. Perfect for all your soft handwoven items. Strong enough for warp in any of the sizes, and soft and absorbent for anything you can dream up. It makes wonderful towels, baby blankets, napkins, or cuddly throws.
*As of 2022, the 20/2 size is only available as a NON-American Made yarn. The cotton in the 20/2 yarn currently comes from Egypt. All the other yarn sizes are 100% American Made.
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27 Color Gamp Plus Kit
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
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
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.
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A Rainbow On Your Doorstep Subscription
Do you look around your workspace and wish for colorful inspiration to get your creative juices flowing? Our subscription service, A Rainbow on Your Doorstep, is just what you need! Start any time and once a month 4 Fantastic colors of Tubular Spectrum Mercerized Cotton Yarn, specially selected to reflect the season, arrive at your doorstep. In November, you will receive 5 cones of yarn, and in December, you will get a set of Playing with Color Cards and two mystery cones instead of the 4 cones.
Guaranteed to inspire your creative endeavors and bring a smile to your face. Please let us know your favorite yarn size in the comment section. Scroll down for more information.
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Ripples Scarf Yarn Collection
Add some texture to your wardrobe! Denise Kovnat designed and wove this beautiful scarf featured in the November/December 2022 issue of Handwoven Magazine. It uses 20/2 Tubular Spectrum mercerized cotton and S-twist Linen Crepe Yarn to make an elegant scarf. We have created this yarn collection with the right amounts of all three yarns to make one or two scarves.
You can purchase the pattern from Handwoven by clicking here.
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Blueberry Pie Scarves
Mmmm…Woven pie! Using a 4-shaft loom and a combination of 10/2 and 20/2 Tubular Spectrum™ Mercerized cotton yarn, these scrumptious, drapey scarves are woven with perfect pie shaped motifs. The two different scarves are created by changing only the weft color. And with the 20/2 weft, the scarves have a wonderful iridescence. All on 4 shafts and woven with a single shuttle. The kit contains all the yarn you need to make both scarves.
Scarves designed and woven by Mary Berent.
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Graphite and Gold Shawl Yarn Collection
We have assembled the yarns to make Cynthia Newmans Graphite & Gold shawl as shown in Handwoven’s Lookbook: Loom Theory: 8-shaft Shawl Collection 2019 from Long Thread Media. We have collected the yarns you will need to make the shawl…you will need to purchase the instructions from Long Thread Media. Click Here for the instructions: Loom Theory: 8-shaft Shawl Collection 2019 from Long Thread Media. The instructions as written make 1 shawl. We have assembled the yarn for either 1 or 2 shawls.
Photos by Caleb Dane – Good Folk Photography, courtesy of Long Thread Media.
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Totally Tubular Collection
The whole enchilada! Get all of our brilliant Tubular Spectrum yarns in one breathtaking kit!
45 of the finest mercerized cotton yarns combining our original 20 bright colors, 17 tints and tones with 5 shades of gray, black,white and natural.
Oh the fun that can be woven with the colors you’re craving for!
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27 Color Gamp Instructions
A combination of color and value gamps all in a single project! Talk about brilliant! We hope these instructions inspires you to weave yourself into a spectral nirvana!
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Ombre Braided Necklace
This braided necklace is a reinterpretation of Victorian hairwork braiding. 5 colors of 20/2 mercerized cotton braided into luxurious cords and then enhanced with silver jewelry findings to create a one-of-a-kind necklace. (The findings that you receive may look different from the picture.) The 20/2 mercerized cotton yarn is both shiny and strong, and comes in a variety of colors, and makes an interesting substitute for hair in this necklace. In addition to Giovanna’s original gray ombre, we have 4 additional suggestions, or choose your own colors from the 20/2 mercerized colors in the Tubular Spectrum Yarn line. Click here to see the colors. Design created by Giovanna Imperia.
And if you need the Kumihimo Disk and EZ Bobs to create your very own necklace, the set is one of the options.
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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.
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TNT Color Shawl Instructions
These are the ultimate gamps! Use 37 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn Colors to create a softly colored gamp, and an amazing shawl that shows off the explosion of Tubular Spectrum™ colors! The gamp is approximately 22” square when woven, and the shawl is approximately 22” x 75” plus fringe. One 4-shaft huck boxes and one 8-shaft twill block instructions are included.
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Sett Fiesta Kit
Weave a shawl and table runner from the same warp! Our own Tubular Spectrum Mercerized Cotton Yarn is sett differently for the durable and sturdy runner and the soft and supple shawl. Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level is Intermediate to Advanced (Two fish). This is a Four harness kit.
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Gray Matter Kit
Five evenly spaced gray yarns along with black and white create a 7 value gradient study. Use alone for a great study of value, or to highlight a color or double the gray yarns with a color to tone the color down incrementally. All of the kits come with instructions to make 4 napkins.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Beginner to Intermediate (One fish). All kits have instructions for 4-shaft looms. The 3/2 size yarn comes with instructions for a Rigid Heddle Loom as well as 4-shaft looms.
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