May Flowers Runner Kit
Whether your favorite spring flowers are Pansies or Violets, Blue Bonnets or Bluebells, this charming May Flowers Runner will make you smile. Woven with the dynamic duo of yarns: Lyte Hemp™ and Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton, this Runner will grace your table all year long.
Stretchy Stripes Bag Collection
Is your weaving space craving a gorgeous accessory bag? Made by alternating warp and weft stripes, this fabulous Stretchy Stripes Bag was designed by Deb Essen. This bag is featured in the online additional information for Handwoven Magazine’s Winter 2025 issue. If you don’t have the magazine, click here to purchase. This Collection provides enough yarn for 1 bag.
Star Spangled Towel Instructions/WIF
Just in time for your summer picnic! These instructions will help you weave four towels that are as American as apple pie on your 8-shaft loom! The overshot pattern is a modified “Star of Bethlehem”. The finished sizes of the towels are approximately 16” x 29”.
You can choose just the instructions or include the WIF files too. For this project, there are two WIF files for towels with two blue stripes and towels with 3 blue stripes. All picks are included in the WIF files.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level is Intermediate to Advanced (Three fish). If you would like more information about our Listen to the Loon rating system, click here.
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Stars on the Water Pillow Top Kit
Decorate your home with these delightful, cuddly pillows. Designed with 4 colors of stars dancing on a pool of Navy Blue! Made with 5/2 yarn, these are a quick and easy project! You will want to snuggle up with one of these pillows!
3/2 and 5/2 Mercerized Cotton Yarn – Tubular Spectrum
Tubular Spectrum™ yarns are 100% mercerized cotton yarns, available in 46 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.
Wicked Runner Instructions
Feeling a little WICKED? Here is a quick project using our wonderful 5/2 Tubular Spectrum™ yarns to create a fun Color-and-Weave runner on a Rigid Heddle Loom. Guaranteed to bring a smile to even the most wicked witch’s face!
Sprinkle Basket Yarn Collection
This bright and cheerful basket is made by weaving inkle bands. It was designed by Jennifer B. Williams and is featured in Little Looms Spring 2025 issue, pages 84-86. Make the bands and create your own basket! The instructions are available in the magazine, and online from Long Thread Media. Click here for instructions.
Snowball Runner Instructions/WIF
Make a festive holiday runner using classic red and green yarns! The lovely combination of Lyte Hemp™ and Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarns make this 4-shaft overshot runner both easy to weave and delightful to use for your festive celebrations. Add the full WIF file if you want to play with the draft in your weaving software or use the WIF file to weave the runner on your loom. All picks are shown in the WIF file.
Dawn to Dusk Twillight Reversible Placemat Instructions/WIF
These instructions will help you weave your very own colorful set of 4 reversible placemats. These colorful two-sided placemats will elevate your dining to new heights! Add the full WIF file if you want to play with the draft in your weaving software or use the WIF file to weave the placemats on your loom. The WIF file shows all the picks needed to weave the placemats. Happy dining!
Designed by Sheila O’Hara in a double warp twill weave structure she developed in the 80’s!
Snowball Runner Kit
Make a festive holiday runner using classic red and green yarns! The lovely combination of Lyte Hemp™ and Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarns make this 4-shaft overshot runner both easy to weave and delightful to use for your festive celebrations.
Dawn to Dusk Twillight Reversible Placemat Kit
We are pleased to bring you a kit to weave your very own colorful set of 4 reversible placemats. These colorful two-sided placemats will elevate your dining to new heights! Happy dining! Available in the Original and Phoenix colorways.
Designed by Sheila O’Hara in a double warp twill weave structure she developed in the 80’s!
Oh Baby, Baby Blanket Kit
Use 10 Tints of Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn to create 3 adorable Baby Blankets! These are sure to please new parents and little ones too! Or keep one in your studio as a color reference for your future work, and to ward off a chill!
Toasty Turned Taquete Cowls
Warm up the cold days with three toasty warm cowls!! Three different weft colors will give you 3 different, yet related cowls. Using a 4-shaft loom, 5/2 Tubular Spectrum™ Mercerized cotton yarn and ONE SHUTTLE, these toasty turned taquete cowls are as fun to weave as they are to wear. Brew a pot of tea and get comfy.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Intermediate (Three fish).
Now available in Original and Blue colorways. Scroll down for more information.
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-shaft twill block pattern that makes these colors sing.
Listen to the Loon! This is a two fish advanced beginner weaver kit designed for 4 or 8 shafts. If you would like more information about our Listen to the Loon rating system, please click here.
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 Advanced Beginner (Two 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.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Advanced Beginner (Two 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.
Faux Piqué Pillow Collection
We have assembled the yarns to make Deanna Deed’s Faux Piqué Pillow as shown in Handwoven Nov/Dec 2023 from Long Thread Media, page 33. We have collected the 5/2 Tubular Spectrum™ Mercerized Cotton yarns and Gevolve Yarns™ Linen Crepe S Twist yarns you will need to make the pillow. If you do not already have the magazine, you will need to purchase the magazine from Long Thread Media. Click here to purchase.
Photo by Matt Graves.
Wavelength Placemat Kit
Make some waves with these placemats woven on 8-shafts in Turned Taquete (aka Jin). This kit features 5 colors of 5/2 Tubular Spectrum mercerized cotton yarn. The kit includes warp and weft for 2 placemats in one colorway: there are 3 colorways to choose from. Changing the weft color subtly changes the appearance of the warp colors. Mix and match the colorways to make your own placemat set combinations! This is a kit from DJE Handwovens and comes with a pre-wound warp.