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 & 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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Faux Pique Pillow by Deanna Deeds

Faux Piqué Pillow Collection

October 31, 2023

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 SpectrumMercerized 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.

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Wavelength Placemat Kit

September 13, 2023

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.

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Rainbow on Your Doorstep

A Rainbow On Your Doorstep Subscription

June 2, 2023

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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Love Lives Here Wallhanging Kit

May 9, 2023

This 4-shaft name draft design is based on “Love Lives Here”. Featuring Lyte Bold hemp yarn and Tubular Spectrum mercerized cotton yarn, this wall hanging celebrates love in a home, no matter what combination it takes. Great for couples, singles, grandparents, aunts/uncles, friends, this design celebrates every home where love is found. This is a DJE kit and includes a prewound warp and all the weft yarn you need to complete the wall hanging.  The hanger is included in the kit.

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Blocks Rock Napkin Kit

Blocks Rock Napkin Kit

May 9, 2023

Turned twill blocks rock in these napkins – as in rock between 3/1 and 1/3 twill blocks! A fun, fast weave with easy to remember treadling creates 4 napkins on one warp, but in different colors! Featuring 5/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton in 3 colorways.  This is a DJE Handwovens kit and includes a prewound warp.

  • Combo #1-ALL: 1 napkin in each color.
  • Combo #2-WARM: 2 napkins in Gold and 2 napkins in Copper.
  • Combo #3-COOL: 2 napkins in Teal, 2 napkins in Lime.

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Toasty Turned Tacquete Cowl Instructions

November 22, 2022

Warm up the cold days with three toasty warm cowls!!  These instructions will have you weave three different weft colors to get 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.

There are now two colorways for the cowls, and the patterns are different for each colorway.  Scroll down for more information.

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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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Totally Tubular Collection

November 12, 2019

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

November 12, 2019

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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Tubular Spectrum 20 Color Gamp Cones

Tubular Spectrum 20-Color Gamp Instructions

September 21, 2019

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

September 20, 2019

These are the ultimate gamps!  Use 37 Tubular Spectrum 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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20 Color Gamp for Rigid Heddle Looms

September 20, 2019

Use your Rigid Heddle Loom to weave 20 gorgeous colors into color gamps.  Learn about color interactions in weaving and make beautiful cloth!  This kit contains all the 3/2 or 5/2 mercerized cotton yarns you need to weave 2 color gamps.  Or you could weave 1 gamp and have enough fabric for a vest or weave a table runner…lots of possibilities. This Kit comes with instructions designed for Rigid Heddle Looms.

Listen to the Loon!  Difficulty level is Beginner to Intermediate (One fish).

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Gray Matter Kit

September 20, 2019

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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12 Color Gamp Kit

September 20, 2019

For those of you taking workshops that need the classic 12 colors around the spectrum…this kit is for you! The kit contains 12 cones of our Tubular Spectrum colors in mercerized cotton.  The colors included in the kit are: 5 Purple, 5 Red Purple, 5 Red, 10 Red, 5 Yellow Red, 10 Yellow Red, 5 Yellow, 5 Green Yellow, 10 Green, 10 Blue Green, 10 Blue, 10 Purple Blue. Minimal instructions are included with this kit. Yarn is 100% mercerized cotton dyed with fiber reactive dyes to minimize fading and bleeding of the colors.

 

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