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We have hemp yarns available in 3 sizes again. 2 ply, 3 ply and 6 ply. Perfect for towels, summer clothing as well as rug or tapestry warp. Hemp works like linen and is easy on the environment too!!
Our collection of mercerized, 100%cotton yarns are dyed to our specifications by a US dye house using Fiber Reactive Dyes. Our 20 colors, plus 5 shades of gray, black and white yarns are available individually on 1.5 oz, 8 oz and 1 pound cones. These yarns are available in 5/2, 10/2 and 20/2 sizes.
Our American Maid yarns are available in two different hand towel kits. The yarns are soft and absorbent, and actually get darker as you use them. These towels are just the thing for gifts.
Our color
gamps can also be woven as dinner napkins. Thread the loom
once and weave 8 napkins with different tie-ups to see how color
and weave structure interact. It makes for stimulating dinner
conversations!
We have the new crop of American Maid, naturally colored cotton available now in a cabled yarn. Weave it into placemats, or knit it into lovely scarves. The color gets deeper as you wash it.
Simplify
the winding of long warps by winding the warp vertically
on the warping board.
If you
have a problem placing your warping board, these poles are the
purrfect solution! You simply lean the poles against the wall and
hang your warping board with the ties that are included. When you
are done winding your warp, the poles can be stored out of the
way.
If you have hard-worn, handwoven towels (the ones the kids used to wipe up the spilled grape juice), take them camping! It is such a delight to know that your hard work can still have a beautiful life after its intended use. You may be the only campers with handwoven towel.
We
hope our yarns and kits will inspire you to weave like a Lunatic!
Please call if you need help or further assistance, or e-mail us
at:
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We got everything moved to our new headquarters in Fruitland, Idaho, and are settling in. Thank you for your patience with us as we made this transition!
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Introducing our American Maid yarns. These are our own yarns that are made from naturally colored cotton grown in the southwestern US, and spun here in the United States. The cotton is produced by a consortium of growers that are using sustainable farming practices such as Integrated Pest Management, sensible water usage and low chemical input. These yarns are part of our efforts to support US grown and spun cotton as much as we can these days.
American Maid yarns are spun from cotton lint that is grown in colors other than the traditional white. The color is a part of the fiber and therefore does not need dye to produce the colors. This reduces the amount of chemicals needed to produce the yarn. This cotton comes from different seed stock than the Foxfiber yarns that we have carried for years.
This year, we have the American Maid yarns in both Brown and Green in 10/2 weight yarn and a new cabled yarn. The Dark shades contain 100% colored lint, and the Light shades contains 30% colored cotton lint mixed with 70% white cotton lint. We have the yarns available individually on 1/2 lb or 1 lb cones or in kits.
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This is our version of a yarn of the month club. 2
vibrant colors arrive at your door each month for the next 11 months. Membership
includes a monthly newsletter complete with loonie project ideas and discussions about totally tubular colors.
Each
month of the year you will receive 2 colors of our 10/2
mercerized cotton yarn. You can choose to receive either 1/2 pound or 1 pound cones of each color. At the end of the 11 month cycle (there is no shipment
in December) you will have received all 20 colors from around our spectrum plus black and white. For those who would like to also have the 5 gray colors, we have the Spectrum Circle Plus Edition
in which you will receive not only the 20 colors but also the 5 shades of gray plus black and
white over 11 months of the year.
In
addition to yarn, every month you will receive a newsletter filled with project suggestions, totally
tubular ways to use your fabulous new yarns and a monthly disussion of a topic related to color. You may join at any time of the year, and your yarn will arrive at your door for the next 11 months.
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As
always we have a good selection of unmercerized colored yarns that
we call our "Good Byes". These are good, economical yarns
that are perfect for towels, baby blankets and many other projects
that you can dream up. Our selection of these yarns is constantly
changing, so check them out!
Color shown on monitors and
in photographs can vary as do individual dye lots. Please allow for minor
variation and always, our return policy is "you
no lika, senda back".
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