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Yarn Lab: A Pair of New Tencels for Effortless Weaving
Big Dipper and Little Dipper stand up to use in both warp and weft.
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Big Dipper and Little Dipper stand up to use in both warp and weft.
A weaver experiments with sett and structure to find her personal favorite combination.
First impressions on comparing a new yarn with an old favorite.
Experiment with hills and valleys in your weaving with the Winter 2025 issue.
Visit the Yarn Lab, as a blanket weaver puts Brown Sheep Company’s Harborside Aran through its paces.
For the November/December 2023 Yarn Lab, Christine Jablonski wove 9 samples using Ode Alpaca Weaving Yarn, but we only had room in the issue for 7! Here's an expanded version that includes all 9. This may be your new favorite wearables yarn!
Reading Yarn Labs is a quick way to learn about a yarn without sampling yourself. In this PDF download, we have paired a wonderful Yarn Lab with a project by the same designer.
Elisabeth gravitated to the finer yarns offered by Silk City Fibers when planning her samples for this Yarn Lab.
Liz Moncrief sampled with Sanjo Silk's Silk Linen, a yarn she was already a fan of. Her sampling solidified her love for this beautiful blend.
I’ve always sampled with a project in mind, but maybe I should be sampling based on the yarn itself.
Exploring Yarn Labs from 2021 plus subscriber exclusive PDF pattern download for the Silk Linen Scarf by Liz Moncrief.
Camilla Valley Farm’s line of 2/16 worsted-spun wool yarns are some of the finest weaving yarns I have encountered. By fine I mean thin, but the term also applies to the quality. If you want to weave a traditional tartan, this is the yarn to use.
Judy Stewart wove more Yarn Lab samples with Shanta Eri Silk for Handwoven September/October 2021 than we had room for. Here are six more samples that show other ways to use this unusual wild silk.