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Showing 53–72 of 121 results for “yarn lab”

ArticleDesigning Around Fashion YarnsFashion yarns can be fickle beasts. They’re so enticing in the yarn shop, but sometimes when you get them home, you start wondering how to actually weave with them. Fortunately fashion yarns don’t have to be difficult.
ArticleYarn RequirementsDownload this article that shows how to calculate yardages for weaving projects.

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ArticleA Yarn about YarnI have been weaving the technique of warp-faced rep for over 35 years—and have yet to exhaust my ideas for color and design. This is the power of warp-faced rep.

ArticleIt’s Just Yarn—Jump into WeavingAs many times as you tell beginning weavers that it’s just yarn, most still worry about the whole warping the loom thing.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Designing Around YarnI grouped these three questions together because they all involve the same kind of reasoning and knowledge related to designing around yarn. The first important step to take is to download the Master Yarn Chart.

Article Lorn No MoreMadelyn got some real life answers to her question about how to use special yarns.

ArticleSimple Weaves for Fabulous YarnsSometimes the best approach to using fabulous yarns such as handpainted or variegated is the simplest.

ArticleYou Need This Book! The Yarn Barn of Kansas Required Reading List Book Club Podcast: Fiber art veterans Susan Bateman and Melissa Parsons compare notes with host Anne Merrow about the books every weaver, spinner, knitter, and crocheter should have on the bookshelf—plus big news about a classic weaving directory.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Substituting YarnsHow do you substitute one yarn for another in a project?

ArticleA Weaver's Guide to YarnDownload this two page guide to common yarns useful to weavers.

ArticleA Ball of Yarn Older Than Any In Your StashThere might be some "ancient yarns" in your yarn stash, but none are as old as this one. This yarn ball was found near Cambridge, and it's 3000 years old.

ArticleChaos Theory for WeaversDoes yarn sense your mood? If not, then how does it know to tangle when you are in a hurry?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: More On Yarn SubstitutionsMadelyn shares her tips for yarn substitutions when you can't or don't want to use the yarn specified in your weaving patterns.

ArticleProjects are the Best Teachers

ArticleHer Handspun Habit: Weaving to Save Your Handspun YarnI can admit it: not every skein of handspun yarn turns out as well as I’d envisioned. In fact, there’s the occasional skein that is downright unsightly.

ArticleShadow Weave: A Tale of Two YarnsHave you ever wondered why two yarns that looks great next to each other on the shelf combine to create a muddy mess? In her latest article, Deb Essen explains how to learn from her mistake and (not) choose colors.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: More on Yarn SubstitutionsI am a beginning weaver (actually, a beginning-again weaver) and need help with yarn substitutions. I am using an older pattern from Handwoven, November/December 1996, “Man’s Scarf in Silk and Cotton.” It calls for 12/2 silk at 2,790 yd/lb.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Matching the Structure to the Yarn Here is a dilemma: I have inherited several cones of two different yarns and would like to make a table runner, but I'm not confident in how to approach it.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: What Kind of "Hand" Will My Yarn Yield?Is there any way to avoid sampling to determine "hand"?

ArticleMaster Yarn ChartThe Master Yarn Chart lists yardages per pound and recommended setts for many of the yarns used in Handwoven projects.

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