Join our Spring Quarantine Spin Along here. We want to see what you’re doing to get through and make some virtual community along the way. Use fiber you have or purchase the beautiful fiber Deb uses in this blog here. Either way, just be sure to spin on a Schacht wheel and post your work […]
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Hawlemont Elementary Weaving Program In 2019, we offered our first annual Schacht Tools for Schools Grant. Two applicants were awarded equipment grants. I had the pleasure of talking with Jean from Hawlemont Elementary School, one of our grant recipients. They used the grant for 8 Cricket Looms to expand and support their weaving classes. […]
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“I believe we all enjoy watching ourselves and others transform, because everyone wants that. When you’re not growing, you’re stagnant. That’s not living.”—The Year of Knots, p. 133 Schacht’s staff decided to start our year with a creative bang. We were inspired by a beautiful book and used The Incredible Rope Machine to make ropes […]
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I am a loom lover. I love all looms—frame, inkle, backstrap, tapestry, pin, table, and floor looms in all their various forms (dobby, jack, countermarche, counterbalance, Jacquard, etc.). I am curious about all woven cloth and I celebrate weaving in all its forms. It is no secret that I love the rigid heddle loom best […]
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In the summer of 2019, I was lucky enough to get an internship at Schacht Spindle Company, which allowed me to warp and weave on a majority of the Schacht looms. This experience allowed me to learn and grow as a weaver, and I could not be happier about my summer job. I was born […]
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As part of our Barry’s Jubilee weave along, we thought it would be great to get to know Stephanie Flynn Sokolov a little better, and to get into her process. Stephanie originally designed the Skwoosh scarf for the book Woven Scarves, written with Jane Patrick. Jane adapted this project for this weave along! Schacht Spindle […]
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I’ve always loved the Skwoosh scarf that my co-author Stephanie Flynn Sokolov designed for our book Woven Scarves. I used her initial design as a jumping off point for our weave along scarf, using some of the same yarns from Mountain Colors that Stephanie used for her scarf, but changing the colorway to correspond with […]
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Get Ready to Weave! Summer is for weaving—especially on these hot, hot days when it’s just too much to be out of doors. Come inside and join us for our 50th Anniversary Barry’s Jubilee Weave Along. You can join us on Facebook! Because it’s summer and we wanted to keep things light, we chose a […]
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The Boulder Public Library, BLDG 61, and Schacht Spindle Company have teamed up for a fabulous Fiber Fest on August 10, 2019. You’re warmly invited to this exciting day of fiber art explorations in the Boulder community. Fiber Fest will be held at the Boulder Public Main Library located at 1001 Arapahoe Ave. Activities will […]
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We are just over 2 months away from our Fab 50 party here at the factory, and we cannot wait celebrate with everyone! Keen observers might have noticed this update a few weeks ago, but we recently announced the select group of vendors who will be participating in our small market. Here’s our list of […]
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Skeins of yarn have a beauty all their own, yet in my humble opinion, they don’t really come to life until they’re used in a project. In addition, that final step helps us as yarn designers: we can evaluate how our color planning worked out and, if necessary, tweak some more as we work up […]
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True confession: I am not a designer or an artist. I make stuff from other people’s patterns. My training didn’t happen in art school; it comes from a few spinning classes, many books and articles about spinning, and tons of trial and error (mostly error). So when my boss asked me to host a spin-along […]
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Have you ever fallen in love with a braid of hand-dyed fiber and then wondered what on earth to do next? I have experienced this phenomenon more times than I can count. Part of my paralysis came from lack of knowledge, and that’s the easiest part to overcome. But I still lack confidence that my […]
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I was thrilled when the folks at Schacht asked me to participate in Schacht’s 50th anniversary fun with a blog post, and even more excited when I learned I’d be spinning a special anniversary colorway dyed by Felicia Lo of SweetGeorgia Yarns. I knew I would love it even before I’d seen it; I’m a […]
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In my previous post on double weave, I covered tips for setting up, weaving two separate layers, and switching layers. Today we’ll use these skills to create pockets and tubes. Typically, handweaving creates a flat object (a textile) that can be sewn into three-dimensional forms off the loom. But double weave offers a whole new […]
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I love weaving on a little loom. The small scale and portability allows me to do experimental weaving on the go. One concept that I had worked on in the past but hadn’t yet perfected was warp-wrapping, and with Earth Day and Arbor Day occurring in the same week, I couldn’t resist using this technique […]
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Double weave can be a very intimidating weave style to take on. Sometimes just the sheer volume of threads you need to wind and how to thread them through the heddles can seem overwhelming. This post covers a simple approach to winding and threading a double weave sample that can be adapted for a variety […]
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Schacht Spindle Company is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Tools for Schools Grant! The quality of the applicants was very impressive and we would like to thank all of the wonderful programs that applied. Although we couldn’t choose everyone, we believe that these applicants showed exemplary ideas and programs. The winners are: […]
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It finally happened, after at least a year or two of admiring punch needle, I gave in to the desire to try it out. I was hooked right away. I love the process and the final project that comes from punch needle! As I was teaching one of my weaving classes, and staring at the […]
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We have been having a great time celebrating our 50th anniversary this year! Each month we’ve been unveiling special edition 50th anniversary products, and this month is no different. We have 4 new branded products: Our denim hat with our embroidered Schacht sheep logo on the front, is a traditional baseball style hat. It sports […]
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While celebrating our 50th anniversary, we’d be remiss to not spend time talking about the employees who help make our products. We have around 45 employees here, with experience ranging from a couple of years to over 30! Our employees come from all over the world, and those diverse backgrounds keep our factory dynamic. Every […]
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It’s no secret that we are a bunch of book lovers here at Schacht. When we get publisher catalogs, or when our favorite authors send us press releases, we get pretty excited. We are always looking for the latest and greatest weaving and spinning books to join the ranks. We’re also pretty happy because as […]
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There is something downright magical about spinning your own yarn. Creating something out of nothing, and letting your inner-most yarn dreams come true in the process. In this post and accompanying video, we’ll teach you how to start spinning on a drop spindle. The Equipment The history of spinning is vast, and spans thousands of […]
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Late last spring at Schacht we received a multitude of yarns from several yarn companies intended for a unique piece for the summer TNNA fashion show – a woven vest with warp made up of rope all created on the Schacht Incredible Rope Machine. One day the package from Fairmount Fibers came with a marvelous […]
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When I think about winter and the Christmas season, I can’t help but feel a sense of joy and wonder. The possibilities of transformation, ancient magic, and folklore fill my head with delight. This is why I designed the Surprise Sugar Plum Fairy, and then a couple of years later I made the Surprise Snowman. This […]
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This yarn is deceptively soft. With stealth on its side, this spun tweed yarn has the appearance of some of its more rustic counterparts, but the 70% Merino/30% Cashmere blend makes this one of the softest tweeds ever! Vertical stripes are pleasing to wear and easy to weave. A very simple pick-up pattern adds surface […]
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This is the perfect project to practice your pick-up skills. While honeycomb is suited to many applications, this fabric is intended for a pillow. Toned down a bit by the weft, this design picks up just enough of the sparkle to show off the honeycomb weave structure. Overview of Weave: This pillow is woven in […]
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We love working with Blue Sky Fibers, so when they debuted their new Eco-Cashmere and Woolstok Jumbo, we knew we had to weave with it. I came up with this fun, textured scarf that combines two very different sizes of yarn. Our variable dent reed made it all possible Equipment: 10″ Cricket Loom Weave […]
Read MoreAfter my last post on spinning fractal yarn, I wasn’t quite happy with the idea. The premise of the technique is sound, but it isn’t truly a fractal in the mathematical or scientific sense of the word. A fractal is a pattern that is self-similar, and repeats itself in different scales. Image from a thermodynamics […]
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Dear Tabby, I’m a new spinner and I am getting extremely frustrated when I sit down to spin!! My yarn is all squiggly and is getting kinked up. What is happening?!? Help! – Wound-up Wanda Hi Wanda, This a common problem for new and experienced spinners alike! The cause of this problem is that […]
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