Zoom Loom Yarn Explorations

In 2013, we collaborated with a number of yarn companies for TNNA's summer show. They contributed yarns; we wove them on the Zoom Loom.

These squares show how useful it can be to sample on the Zoom Loom. Solid colors, variegated yarns, and textured yarns show their unique qualities. Add a patterned weave, or full a square, to see more possibilities for any yarn.
Alpaca With A Twist

Alpaca With A Twist

Baby Twist, 100% Baby Alpaca, from Alpaca with a Twist. Lovely and soft, fulls nicely! We created a plaid by winding half way across the loom with one color, changing to...

  • The Alpaca Yarn Company

    The Alpaca Yarn Company

    Here's a lively swatch from The Alpaca Yarn Company.   Yarn: Swizzle, 100% Superfine Alpaca, in color 07 Tiger Lily. Of course since this is Alpaca, it is SUPER soft...

  • Ancient Arts Yarns

    Ancient Arts Yarns

    Ancient Arts Superwash Bluefaced Leicester 4-ply sock yarn, and Pollika 2-ply Organic Sock, from organic merino wool. This is a beautifully-feeling swatch and the color gradations make an appealing pattern...

  • Anzula

    Anzula

    This first swatch is yarn spun from Anzula's hand-dyed wool roving fiber. The blue swathes on the right are woven a merino 2-ply sport weight yarn in Ocean colorway. The...

  • Artyarns

    Artyarns

    Artyarns Rhapsody Glitter Light, 85% Silk/15% Kid Mohair/Lurex, color 10044. This yarn with its subtle colors and bit of glitz (click on the link to enlarge the picture for a...

  • Baah Yarn

    Baah Yarn

    Below is Baah Yarn Sonoma, a DK weight superwash merino wool, in Berry Cocktail. It turned out great! This variegated yarn is vibrant and fun, and would be good for...

  • Bartlettyarns

    Bartlettyarns

    Below we've woven several squares in Barlettyarns, Inc., Fisherman 2-ply, 100% wool. This yarn has lovely handspun appearance. It weaves up nicely, and fulls or felts readily. Because it felts so well, this...

  • Be Sweet

    Be Sweet

    Be Sweet Medium Boucle Baby Mohair, in Pale Rust. This fuzzy goodness would make a wonderful lightweight yet warm lap blanket or a cute cowl.  

  • Berroco

    Berroco

    Below, from Berroco, left to right: We've experimented with two shades of the one of our perennial favorite yarns, Ultra Alpaca Light in Briny Deep and Turquoise Mix. The next...

  • Blue Ridge Yarns

    Blue Ridge Yarns

    Blue Ridge Yarns sent us in this fun 100% pima cotton yarn called Pima Paints. The color changes result in a happy, squishy plaid.

  • Brown Sheep Company

    Brown Sheep Company

    Below we're featuring several swatches from Brown Sheep. From far right, the first two are made with Nature Spun sport weight with the first square mixed with sock weight Wildfoote yarn....

  • Classic Elite Yarns

    Classic Elite Yarns

    Below, Pirouette from Classic Elite Yarns gave us a chance to see how a lace weight yarn weaves up on the Zoom Loom. Pirouette is a lovely kid mohair/bamboo/nylon blend...

  • Crystal Palace

    Crystal Palace

    Below, Crystal Palace Sausalito, 80% merino wool/20% nylon, color 8450, was used to make the pink/orange and purple/gold squares in the back. Mochi Plus, a single-ply, 80% merino wool/20% nylon,...

  • Done Roving

    Done Roving

    Below are two yarns from Done Roving Yarns: at left, Panda Mania, a superwash merino/bamboo rayon blend yarn in color Day Lilies, and right, Tapping Tootsees, a superwash merino/bamboo/nylon blend. Both fabrics...

  • Dream In Color

    Dream In Color

    Dream in Color, Calm, color Brilliant 712, 100% wool, light worsted weight, single ply. A nice, lofty yarn that can be used for a hat and scarf combo.

  • Emma Creation

    Emma Creation

    Below is Emma Creation Shiny Fur in Silver. This is a super fuzzy yarn and would make all kinds of fun wild accessories.

  • Fiesta Yarns

    Fiesta Yarns

    Fiesta Yarns sent us a variety of their variegated yarns. From left clockwise: Linnette, 70% linen/30% pima cotton, color Cedar Crest #183; La Luz Multi, 100% Mulberry silk, color Cool Breeze...

  • Frabjous Fibers

    Frabjous Fibers

    Frabjous Fibers Peace Silk (left) and (right) Reclaimed Cotton woven with Peace Silk. Both of these yarns have a thick and thin texture that works together wonderfully.  

  • Interlacements Yarn

    Interlacements Yarn

    Below,  Interlacements Yarn Irish Jig, (40% Flax, 31% Cotton, 29% Rayon, strand of metallic thread) sport weight. The Submarine color changes make a beautiful random plaid with a hint of...

  • Freia Fibers

    Freia Fibers

    Below, from Freia Fibers, Fine Handpaints Flux, in color SeaGlass, a sport weight 100% wool. This yarn has some long color changes, as illustrated below. Believe it or not, both...

  • Jade Sapphire Exotic Fibers

    Jade Sapphire Exotic Fibers

    Below, Jade Sapphire Exotic Fibers Mongolian cashmere, sport weight fulls squares fulled nicely for a drapy fabric. As you might expect from cashmere, these swatches are amazingly soft. Think wonderfully snugly cowl.

  • Jojoland

    Jojoland

    Here are some squares woven from Jojoland Tonic. Top left is a square woven with color AW292, a heathery tan/green; next to it is a square using AW324 (a medium heather brown)...

  • Knit One Crochet Too

    Knit One Crochet Too

    Knit One Crochet Too Ty-Dy wool, 100% wool, color 3272, a variegated red/pink/purple. It's always fun to see how the different colors in variegated yarns weave.  We used this yarn...

  • Frog Tree

    Frog Tree

    From Frog Tree we're showing Pediboo sock yarn (80% washable merino wool/20% bamboo) in color 1150 (purple) and Picoboo (60% pima cotton/40% bamboo), color 1026 (dark pink).We've woven both solid...

  • Karabella

    Karabella

    Karabella sent several yarns to try on the Zoom Loom. Left to right: Superyak (50% yak/50% merino wool, bulky, color 61451), Zodiac (100% mercerized cotton, worsted, color 433), Aurora 8...

  • Knitted Wit

    Knitted Wit

    Knitted Wit superwash wool, worsted weight. From left to right: Her Majesty (purple), French Kiss (pink), Rainbow Magic (multi), and Cupid's Arrow (red/pink/white). The multi-colored yarns offer so many ideas for...

  • HiKoo

    HiKoo

    Skacel Collection distributes HiKoo yarns from New Zealand, and we got to try out Kenzie, a tweedy 50% merino/25% nylon/10% angora/10% alpaca/5% silk noils blend, in color #1005 (orange) and...

  • Manos del Uruguay

    Manos del Uruguay

    Manos del Uruguay Manos Silk Blend, a merino silk blend in sport weight. We love this yarn. It is soft and squishy. The color is amazing. It looks unassuming from...

  • Humble Acres Yarn

    Humble Acres Yarn

    From the former Mango Moon, Humble Acres Yarn, we have Wooly, a 100% lambswool hand-spun and hand-dyed in Nepal, in color Grape. As a single ply, this yarn felts wonderfully and would...

  • Mountain Colors

    Mountain Colors

    Below are squares woven with yarns from Mountain Colors. Mountain Colors always has a wonderful selection of yarns and colors perfect for weaving!   Yarns shown are:Top row, left to right:...

  • Mountain Meadow Wool

    Mountain Meadow Wool

    Mountain Meadow Wool Jackson, 100% merino wool, color Lupine. This yarn weaves up beautifully and makes a square that could be used for just about anything. Baby blocks would be...

  • Natural Fiber Producers

    Natural Fiber Producers

    Natural Fiber Producers sent three shades of their Superfine Luxury Earth Treasures, a blend of 84% Huacaya/10% Suri/6% wool, in Brick Red, Deep Purple, and Blueberry. All of them are...

  • Pagewood Farm

    Pagewood Farm

    Pagewood Farm Swagger Light, 100% merino wool, color Violet Fusion. This yarn felts like a dream, making it a good choice for a project that could use a firmer fabric,...

  • Prism Yarn

    Prism Yarn

    Prism Yarn sent us several yarns. Left: Constellation  (95% nylon/5% metallic polyester), in the first layer. The remaining layers are in Tencel Tape (100% Tencel). Middle: the first layer is Layers...

  • Red Barn Yarn

    Red Barn Yarn

    Red Barn Yarn Salem, a merino/silk worsted weight yarn, is fluffy with some sheen due to the silk ply, so it has a hint of a pattern in it. This,...

  • Sincere Sheep

    Sincere Sheep

    Below is Sincere Sheep's Luminous, a DK weight 85% polwarth wool/15% silk blend. Even though just 15% of this yarn is silk, it certainly adds to the look and feel...

  • Swans Island

    Swans Island

    Swans Island Natural Colors Collection organic wool,  worsted weight.Classy, organic, and lovely, what more could you ask for in a yarn!?  The rich color wove up wonderfully and would be...

  • SweetGeorgia Yarns

    SweetGeorgia Yarns

    Fiber blends are fun to try out on the Zoom Loom, like these these swatches below from  SweetGeorgia Yarns Silk Crush (50% superwash merino/50% silk) in Orchid, a DK weight...

  • Tahki Stacy Charles

    Tahki Stacy Charles

    Tahki Stacy Charles yarns, left to right: Diamante, color 12 Sapphire, 63% wool/32% nylon/5% polyester metallic; Tara Tweed, color 16 Cherry tweed, 80% wool/20% nylon; Gioiello, color 68 Fuchsia, 30%...

  • The Yarns of Rhichard Devrieze

    The Yarns of Rhichard Devrieze

    The Yarns of Rhichard Devrieze  Peppino (merino wool), fingering weight. As with most of the variegated yarns with quick color changes, this yarn makes a really fun plaid effect. Great...