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...
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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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....
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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...
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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,...
