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Log Cabin Weaving
Posted by Jodi Ybarra on
Weaving Log Cabin What is log cabin? Log cabin is a specific kind of color-and-weave effect that involves two or more colors. The horizontal (warp yarns) and vertical (weft yarns) are what produce this weave structure. There seems to be so much more going on than just plain weave, but truly it's that easy! You just weave one row at a time, changing weft colors as you go. We guarantee that this color and weave structure will get you excited about weaving on your rigid heddle loom! Magic truly appears right before your eyes! Ok, now that I've talked about how much...
Weaving Log Cabin ~ It's Easier Than It Looks!
Posted by Jessica Ybarra on
Let's Weave Log Cabin! I love weaving log cabin on my rigid heddle loom because it's so easy and rewarding to see such an intricate pattern appear right before my eyes. Log-cabin is a color and weave technique; the pattern looks complicated, but it is not! It is just a two-shaft plain weave that produces areas of smart vertical and horizontal pinstripes. You can think of weaving log cabin in two blocks. "Block A" will be warped light, dark, light, dark while "Block B" will be warped dark, light, dark, light. Then once you have your loom warped by repeating these two blocks,...
Yarn Lovers Unite!
Posted by Jessica Ybarra on
You are invited!
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Great News! What's New at Cotton Clouds!
Posted by Jessica Ybarra on
Cotton Clouds — now a mother & daughter team! It is with great pleasure that I announce that Jodi & Jessica Ybarra will become the new owners of Cotton Clouds, Inc. March 1, 2021. Come Join Them! Truth be told, Jodi knows more about Cotton Clouds than I do! Over the past 35 years, Jodi Ybarra has taken over all operations of ordering, shipping, product development and a natural way of treating customers with compassion and kindness. I am very proud of her! If you haven’t spoken or emailed Jodi yet, you’ll be in for a treat. She’s a self-taught...
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New to Spinning Cotton?
Posted by Jessica Ybarra on
What words come to mind when you think about spinning cotton? At CottonClouds.com, we make cotton spinning easy with quality tools and instruction. But you don’t have to take it from us! We asked Rebecca, to whom we recently sent our All About Cotton Spinning kit, to put in her own words, her experience spinning cotton for the first time! Take it away, Rebecca! A New Spinner’s Experience Thanks to Cotton Clouds for the opportunity to share my experience here! I have been a knitter for 13 years and have been practicing my crochet skills for 5 years, you can see...