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 Stress-Free Weaving for the Holidays  We all love weaving, but making handmade gifts for all of our family, friends and co-workers can get a little stressful around the holidays! Giving handmade gifts bring so much joy to the giver and receiver and is always worth the extra time put into creating something from your passion for weaving.   Isn't it exciting just thinking about a loved one opening a gift that you spent so many hours on, and then to see their smile when their gift is revealed?  I'm a true believer that giving a hand-made gift can truly express how much you care,...

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...

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,...

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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...