The Great Canadian Silk Sale of 2018
We’re having a sale on all natural silky things (not unnatural silly things). That means our 20/2 Bombyx Spun Silk, 30/2 Bombyx Spun Silk, 20/2 Tussar Spun Silk and Tussar Tweed are on sale… ten percent off, those savings add up when you’re buying silk. Sale lasts until March 2, 2018 PST 11:59 PM.
Note that this doesn’t include our range of dyed silks.
Fibres West
We’re off to Fibres West 2018 which will be on Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24, 2018 on the Cloverdale Exhibition Park Grounds, in the Agriplex building, Surrey, BC, Canada.
This show definitely won’t be baaaaaaaahd.*
* I am in no way responsible for the very low hilarity level of this pun.
Online Guild update
The first two episodes of Season 2 are up and it is so exciting to see what weavers have been weaving. You can check things out on Ravelry and on the JST Online Guild Forum.
Just a reminder that Season 2 is all about Colour and Design, which is our most sought after workshop and thanks to this wonderful thing I like to call, “the internet”, it will never go away… you can start it whenever you want and move at your own pace.
Kits for the first three samples are now available on the JST website.
Louet floor loom prices
Thanks to the miracle of competitive pricing I can now offer you great prices on all Louet floor looms. Hurray for market forces!
And rather shamelessly I’m copying an idea from the lovely Joan Sheridan and including a one year membership for the Online Guild with every floor loom purchase. Already a member of the Online Guild? Then you could gift your membership to your BFF (Best Friend Forever).
Introductions are in order
I just thought you’d like to know who’s answering the phone at JST now. Chances are you’ll hear the dulcet tones of Elizabeth – a weaver’s daughter who was utilised as child labour to produce warps – or Alastair – if there are computer problems, blame him! Or Grant, who is my own personal handyman. Or Joan, basket weaver extraordinaire. Or “Person Saturday”, Klare. Or even Jane, who does a bit of weaving now and then. Charlotte has now left to go back to school, or rather trades college – cheerio and good luck Charlotte, but remember you can’t escape the JST gravitational force field for too long.
Survey time
I’m currently planning for future episodes of the Online Guild and I would love to know which type of loom you use most, so I’m running a mini-survey.
I have just ordered a Louet Spring from Heritage Spinning and Weaving. Thanks to Joan I’m excited to be watching your On line Guild waiting for May and my loom.
my loom is a Le Clerc Compact 24 inch, small space so need to fold up when guests arrive, really pleased with it, would like extra width but for space is not available so i work with what i have, clothing, cushions etc, only miss doing lap blankets.
Jane and friends!
It is my first time back at the loom in 14 years. Thank you for your down to earth approach. I ran out of my raspberry yarn for my warp…and I thought: what would Jane do…I kept calm and warped on! Keep up the good work!