New Colours of Zephyr on Our Shelves!
You know how much I love weaving with Zephyr – Jaggerspun’s beautiful 18/2 – 50% Merino/50% Tussah Silk yarn! The softness of the Merino and silk blend, the extra glint that the silk gives to our cloth, and the beautiful way the Merino fulls, make this yarn magic to weave with. And…it’s dyed in a stunning range of colours. Just when I thought this line of Zephyr couldn’t get any better… Jaggerspun introduced 6 more beautiful colours! Check below to see them – Rust, Espresso, Rapture Rose, Mythical Pink, Chartreuse and Seaweed. With this addition to our Zephyr line, we now have almost 30 colours to play with!
Jane
Check out our Fulling Instructions for tips!
- Plain weave: 16-20 epi depending on how much you want to full your fabric
- Twill: 18-24 epi depending on how much you want to full your fabric. For collapsible fabrics, use 15 epi in plain weave.
Check out our kits with Zephyr!
In case you missed it!
Early in 2021, Jane spent time talking to Nicole Burgess – host and inspiration behind her Podcast series – Soulfilled Sisterhood Podcast. You can find out more about Nicole and focus as “Soul-Led Leadership Coach to Women in Midlife” through her website.
We thought you might be interested in learning more about Jane’s journey through weaving as she is interviewed by Nicole. Below, you’ll find an overview of what these two amazing women talked about during the interview and click on the button to listen to Jane’s story.
Jane Stafford has been sitting behind a loom since 1978. In the early years, Jane was a production weaver and sought-after workshop instructor, introducing countless weavers to the possibilities of color and design in cloth, while at the same time consulting closely in the design of the Louet Jane Loom (there’s a reason Louet’s table loom is named “Jane”), and helping thousands of weavers learn to use Louet looms on instructional DVDs.
For many years Jane taught exclusively in her studio on beautiful Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Weavers came from all over the continent to attend JST’s famous weaving retreats, which contributed to Jane’s being named Teacher of the Year by Handwoven magazine in 2014.
In 2016 Jane created the JST Online Guild, a streamable weaving resource viewed by thousands of weavers around the world. The online guild is a resource that allows anyone, anywhere access to Jane’s workshops from the comfort of their own home.
In this episode: Business Lessons
- Jane shares her journey of becoming a weaver and business owner
- Nicole reflects Jane’s passion and joy coming through in her teaching videos
- Encouraging her students to “play” and being curious in weaving (Business Lessons #1)
- Making mistakes and how making this decision shifted her thinking
- How repetition helped her develop a system
- Insight into giving herself permission to play more with her work
- Allowing herself to organically evolve
- We learn and grow through others
- Removing the right and wrong in everything (Business lessons #2)
- Using critical thinking skills and thinking outside the box
- How India and other cultures have shifted her beliefs (episode 17 Breaking Through Limiting Beliefs)
- Mark Twain’s quote on travel
- Jane shares her reason behind supporting two weaving businesses in India and Ethiopia
- She shares facing her fears of traveling (Business Lessons #3)
- Charllotte Kwon’s work on preserving dyes, textiles, and more
- Kathy Marshall’s work in Africa and preserving silk production (Jane’s blog link)
- Humbling experience and perspective shift (Business Lessons #4)
- Giving back and collaboration
- Being an innovator in creating videos and online platform
- Jane’s reason behind doing videos (Business Lessons #5)
- Customers raving reviews
- Jane’s “trick” when she is filming a video
- Allowing her online guild to evolve and keeping it simple (Business Lessons #6)
- Having a team to bring ideas to fruition
- Being clear on her mission
- Jane being open to suggestions and allowing ideas to percolate (Business Lessons #7)
- Having a bigger reach and not burning out
- Who inspires Jane
School of Weaving
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