Two custom colour ways in silk
I do believe Spring is here to stay. In honour of her return and because we’ve had so many requests for this colourway… we’ve done another small run Playing with Pastels and Cheryl, our wonderful hand dyer, has created a very small run of West Coast Wonder inspired by the water that surrounds and nourishes us.
New 16/2 Linen from Venne
Last month I dropped in on René and Mischa van der Venne in the Netherlands and spent a wonderful couple of days hanging out with two marvellous people AND exploring a warehouse of organic yarn. We are committed to expanding our line of organic yarn. This month we have added 16/2 GOTS certified organic linen in 21 colours. GOTS stands for the Global Organic Textile Standard. The aim of the standard is to define world-wide recognized requirements that ensure organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing up to labelling in order to provide a credible assurance to the end consumer.
The process of making our sample cards
Why do we charge $5 for our sample cards? We thought we’d better explain why and the reasoning behind it. All sample yarn is cut by hand. All the sample cards are punched by hand. The length of the yarn is such that you can compare, side-by-side, any thread with any other thread. We don’t use sticky tape to adhere our yarn to the sample card – tape stiffens and becomes brittle over time – we thread the yarn into the sample card. Two Salt Spring gals are responsible for constructing our sample cards; let’s here it for Christine and Susan! 🙂
The JST Helpline is dead, long live the JST Knowledge Base!
If you’ve not used the JST Helpline before, it’s a compendium of as much
knowledge about weaving as we could squeeze onto the interwebs. But it
hasn’t been used as often as we thought it could be. So we’ve
relaunched/revamped the JST Helpline. It is now called – cue drumroll –
the JST Knowledge Base.
We want to make it the first place to go when weavers encounter a problem. Having a problem with your Jane loom? Check the Jane loom section of the JST Knowledge Base. Maybe you’re asking yourself can I wind two threads at a time? Or perhaps you’ve pondered the question, how do I tie-up a sinking shed loom?
Or try searching the knowledge base. You should see suggestions appear and become refined as you type.
If you find the article useful, give it a thumbs up. If you felt like
the article didn’t hit the spot, click thumbs down. Either way, leave
some feedback and we’ll be able to refine the article for other weavers.
Linen spring cleaning
Spring is a great time to have a linen sale. The following are all 10% off, whilst stocks last…
16/2 Wet Spun Line – Bleached
16/2 Wet Spun Line – Natural
30/3 Wet Spun Line – Natural
33/3 Wet Spun Line – Bleached
40/2 Wet Spun Line – Bleached
And, we have some large cones of 5/2 warp twist cotton
that need to find a new home. These are 10% off too 🙂 There is a lot
of yardage on these puppies, it is a fabulous yarn but unfortunately we
have to buy it on these huge cones and that seems to put weavers off… so
if you’re interested in any type of production work that requires a
lovely natural cotton at 2100 yds. per lb… this yarn is for you.
Warp Faced Weaving is up next on the Online Guild
You don’t want to miss the next episode which airs May 23rd. Warp Faced Kits are available on our website!
How heavy is cone?
It depends.
In the interests of transparency, I’ll outline what’s about to happen here: I’m going to create what is known in marketing as a “sense of urgency” or “sense of scarcity”, here goes…
Our hearts are broken here at JST because 
Fibres West
I have had a few calls lately from weavers interested in the Online Guild who weren’t quite sure what it’s all about.
This past year we have woven each one of the seven samples on 27 yard warps creating a amazing library of visual ideas which will be shared throughout the season. Each episode will be one sample. The first two episodes will be laying out the process. My ideas just don’t float out of my head… I have a process that brings all my designs to life and I am so happy to be able to share it all with you. No holding back 🙂
Until July 31st 2017 all our Louet looms (but not the Louet accessories) have a 5% discount. So if you were splashing out on a 
We have finally received our large consignment of Dr Beckmann’s Color & Dirt Collectors.
