Chanel tweed—this iconic fabric rose to fame in the 1920s when Coco Chanel commissioned fabric from a Scottish textile manufacturer. She then used it in her line of jackets, blazers,…
When I think about winter and the Christmas season, I can't help but feel a sense of joy and wonder. The possibilities of transformation, ancient magic, and folklore fill my…
After my last post on spinning fractal yarn, I wasn't quite happy with the idea. The premise of the technique is sound, but it isn't truly a fractal in the…
"Creative, innovative, exciting, and new, all come together in this wonderful woven rope vest from designer Benjamin Collyn Krudwig and Schacht Spindle Company." - Barry Klein of Trendsetter Yarns. These…
This project is part of a special collaboration between Casey Ryder from Portfiber, distributor of Cashmere People Cashgora yarns, Bristol Ivy, knitwear designer extraordinaire, and us! This seemed like a…
February is here, and with the frigid weather, many of us are experiencing a bit of cabin fever. We felt that by adding some new handwoven pillows into our homes,…
As you read in our January e-Newes, our theme for January is "what was old is new" and in this post, we're breathing new life into three vintage decor ideas.…
Drinking hot cocoa, sledding, building snowmen; these are a few of my favorite snowy-day activities. In Colorado, it isn't always snowy enough to build a snowman, so with this easy…
This year marks five years since I began spinning. Over the years I have progressed (as most spinners do) from spinning chunky and uneven yarns to finer and more consistent…
The funky home decor trend continues to pop up all over Instagram, Pinterest, Etsy - you name it! I couldn't resist making one for my studio. Here's how to make your…
Earlier this year, We e-mailed the team at Brooklyn Tweed to see if they wanted to participate in one of our collaborations for 2016. I was thrilled…
You're at the fiber show, and you see a braid of fiber that has to come home with you. You get it home and look at it and realize…
Western Sky Knits Collaboration We've all been there; standing at a fiber show and staring at a wall of hand-dyed skeins of luxury yarn. They call to you, but your…
When I first approached Amanda from Classy Squid Fiber Company about doing a collaboration with her fiber, I had no idea that we would mesh so well! I immediately…
When Krysten from Gherkin's Bucket showed me the new colorway she dyed up for this collaboration, I was floored! The stunning blues, greens, greys, and browns are a perfect way…
For our fiber collaboration this month, I had the pleasure of working with Into the Whirled (bio below). This month, I wanted to try my hand at spinning beaded yarn. There are…
We've all seen them on Pinterest, and they seem to be cropping up in all of the home decor magazines this spring. Some people saw these (made these!) the first…
For this project, I was inspired by the icy blues seen in the deep mid-winter season around dusk and twilight. Cold clear nights with freshly fallen snow makes you want…
For our December yarn company collaboration, we worked with Blue Sky Fibers for a very special and luxurious scarf woven on our 15" Cricket Loom. Since Blue Sky Alpacas offers both yarns…
by Benjamin Krudwig Skill Level: Beginner Tools: Zoom Loom Weaving Needle Tapestry Needle Felting Needle Crochet Hook Optional Tools: Incredible Rope Machine Knitting Needles Materials: Sport Weight Wool Yarn in:…
Here at Schacht Spindle Company, we are no strangers to using handspun yarn in our projects. For many of us in the office, we rarely buy yarn, because our handspun…
Last year I made a woven notebook cover using fabric I had woven on my Cricket Loom. That project was fun, as it allowed me to breathe new life into…
Recently I had the pleasure of working with the Lhasa Wilderness yarn from Bijou Basin Ranch in a few of their new colors from their Outlandish colorway series which was inspired…
Last August my wife and I went to New Mexico for our honeymoon, staying in both Taos and Santa Fe. While in Taos, we stayed in a quiet vacation home…
Every holiday in my childhood home was a spectacle. Seasonal decorations went up all over the house; no room was left untouched by the festive frock. To me, the…
It is almost always intimidating to me to work with handspun. Whether it's mine or spun by somebody else, I find myself paralyzed with anxiety. After the immediate fear of…
As an office, we decided that we would love to use Jane and Stephanie's book, Woven Scarves, as inspiration for our next projects. This book has a wealth of…
With Spinzilla a month behind us, I finally have found time to explain how I managed to blend two colors of bamboo fiber into a five-hue shift ombre yarn. Ombre and…
The new Sidekick bag was designed to fit your wheel perfectly and snugly inside. There is only one correct way to insert your Sidekick into the bag. Here is a…
Halloween has been, and always will be my all-time favorite holiday. Whether it's the candy, or the fact that for one night a year you can dress up as anybody…
