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Old Yarn Bal Kilim by Loom. This particular collection, from an Australian rug company with an eye for subtle color variations and rich materials, uses yarn unraveled from vintage kilims.
Old Yarn Bal Kilim by Loom. This particular collection, from an Australian rug company with an eye for subtle color variations and rich materials, uses yarn unraveled from vintage kilims.
Detail view of the yarn Mimi Jung uses in textile wall hangings for Brook&Lyn.
Detail view of the yarn Mimi Jung uses in textile wall hangings for Brook&Lyn.
Woah: Yarn Bombing Los Angeles is live-knitting from the show floor. #DODLA
Woah: Yarn Bombing Los Angeles is live-knitting from the show floor. #DODLA
Maryanne Moodie’s Woolen Wall Art Moodie’s collages of new and vintage yarn, including threads pulled from spools found in shut-down textile factories. Photo courtesy Maryanne Moodie
Maryanne Moodie’s Woolen Wall Art Moodie’s collages of new and vintage yarn, including threads pulled from spools found in shut-down textile factories. Photo courtesy Maryanne Moodie
Here's one of Agata Olek's random acts of yarn.
Here's one of Agata Olek's random acts of yarn.
For Dwell on Design 2015, artist-in-residence Yarn Bombing Los Angeles will present the installation “Temporary Residence,” raising awareness for San Fernando-based Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission.
For Dwell on Design 2015, artist-in-residence Yarn Bombing Los Angeles will present the installation “Temporary Residence,” raising awareness for San Fernando-based Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission.
The green Snopi lamp is by Flos, and the colored bench is by João Bruno Videira, a Portuguese artisan who works with webs of woolen yarn.
The green Snopi lamp is by Flos, and the colored bench is by João Bruno Videira, a Portuguese artisan who works with webs of woolen yarn.
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles created the Yarn-o-polis installation at the historic Grand Central Market food hall in downtown Los Angeles, in collaboration with over 80 knitters and crocheters.
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles created the Yarn-o-polis installation at the historic Grand Central Market food hall in downtown Los Angeles, in collaboration with over 80 knitters and crocheters.
"Sheila Hicks's 'Baôli' installation at @PalaisdeTokyo using @Sunbrella yarn. See her interview in @dwellmagazine's October issue, on newsstands now!"
"Sheila Hicks's 'Baôli' installation at @PalaisdeTokyo using @Sunbrella yarn. See her interview in @dwellmagazine's October issue, on newsstands now!"
Here’s a close-up showing the frame being “pre-looped” with yarn.
Here’s a close-up showing the frame being “pre-looped” with yarn.
Blue and Gray Square woven textile hanging by Brook&Lyn, $850
Blue and Gray Square woven textile hanging by Brook&Lyn, $850
Zhou and company will also host workshops throughout the weekend with special takeaways for Dwell on Design visitors.
Zhou and company will also host workshops throughout the weekend with special takeaways for Dwell on Design visitors.
Shelves of yarn in Erin's workspace.
Shelves of yarn in Erin's workspace.
One vertical unit fully looped with yarn. There are 17 lines at every section of frame.
One vertical unit fully looped with yarn. There are 17 lines at every section of frame.
Blue Rya and Triangle Window weaving by Brook&Lyn, $850
Blue Rya and Triangle Window weaving by Brook&Lyn, $850
After it is pre-looped, a continuous piece of yarn runs from top to the bottom frame.
After it is pre-looped, a continuous piece of yarn runs from top to the bottom frame.
As does the the urinal, a design and shape one would never expect to see made from yarn.
As does the the urinal, a design and shape one would never expect to see made from yarn.
The Urban Letters installation, displayed next to the Craft and Folk Art Museum, gave participants and passersby something to admire and hashtag.
The Urban Letters installation, displayed next to the Craft and Folk Art Museum, gave participants and passersby something to admire and hashtag.
Brook&Lyn's new Rya bench, combining solid maple with a clear coat finish and handwoven cotton yarns.
Brook&Lyn's new Rya bench, combining solid maple with a clear coat finish and handwoven cotton yarns.
Made entirely of yarn, Vincent's Locker Room is a life-size recreation of the high school gym experience.
Made entirely of yarn, Vincent's Locker Room is a life-size recreation of the high school gym experience.
Chi-Chi 3-strand yarn necklace by Grain in blue, orange, and pink. The necklace is named for the famous Chichicastenango Market, known by many as the most colorful market in North America. $38 each at AmDC.
Chi-Chi 3-strand yarn necklace by Grain in blue, orange, and pink. The necklace is named for the famous Chichicastenango Market, known by many as the most colorful market in North America. $38 each at AmDC.
Among Wegman's latest designs are shower curtains and duvet covers made of soft, slubbed linen with yarn dyed stripes.
Among Wegman's latest designs are shower curtains and duvet covers made of soft, slubbed linen with yarn dyed stripes.
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles covered the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles with 7,500 hand crocheted granny squares for the CAFAM Granny Squared project in 2013, bringing together more than 500 crafters from 25 countries for the common goal of creating a work of art in yarn.
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles covered the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles with 7,500 hand crocheted granny squares for the CAFAM Granny Squared project in 2013, bringing together more than 500 crafters from 25 countries for the common goal of creating a work of art in yarn.
Veil Curtain. Ritva Puotila (Finnish, b. 1935), Woodnotes OY. Finland, 2008. Paper yarn. Photo: Woodnotes OY
Veil Curtain. Ritva Puotila (Finnish, b. 1935), Woodnotes OY. Finland, 2008. Paper yarn. Photo: Woodnotes OY
<b>7 Introduce Color</b> The warp, which is made of thousands of fine yarns, acts as a “carrier” for the blue and off-white cotton weft yarns. The binary file controls how and when the warp threads are manipulated to make way for the weft yarn.
7 Introduce Color
Painting on silk fabrics, With yarn weaving.
Painting on silk fabrics, With yarn weaving.
Rolls of yarn for use with the knitting machine.
Rolls of yarn for use with the knitting machine.
Yarn bombed trees are commonplace in Atwater Village.
Yarn bombed trees are commonplace in Atwater Village.
Allegra Hicks managed to take crocheted yarn and bronze—two materials that couldn’t be more different—and create a collection centered around their similarities. Entitled Metamorphosis, she celebrates the evolution of a soft material transforming into something hard, which is probably why it took me a solid second to realize that the cubic tables, textured like a loose knit blanket, were actually cast bronze.
Allegra Hicks managed to take crocheted yarn and bronze—two materials that couldn’t be more different—and create a collection centered around their similarities. Entitled Metamorphosis, she celebrates the evolution of a soft material transforming into something hard, which is probably why it took me a solid second to realize that the cubic tables, textured like a loose knit blanket, were actually cast bronze.
Balls of yarn on the shelves in Erin's Sunwoven weaving studio.
Balls of yarn on the shelves in Erin's Sunwoven weaving studio.
some mills already working with recycled cotton yarn
some mills already working with recycled cotton yarn
While prefabs cabins have the same amenities and footprint, orienting the long side of Kabn 2 towards the loch shortened the inbuilt bench. Its fabric woven from PET yarn, a lounge chair by Ferm Living was added by the window to compensate.
While prefabs cabins have the same amenities and footprint, orienting the long side of Kabn 2 towards the loch shortened the inbuilt bench. Its fabric woven from PET yarn, a lounge chair by Ferm Living was added by the window to compensate.
<b>4 Create Tension</b> Tidal Wave has a two-color warp made from fine, solution-dyed nylon yarn. Each individual yarn is run through a device that keeps it from getting tangled and ensures uniform tension as it winds around a huge drum.
4 Create Tension
<b> 9 Insert the Weft</b> After each pass of the weft pick (a single yarn crossing the warp), the yarns are “beaten” or combed into place to ensure even tension. The weft pick moves so swiftly across the warp that it’s sometimes difficult to track with the human eye.
9 Insert the Weft
Though we are reading fewer and fewer printed newspapers, pages and pages of paper still gets dropped on doorstops around the globe everyday. Greetje van Tiem's furniture is created with yarn made out of newsprint. The front page of one newspaper can reportedly yield nearly 40 feet of yarn.
Though we are reading fewer and fewer printed newspapers, pages and pages of paper still gets dropped on doorstops around the globe everyday. Greetje van Tiem's furniture is created with yarn made out of newsprint. The front page of one newspaper can reportedly yield nearly 40 feet of yarn.
The Shag Dot mats, made of tufted yarn on a vinyl backing, are fitting for indoor or outdoor settings.
The Shag Dot mats, made of tufted yarn on a vinyl backing, are fitting for indoor or outdoor settings.

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