http://www.yarntasting.com people swatching Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:09:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.yarntasting.com/2011/03/chieko-aihara-fiber-artist/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2011/03/chieko-aihara-fiber-artist/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:08:23 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=728 “We can comprehend each other when we recognize firstly what difference we have, and the next to try to respect our difference mutually.  We should have various measures, not only one. While we are living in a small world, we cannot know well ourselves as far as we have nothing to compare with.”  — Chieko [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2011/03/chieko-aihara-fiber-artist/feed/ 14 http://www.yarntasting.com/2011/02/yarn-value-at-artfibers/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2011/02/yarn-value-at-artfibers/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:13:49 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=698 At Artfibers, our goal is to offer uniquely good value to our customers. Our web catalog contains several tools to help you make an informed buying decision. Estimator On every page in our catalog you will find an interactive estimator for that yarn.  We built this ourselves over several years — a lot of care [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2011/02/yarn-value-at-artfibers/feed/ 0 http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/12/newool-collection/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/12/newool-collection/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:05:42 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=631 In November of 2010 the Artfibers production team did something unusual.  In addition to the steady flow of work for orders and inventory, we also developed six new yarns, finishing and delivering to the store a total of 30 new colors.  The new yarns are ANIME, BRIE, MOSS BEACH, VINYA, WOOSH, and YURT.  Since all [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/12/newool-collection/feed/ 2 http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/08/silk-a-miracle-of-nature/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/08/silk-a-miracle-of-nature/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:45:20 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=103 Chemists think of silk as a liquid crystal protein. In its natural form it is two proteins. A core filament forms the fiber that we know. It is encased in a very thin layer called sericin, also a protein. More about sericin later. Everyone has heard of the silkworm. In fact it is an immature [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/08/silk-a-miracle-of-nature/feed/ 5