Journal

Every now and then a customer project comes along that simply blows us away. Today we’re sharing one of those projects, a doubleweave wall hanging based on a pattern by Jennifer Moore.

Natasha Khiev of Mighty Loom, known for sharing her daily tapestries on Instagram, opens up about her weaving practice, her sources of inspiration, and shares valuable tips for anyone looking to start their own daily practice. 

WEAVE the artist residency is a 12-week long remote residency that aims to support weavers and fiber enthusiasts who engage in community-based fiber practices. Each participant will receive a $1,500.00 cash stipend to use with no restrictions, and a $1,500.00 materials budget to shop for materials on the Gist Yarn website.

We are pleased to announce the artist's selected for our WEAVE Artist Residency cycle in 2022. Melvenea Hodges, Kesiena Onosigho, Sobia Ahmad, and adé Oh. 

As part of our ongoing series of blog posts by tapestry weavers, we asked artist Miriam Vergara to walk us through their process of creating an autobiographical tapestry weaving with our Array wool.

Weaving the seasons is what's inspiring us to get behind our looms for 2022. Whether you're inspired to weave a set of napkins for a sunny summer beach lunch or a cozy wool blanket to snuggle up with loved ones to keep warm. Perhaps you're thinking of a design that can be useful in multiple seasons.

Every now and then, a yarn comes along that’s just so good, it makes you question why anyone would ever want to do anything but weave. Ode is such a yarn. 

We are excited to share our Fall 2021 open call for weaving patterns! We are looking for experienced weavers to propose rigid heddle, 4-shaft, or tapestry weaving pattern designs for our yarn collections: Duet, Mallo, Beam, and Array. Deadline Extended to November 2, 2021, at 11 p.m. EST 

It brings us so much joy to see all of the projects shared under the #gistyarn hashtag on Instagram. Today we are featuring three projects that caught our eye recently, each incorporating Mallo.

We are excited to share our first open call for weaving patterns! We are looking for experienced weavers to propose rigid heddle and 4 shaft pattern designs for our yarn collections: Duet, Mallo, and Beam. 

Meet the new website! For the last seven months, we have been working on redesigning our brand identity and rebuilding our website to better reflect the company we have become, and to better serve our community.

This casually elegant motif is woven by alternating warp and weft colors in a specific order to create the illusion of an intricate pattern, also known as color-and-weave.