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SILK SALE
Monday, October 27 update: Great news, we just got a large order from Kanagawa from Japan on Friday, so all the colors are fully stocked. Oops, now on Monday, we just sold out of the first color ;)). We had all the colors of Anaito 1000 Denier 100% Silk Cards in stock yesterday. We have many sets of Anaito mini-cards and Temari sets - They make wonderful gifts for anyone interested in fiberarts. To help us pay for our large shipment and the tariffs, we just put on the largest silk sale since December 2024. Enjoy!
October 2025> Silkie Ribbon Mini-Skeins Regular Price $7.50
Mini-Skeins on Sale $5.00
Full Skeins Regular Price $24.00 Full Skein on Sale $18.00
Hand dyed silk ribbon perfect for kumihimo, 10 mm wide, with a center rib dividing the ribbon into two sides: one side is more shiny, the other more matte.
The colors shift and repeat around the skein, every 50-60 inches (1.25-1.5 m).
October 2025> Madeira Silk Floss
List Price $2.50 per card SILK SALE Price $2.00 per card
Madeira Silk Floss is a high quality 100% pure Swiss Mountain silk made into a 4-strand floss with a beautiful sheen and no lint. The packaging design keeps the silk dust and tangle free.
This silk is not longer manufactured, however the factory in Germany still has lots of stock and so do we. All the colors are available other than these: Colors Black, Natural White, 0113, 0511, 0514, 1405,1510, and 2213 are sold out or out of stock. Other colors are limited to the stock on hand.
Washable in warm water. Iron on silk setting. Can be dry cleaned with extra care. Do not bleach or place in dryer.
Shop now for best choices and best prices during the SILK SALE! This is the lowest prices on Madeira Silk Cards since December 2024. We are not sure if we will be placing an order for more stock of the colors still available in Germany. Let us know what you think, but be aware that prices will go up due to import taxes. Import taxes from Germany are currently 15% ;((
NEWS
Nicolai Larsen Retrospective
at Chico Art Center, Chico CA
December 9 - January 16
• Show opens December 9th, 2025
• Tour Art + Q&A + Refeshments with Marion on Sunday, Dec 14 at 2 pm
• Reception - Friday, Jan 9 at 5-7 pm
• Slide Show of Nicolai's mural and commercial work - Saturday Jan 10 at 2 pm at Chico Art Center or on Zoom Sunday, Jan 11 at 2 pm
Ever since I designed this neckpiece, every October I pull mine out and wear it through November to celebrate our ancestors and our dear departed ones. This is a fun necklace to wear at this time of the year. Get the tutorial and necklace kit and make one for yourself, your family, and your friends for Halloween or Dia De Los Muertos.
Make a necklace and a pair or earrings, and a few amulet with leftover beads and cord with the kit. For the dancing skeletons pendants and earrings, check the free online tutorial HERE.
October 2025 Update C-Lon Bead Cord News & Sale Good News - Most of the C-Lon Bead Cord production is continuing as is. In the meantime, worldwide specialty products are getting phased out or discontinued.
Price Hike Due to Cost Increases In November 2024, the prices of C-Lon Bead Cord and Tex 400 went up by 40%, while Micro and Fine Weight rose by 20%. Our online store prices are going up by increments based on the percentage of newer stock versus older stock.
Future Outlook - As to prices.... As of Fall 2025, the factory manufacturing C-Lon has announced future price hikes due to tariffs. C-Lon is manufactured in the USA, but some of its components are imported.
More good news: We have purchased some C-Lon from an online store making room for other products and are in the process of integrating the inventory. What does it means: #1. We can maintain our low prices longer. #2. We have now the widest variety of offerings with many previously sold out items available in small quantities. We have integrated the larger spools of Micro and Fine Weight Tex 135 so if that's something you have been looking for > Shop now for C-Lon Micro Bead Cord or for C-Lon Fine Weight Tex 135 Bead Cord
FOR NICOLE HUNZIKER (1927 – 2025)
My mother died at home in L'Abergement in Haute-Savoie in France in the very early hours of Sunday, August 3, 2025, at the age of 98.
I am incredibly grateful I was able to be by her side to accompany her during her final days and earlier to visit her for the two weeks in June while she was still well.
My mother was a remarkable woman. At three and a half years old she said: "When I grow up, I want to be a doctor." Words that carried her throughout her life, she became a dermatologist and an assistant professor, a pioneering woman for the time.
She worked as a clinician, researcher, and lecturer at the Hopital Cantonal of Geneva, and published many research works as well as a book in 1969 that was reprinted in 2012, so somehow it is still relevant. She worked until she was 75 opening a private practice after she retired from the hospital. She continued attending conferences and research groups for several more years. Her curiosity about new scientific advances and life never waned. Whenever she spoke about her work or met with colleagues and former students, her face would light up.
I am incredibly grateful to have had so many years with my mother from conception to her moving to the other side of the veil. She slipped gently and peacefully through.... We were allies throughout our lives although from a distance as an ocean and a continent separated us for all of my adult life. We often met in Mexico away from both our work for rest and recuperation. I will miss her, however 98 years of a meaningful life is something to celebrate and that leaves me hopeful somehow.
Kai Larsen, one of our sons, painted this watercolor. It is a winter scene from the Hudson River Valley in New York that he gifted to his grandmother the last time he visited her in France. Its luminiscity and sense of space and peace reminded my sister and I of how the space felt during and after my mother's transition.
FOR NICOLAI LARSEN (October 9, 1952 – April 24, 2025)
Nicolai, my husband, partner, best friend, and a talented and prolific artist, ended his journey on this earth on Thursday, April 24.
It was a conscious decision after a battle with double pneumonia and a month-long hospital stay. True to his character, he approached this final step with courage and humor. He leaves behind a strong family in awe of his bravery and the love he shared with us.
For more about Nicolai's art, visit the following:
> www.NicolaiLarsen.com showing some of the commissioned works and murals he created over his long career as a professional artist.
As a small business owner running an online store open 24/7, the last few months have been challenging as we were in the midst of my husband, partner, and best friend final journey on the terrestrial plane.
Since my husband hospitalization, the online orders still managed to be sent, but not much else was accomplished. I look forward to having again more time to develop more ideas, write tutorials, many are in the pipeline, soon ready to be published, and continue to serve my online store customers with the same dedication as in the past.
January 2025 > C-Lon Colors of the Year
The Color of the Year? Mocha Mousse by Pantone or Future Dusk by Coloro... Why are these colors important? Many items are already out this year in these colors or will be out soon. I matched Mocha Mousee with MB-Medium Brown, BLS-Blush, BR-Brown, and CHO-Chocolate. For Future Dusk, I went with PI-Persan Indigo, HYA-Hyacinth, and PKL-Periwinkle.
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Cleo, the official store mascot!
Cleo got renamed Kumihimo Cleo Cavandoli. She sits on my desk chair in the online store when I am working and keeps me company. She was born March 9th 2011, a triple rescue, we adopted January 2013. She is a 10 lb. foxy doxy with a bit of chihuahua maybe? - Marion
This gorgeous photo is courtesy of Paula's PhotoArt. As Paula says, every picture tells a story...
