Tapestry Discovery Box
A Collaboration with Rebecca Mezoff and Gist Yarn

Registration is open on Gist Yarn’s website.

The Tapestry Discovery Box is a quarterly subscription that includes weft yarn from Gist’s popular Array line and an ongoing course from Rebecca Mezoff.

This is a subscription product that comes out in January, April, July, and October.

Each box will contain 7 colors of Array tapestry wool along with an ongoing course from Rebecca. The course material will teach a new technique each quarter and also present a suggested project using the new technique and the yarn colors we’re working with.

The course contains bonus videos about commonly used techniques along with the ability to interact with the community of people who are working with the same concepts for those three months.

The course content will be available for you as long as your subscription is active and you’ll have access to past quarters.

This program is a fantastic way to

• build your tapestry skills,

• get help from a seasoned teacher,

• and interact with other students in the class for inspiration.

A conversation with Rebecca Mezoff and Sarah Resnick of Gist Yarn

Have questions?
Sarah Resnick, owner of Gist Yarn, and I had a good chat about the Tapestry Discovery Box when it first launched. We also discussed how Array tapestry wool was created and answered questions about the box, Gist yarn, and tapestry in general. You can watch the replay on YouTube HERE.

Course content

Each quarter will contain a new set of course videos. I’ll have at least one technique video and a video or two with project ideas for your new set of Array yarn. I’ll give a synopsis of the content here but I think you’ll find all of it useful.

My goal in these classes is to present the techniques and how to use them in a way that is useful for weavers of all levels. Even if you’ve been weaving tapestry for awhile, content on techniques that you already know is going to be useful in your work.

One of the most exciting things about this subscription box is that you get ongoing community interaction. I’ll answer your questions and you’ll also get to chat online with other tapestry weavers who are working on the same material at the same time.

July 2024

Update 9-12-24: You can order this box through September 29th with the button above. Grab it while you can!

This quarter’s box will be all about curves. We’ll talk about hill and valley threads and how to use them to trick the eye into believing that a stepped vertical line is curvy. There will also be a video about circles. For this box I am providing some easier cartoons for practice by newer tapestry weavers and a really fun challenge for more advanced weavers. You’ll leave this box having a better understanding of how to make forms in tapestry, an eye that sees where the relays need to change more quickly, and with at least one finished tapestry using vertical curves or circles! Colors for this box are Black 5, Eggplant 3, Lotus 1 & 4, Olive 1, Cocoa 1, Marigold 3.

Weaversbazaar equivalents are as close as I can come: Black 5 = Graphite 2; Eggplant 3 = Dark Pink or Periwinkle 2; Lotus 1 = Cerese 4; Lotus 4 = Cerese 2; Olive 1 = Nyanza 7; Cocoa 1 = Terracotta 6; Marigold 3 = Sunburst 3

October 2024

This quarter’s box is all about pick and pick (also called half-pass). This sometimes maligned technique can be magic once you learn how to manage it. It is a marvelous way of making vertical stripes but it can also be used for color blending, fading, and even a two-layer transparency effect.

Colors for this box are: Forest 5, Periwinkle 1, Burgundy 5, Walnut 2, Cayenne 1, Ocean 3, Daffodil 2. If you’d like to add any additional colors to your order, you can do that by contacting Gist Yarn starting October 1st. The box ships on October 15th.

Weaversbazaar equivalents are: WB: Forest 5 = Light Sage, Periwinkle 1 = night sky, Burgundy 5 = cinnabar 1, Walnut 2 = orange 9, Cayenne 1 = Cinnabar 5, Ocean 3 = Aqua 4, Daffodil 2 = sunflower

January 2025

We’ll be working with shading, shadows, and hatching in this box. Stay tuned for more information!

Pricing

The Tapestry Discovery Box is $150 per quarter which includes seven colors of Array yarn and all the educational and community interactions detailed above.

Past boxes

If you’d like to access a past box, you can contact Gist Yarn and they will send you the colors and the course for the regular price of $150. Just let them know which of the boxes below you’d like and they’ll set you up.

January 2023

This month was all about weft bundling. We explored what happens when you mix different colors, talk a bit about value and color theory, and I presented a project about openings. I suggest weaving something with the theme of doors or windows. There are many directions you can take that idea! Colors for this box are: Ocean 1, Natural, Cayenne 4, Cayenne 2, Cinnamon 1, Indigo 1, Walnut 4

April 2023

This box was all about weaving gradations. We learned how to use gradation and various ways to accomplish it both with dyed yarn gradations and using technique. Weaving gradation also has a lot to do with value, so we also talked about this aspect of color theory. The projects varied, but there were some fun landscape designs using the graded Gist Array yarns. Colors for this box are: Forest 1, 2, 3; Sapphire 3, 4; Cherry 2; Cocoa 2

July 2023

We’ll be exploring an aspect of design that is often challenging, which way to weave a design. You can weave your image bottom to top just as you’d display it or you can turn it sideways to weave it. There are considerations for every design so this topic also includes a look at considerations for tapestry design. Colors for this box are: Burgundy 2, Walnut 1, Violet 2, Daffodil 3, Olive 4, Periwinkle 5, Indigo 3

October 2023

We’ll be talking about weaving a shape at a time. There are times you want to weave one form all at once and other times when you need to weave line by line. This quarter we talk about why and play with building shapes! Colors for this box are: Black 1, Ocean 5, Marigold 1, Eggplant 2, Cherry 1, Flamingo 4, Terracotta 1

New subscribers starting in November may get Eggplant 1 or Eggplant 2, and Cherry 1 or Cherry 2 - either of these work well for the projects in this quarter's box. 

January 2024

We’ll be working on various ways to use eccentric weaving in our work. This could just be outlining or it could include whole shapes woven eccentrically. We’ll discuss what happens when you weave everything eccentrically (meaning the weft is not traveling perpendicular to the warp) versus just small parts of a weaving. And I’ll help you understand how to chose in your own work. Colors for this box are: Burgundy 1, Meadow 1, Tangerine 5 and 3, Cocoa 4, Sapphire 2. As the seventh color, this quarter half of subscribers will be receiving Lime-4, and the other half will get Daffodil-4. Unfortunately Gist Yarn isn’t able to take requests for which color you'll get, but both look lovely in the projects for this quarter!

April 2024

Wedge weave. We’ll tackle this most beautiful of eccentric weaving techniques. We’ll learn the basics of the technique and I’ll give you some ideas of how to use it in various ways. Colors for this box are Flamingo 3 and 5, Indigo 2, Ocean 2, Sapphire 5, Tangerine 4, Cinnamon 5.

FAQ

Where do I sign up?

Registration for this subscription box and the ongoing course that comes with it is only through Gist Yarn’s website. The Tapestry Discovery Box is found on their website under Subscriptions HERE.

Can I sign up for the Current yarn box class if I haven't done any of the other ones?

Yes! You can start the current Discovery Box at any time. Each box is stand-alone so you do not need to have done the previous boxes to participate.

Can I sign up for past boxes?

If you’d like to sign up for a box that happened in the past, please email Gist to do so.

Why don’t I see the class in my Pathwright library?

The payment for this course is through Gist Yarn, so unlike all my other courses, you’ll need to register and pay Gist. They will email you a link to get into your class as soon as you register on their website.

What further tools and materials do I need?

The Tapestry Discovery Box comes with 7 colors of Gist Array yarn every quarter. You’ll need to provide all your other materials including warp, a loom, and other weaving tools. There is a list of possible materials in the FAQ section of my website: https://rebeccamezoff.com/resources

Expand the following questions for answers to more FAQs:

The gallery below contains examples from the boxes including work of Rebecca’s and student work.

Have more questions? Feel free to contact me HERE.