I realize it has been a while since I've posted here. I have been doing repeats of many of the things I have woven before - towels by the dozens; shawls and some baby blankets. I wasn't sure that I had anything new to offer.
During the current shelter-in-place, I have been weaving a lot: a dozen towels, two shawls and some scarves. The scarves were a bit of a departure for me. Typically, I have used a merino or merino/nylon blend for scarves.
In thinking about all of the yarn I have, I thought about a promise I made to myself several years ago. After a fabulous meeting with a dozen other weavers, many of us came away with the mantra to use our good yarn. I even went so far as to decide that when my old weaver yarn sale happened, people should be disappointed about the quality of the yarn available. I decided that there was no time like the present and I should seek out the silk yarn I've acquired. Fortunately for me, I took a bit of a detour and came across some 10/2 tencel yarn I had bought from Just Our Yarns.
I hadn't used tencel yarn up to this point, although I know lots of weavers who love it. It just hadn't happened. Just Our Yarns in no longer in business but the owners dyed their yarns with fabulous and interesting color combinations. I decided I had had this yarn long enough and I should use it.
In the end, I wove three scarves using the 10/2 tencel: three different warp yarns and two different weft yarns. The designs were all 8-shaft point twills, sett at 36 epi using a 2-2-1-1-1-1 tie up.
For the first scarf, I used an extended twill and an advancing treadling. The warp was mostly red/fuchsia and the weft was blues.
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| Fuchsia Scarf Drawdown |
Here's the first scarf.
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| Fuchsia Scarf |
A more detailed view.
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| Fuchsia Scarf Detail |
The second scarf was woven with a light green warp and an orange/green weft. The treading was an 8-shaft extended point twill. The treadling was the same as in the first scarf.
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| Light Green Scarf Drawdown |
Here's the second scarf.
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| Light Green Scarf |
The last scarf was woven with a green and fuchsia warp and the same green/orange weft as in the previous scarf. The treading was the same as the scarf above, but the treadling was a regular point.
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| Green Fuchsia Scarf Drawdown |
Here is the last scarf. (The fringe hadn't been twisted yet in this picture.)
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| Green Fuchsia Scarf |
All of the scarves were woven to 82 inches. Off the loom they measured around 76 inches and after washing were between 71 and 72 inches long. The scarves were washed on a gentle cycle and laid flat to dry. The scarves were a bit still just off the loom but softened up nicely with washing.
It was a great experience and I love the results. I guess now I need to seek out more nice yarns.
