Wednesday, February 17, 2010

More weaving!!

Hello,
I know I'm being overly proud of my first weaving projects but I can't help it! I spent so many years working on things that were so utterly boring (called "a job") that I'm blowing my own socks off by what's coming off my loom!


This time I warped the loom for 2 scarves. The first one shown here is about 8" woven. The papers you see right up front (actually cheap toilet paper) is used to pack the warp to bring the yarn together before starting to weave.



By warping with a pattern of 4 blue and 4 cream (and so on), and weaving with 4 blue, then 4 cream, it creates this beautiful pattern called "Houndstooth". It's one of my favorite patterns, I think.


The 2nd scarf was created using the same warp, but only weaving with cream which creates the striping over the 2-color warp. I love them both.


These scarves were woven slightly tighter than the Herringbone but are still very soft. The blue is 100% Baby Alpaca commercial yarn, and the cream is from our herd.


I hope you've enjoyed seeing my "works of art" as much as I've enjoyed sharing them. I've got a shawl in the planning stage right now. Stay tuned ...

and stay warm,

Liz














1 comment:

"Alagaesia" said...

VERY NICE!!! :-D ...and blue, my fave!
I can't wait to see them friday at yarnaholics (yes I am going to TRY to be there!! ) :-D

See ya!