Three chenille colour and weave scarves. I had made the warp last year and put it away before I had a chance to weave it off. After Christmas was over, I also put my loom away and concentrated (such as it was) on knitting socks and relaxing. So there it languished all winter, spring, and summer. When I went to put it on, I remembered that I had made it three scarves long. I usually make the chenille scarves 60 inches long, with 6 inches of take up. I forgot about the take up part and wove them 60 inches long. Which meant that they were a little short when they came off the loom. Except for the last one. Which ended up being 94 inches long. That is one long scarf. I guess that you are never to old to get careless.
Next are the four merino shawls I dyed. I dyed the shawls in my usual way by laying out the warp and painting each shawl a different set of colours. These ones all ended up being 72 inches plus fringe. It was easy to see where the old shawl ended and the new one began because the colour changed. Too bad the colour didn't change for the chenille ones.
And yet another handspun. I am liking the striping that I get when I use the black.
And this is my next set of scarves. It is a mixture of pretty much anything that I had that was red or pink. I'm off to see the babe sing in a wee concert. Should be cute.
3 comments:
They are lovely! Good job.
Stunning Jackie! Your wool is so "one of a kind." I have no idea what a warp is but your work sure shows that you know what you're doing!
Careless! No, no, you were thinking of a tall man, or some trendy cat who like to wrap their scarves multiple times. Yeah. Very Horse Shack from "Welcome Back Carter".
I hope the wee concert was a hoot.
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