Scarf for Mariah

Mariah gave me lots of beautiful yarn for Christmas, both purchased new and discovered at resale stores. I received 4 skeins of this beautiful Noro yarn. I used just under a skein and a half of it for the weft.

For the warp I used this yarn from House of A La Mode yarn shop down town, the same type as the warp for Tara's scarf. I used my 8 dpi heddle, 88 ends and just under 8'.

Scarf with Unique Yarn

While I was at the yarn shop I fell in love with a really unique, sort of wild-looking ball of yarn and bought it to make a scarf for myself. I coupled it with a moss green sock-weight yarn called 'Fennel', warped at 110 ends in a 10 dent reed, just over 8' long.

The colors turned out much more muted than I expected, a bit disappointing at first but the finished scarf is beautiful. I should have moved the first length I wanted on the stick shuttle into a ball first, then onto the shuttle which meant that - even though I did that with subsequent lengths - I basically connected what was the very start of the ball to what came next mid scarf instead of taking advantage of the full flow intended when the yarn was created. I ended up with a bit of an awkward, longer green space on the scarf that I'm glad isn't near the end. I'm learning! 

The yarn ball was prettier before I used half of it - wish I would have taken a photo sooner.

Closeup on the loom

Closeup after wet finishing

It's hard to see but I added a double length of weft yarn to each 4 warp, moving left to right burgandy, red, tan, green, yellow - it doesn't show a lot but adds a bit of sparkle.

Scarf for Tara

I decided to make a scarf for our daughter-in-law Tara using a pattern I purchased called 'Garden Path Scarf, my first attempt at a lacy weave. I purchased the yarn at House of a la Mode, a wonderful local yarn shop. The black warp is a simple sock-weight yarn and the teal is hand dyed by the owner of the shop. It looks different in different photos because of lighting but in truth is in the range of the 3rd and 4th photos. I warped128 ends using a 10 dent reed, about 9' long (would make it less another time). The pattern was relatively easy to learn. Overall I was really pleased, although I was surprised how dominant the black was and I also started at a looser tension on the leading edge, would be more careful about that another time. I hope she likes it!

My first time using shelf liner - works well!

Scarf for Isaac

 Here's the yarn I chose and design I made up for a scarf for Isaac. I warped 88 ends and about 8' in length and used a 8dpi heddle.

Short scarf and table runner

Mariah gave me some lovely yarn for Christmas, including a small ball of beautiful, knobby art yarn. I used the same acrylic warp as the previous scarf and the art yarn for the weft until it ran out, a petite scarf. 

With the rest of the warp I used variegated 'Wool Ease thick & quick' and made a table runner that looks great with the reds and oranges upstairs. I don't have a photo of the Wool Ease before I separated the colors out near the end of the project.