I had some variegated pure wool yarn and I wanted to explore how they behaved in weaving, so I wove two scarves: the first one using the same yarn as both warp and weft, the second only using the variegated yarn as warp and a plain matching yarn for weft.
I think I prefer the one on the right, i.e. variegated yarn for warp only but not for both.
But what I love the most is the third one I made, this time using a space dyed yarn for weft.
It turned out really well, the bamboo in the weft yarn gave it just the right amount of drape without being too heavy, there's also a soft sheen to it.
When I first finished it I wasn't too happy with the overlaps where I joined the new balls of yarn, so I appealed for help on the Rigid Heddle group on Facebook, it is a fantastic group for weavers by the way. From the advice I received I decided to pull out the overlaps, split the yarn (a single) and weave in the split ends separately. The result was amazing, you can hardly tell where they are.
That's me for the week, now it's your turn.
I'm linking this to Fibre Arts Friday at Andrea's place, you can find more fibre arts goodies over there.
All three are lovely, but the third is really breathtaking! Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteThe first scarf is very unique, but does look quite busy. Beautiful work on all of them!
ReplyDeleteI love your weaving projects! Knitting took over my heart the last two months so my looms have been sitting there mocking me.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Although the first is pretty....I love the second and third ones!
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