Wednesday 9 February 2011

Fancy yarn with cashmere

I have woven 3 scarves based upon a Diamist F-mole yarn, which is a fancy synthetic yarn in acrylic, rayon, nylon and polyester. I used this yarn as the warp in the first two scarves, and then the leftovers as the weft in the third. The weft in the first scarf was a maroon cashmere and resulted in a long scarf 2020mm x 170mm and weighs 99g.
The second weft was a heather (grey) cashmere and also resulted in a long scarf 1960mm x 170mm and weighs 92g.
In the third scarf I used alternate maroon, grey and orange warps. The scarf turned out to be 1450mm x 220mm and weighs 85g.
It is interesting to see the differences in the three scarves based upon the Diamist F-mole yarn. All the cashmere was 2-ply yarn from Knitters Addiction. The three scarves will be on sale at my stall at Perth Upmarket at UWA on Sunday 20 March.

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