In April 2013 I went on the Himalayan Express tour organised by Travel Directors. Whilst in Katmandu I purchased three different coloured hanks of recycled sari silk - offcuts from sari making are separated into the individual threads which are then re-spun giving a multi-coloured, but bulky, yarn.
I have now used up my last supply to hand-weave a scarf. I used a claret coloured Tailored Strands Australian Alpaca yarn as the warp and the recycled sari silk as the weft. A multi-coloured scarf results with narrow bands, or streaks, of colour across the scarf. In the background you can just make out the weave pattern. Not a soft fine silk item as the re-spun threads are thicker and coarser than the original sari yarns, but nevertheless, an interesting and colourful product. The thicker yarns results in a scarf weighing a heavy 268g despite its size being 1800mm x 180mm.
See it at Perth Upmarket this Sunday at UWA.
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