Monday 16 February 2015

Noro Mossa yarn hand-woven scarves

After weaving several lightweight cashmere scarves I am now bulking up for winter.  For this purpose I am using several colours of Noro Mossa yarns.  These are interesting textured and multi-coloured yarns made from 52% wool, 16% viscose, 11% mohair, 11% silk and 10% polyamide.
In the first scarf I have used Noro Mossa #1 as the weft and a dusk coloured silk yarn as the warp.  There is a pattern in the weave but the dominant effect of the scarf is the variation of tones and colours of the Noro Mossa yarn.  The scarf is 1830mm x 230mm and weighs 134g.



The second scarf is woven using Noro Mossa #14 as the weft and an emerald coloured Tailored Strands 4-ply alpaca yarn as the warp.  In this scarf the pattern is clearly seen against, again, the coloured stripes from the Noro Mossa yarn.  This scarf is 1800mm x 205mm and weighs 142g.



These bulky yet soft feeling colourful scarves will be on my stall at Perth Upmarket at UWA on Sunday 1 March, Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.

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