Thursday 9 August 2018

Two handwoven scarves from leftover yarns

After many weaving projects you find that you collect a selection of leftover yarns.  My latest project has been to use up some of these yarns in two scarves.  A common feature of both is that I used a new supply of a purple green multi Bendigo sock yarn (70% merino wool, 30% nylon) as the weft.
In the first scarf I used leftovers of a purple, and a salmon, coloured Noro Silk Garden Sock Solo yarn (40% wool, 25% silk, 25% polyamide, 10% mohair) as the weft.  Various thickness horizontal bands of purple and salmon are superimposed on the longitudinal strips of purple and green.  An interesting effect on a scarf 1750mm x 220mm weighing 154g.
In the second scarf I used leftovers of some Noro Mossa yarns (52% wool, 16% viscose, 11% mohair, 11% silk, 10% nylon) as the weft.  The multicoloured bands from the Noro yarns are stripped through with the purple and green colours of the warp.  This is a bulky feeling, soft scarf, being 1800mm x 220mm weighing 186g, that is sure to keep you warm.
See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.








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