Have you ever tried to hand-spin wool? It is a very time consuming task and you never want to throw away any of your hard work. Collecting all my bits and pieces from projects long time ago, I have been able to hand weave two warm wearing scarves. The variation in thickness of the hand-spun yarns provide an interesting feature in both scarves.
The first scarf is in a mid-grey and charcoal grey on a Corriedale fine brown yarn from Bilby Yarns. Notice the scalloped edges due to the different shrinkage in the two hand-spun yarns. Although two plain colours this scarf will be very warm in the winter, despite being only 103g and measuring 1770mm x 200mm.
The second scarf is probably more interesting due to it being made from eight different coloured hand-spun yarns beside the brown warp. A challenging exercise in eking out all the colours to be spread throughout the scarf. I was only left with a small amount of the "green" yarn. A quiet looking scarf, weighing 114g and being 1800mm x 215mm, it will still do the job of keeping you warm in the winter.
So, two more scarves for the homeless, or available to buy now at $50, or more, each and I will donate the money instead to the homeless.
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