Saturday 17 October 2020

Hand-woven Bendigo Sock Yarn with alpaca

 Having used up almost all my leftover yarns as I hand-wove scarves for the homeless during the coronavirus lockdown I had to decide whether to buy more stock.  Well I did!  10 different colours of Australian alpaca from Tailored Strands and 4 colours of Noro Kureopatora yarns.  I now have to find the time to weave again.

So I have used some of the new Royal Blue alpaca yarn as the weft on an ocean/purple multi coloured warp of Bendigo Sock Yarn, 70% merino wool, 30% nylon.   The two woven scarves in different patterns are soft feeling with an interesting variation in blue tones.  Both are nominally 1700mm x 210mm and weigh 140g.

See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.