Wednesday 29 December 2021

Noro Kureopatora and teal alpaca

 Did you have left-overs after Christmas?  From my last weaving project using three different colours of Noro Kureopatora yarns (100% wool) I did.  So what do you do?  Well, you take all the left-overs and use them altogether.  In my case I have two more multicoloured banded scarves on a background of teal coloured 100% alpaca fibre from Tailored Strands.  An array of colours in two different patterns in warm and cosy wool and alpaca.  What a finale to the end of the year.

Both are nominally 1830mm x 200mm and weigh 155g.    See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.









Sunday 5 December 2021

Noro Kureopatora #1033 with mid-grey alpaca

Using my third colour of Noro Kureopatora, a 100% wool fibre, I have hand-woven it with a mid-grey alpaca yarn from Tailored Strands as the warp.  A different pattern is used in the two scarves but their colours are similar.  Which pattern do you like?  Lovely fresh looking multi-coloured scarves with a  great feel from the 100% Australian fibres.  The bands of colour are courtesy of the Japanese Noro brand.

Both scarves are nominally 1800mm x 200mm and weigh 150g.  See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement. 









Tuesday 23 November 2021

The difference the background makes

 Take two 100g balls of the same colour of Noro Kureopatora 100% wool yarn and weave one on a mocha coloured 100% alpaca yarn from Tailored Strands and the other on a champagne coloured  alpaca yarn.  What  do you get?  Two interesting different looking scarves.  What a difference the two background colours make.  Which is your choice?  Oh, by the way, both the wool and alpaca yarns are from Australian grown fleeces.

See these nominally 1840mm x 200mm scarves weighing 155g soon at Aspects of  Kings  Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.







Sunday 14 November 2021

Noro Kureopatora and mango alpaca hand woven scarves

 Summer is around the corner and I have just hand woven two scarves using wool and alpaca!.  Oh well, normally we would have visitors from the Northern Hemisphere visiting at Christmas who would be interested in such a product so maybe I will have to hold on to them till autumn.

A multi-coloured Noro Kureopatora 100% wool yarn on a mango coloured 100% Australian alpaca yarn gives a bright, in your face, colourful scarf matching the lovely colours we see in autumn.  A choice of two, not only in different patterns but a different pattern on both sides.  The scarves are nominally 1800mm x 195mm and weigh 143g.  See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.









Sunday 7 November 2021

Pink, lavender and grey

 I heard a lady discussing fashions on Melbourne Cup day saying that lavender was the in colour for the season.  Surprise, surprise, I was weaving a lavender and grey coloured scarf at the time.  So I have  a lovely mohair and alpaca scarf ready for you.  Actually the "mohair" yarn is 77% mohair, 14% wool and 9% nylon but at least the alpaca is 100% alpaca.  And as a bonus I have a pink mohair (80 mohair, 10 acrylic, 10 nylon) and grey alpaca scarf in the same pattern although the pattern is hard to discern. 

Both scarves are lovely to feel and eye-catching whilst being 1800mm x 200mm and weighing 100g.  See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.









Saturday 30 October 2021

Another mohair and alpaca handwoven scarf

 Are you in the pink, or having a blue?  Now you can have both together.  A pink coloured Hayfield luxury mohair yarn (80% mohair, 10% acrylic, 10% nylon) woven on a royal blue 100% Australian alpaca yarn from Tailored Strands.  This eyecatching scarf not only will look good but keep you warm with a lovely soft feeling.  Being 1740mm x 230mm and weighing 104g it fits all sizes!!!

See it soon at





Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.

Saturday 23 October 2021

Mohair and alpaca handwoven scarves

 Whilst "Op Shopping" in Wyalkatchem during a recent wildflower trip in the Central Wheatbelt I came across some bags of colourful mohair yarns.  They became my souvenir of my holiday!

Now I have two identical scarves from using  the lavender and grey Shepherd Ezotik yarn (77% mohair, 14% wool, 9% nylon) as the weft on a warp of lavender coloured 100% Australian alpaca from Tailored Strands.  They are fluffy, 1790mm x 200mm, and yet lightweight (96g) scarves.  Lovely to see and lovely to feel.

If they appeal see them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle.







Saturday 9 October 2021

Blue and brown, makes you frown

A bit of variety this time as I have two scarves to show you.

 Blue, or maybe tourquoise, but what a lovely colour.  I think it is a fine silk thread with loops.  No pattern is needed as the texture and colour of the yarn are the features of the scarf.  A lightweight (67g) and long (1930mm x 215mm)  scarf, the colour "sold" it to the first person who saw it.  Sorry it has gone!

Whilst wildflower chasing in the Central Wheatbelt we found ourselves in an Op Shop in Wyalkatchem.  Now I have a scarf featuring a lovely brown with a golden fleck coloured 100% wool yarn from Paton Totem with a mango coloured alpaca strip.  This thick woolly scarf will keep you warm on those chilly winter days.  If interested in this 1680mm x 190mm scarf weighing 174g see it soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.