Noro Mossa #14 hand-woven scarf

Have you drunk the last of your summer wine?  I have just hand-woven the last of my stock of Noro Mossa yarns.  A mixture of 52% wool, 16% viscose, 11% mohair, 11% silk and 10% nylon, this yarn has an abundance of colours and textures.  Weaving it on a warp of lichen coloured Australian alpaca I have a bulky, soft, colourful, green based, long scarf of 1860mm x 205mm and weighing 166g.  And with all that you also have a patterned scarf with different appearances on each side.
See it soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle.

More hand-woven scaves using Noro Kibou #15

I was a little apprehensive when I started using a dark blue cotton warp upon which to weave a weft of Noro Kibou #15 (54% cotton, 34% wool, 12% silk) yarn.  But whoa, what a spectacular result!
The two scarves, in slightly different patterns, are ablaze with an array of twinkling colours on a background of blue.  These soft touch scarves will be a pleasure to wear and are nominally 1730mm x 195mm and weigh 112g.
See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movements.

Hand-woven Noro Kibou scarves

Autumn last week, spring this week.  With our national and international visitors we have to cater for all seasons year round.  This time I reflect on the spring and the lovely memories of cherry blossom in Japan.  I have hand-woven Noro Nibou #16 (54% cotton, 34% wool, 12% silk) with a fawn coloured possum/merino mix.  The two different patterns in the two scarves are hard to discern against the multiple twisted colours in the Noro yarn.  But the new growth colours and their cooling effects make for two lovely soft scarves of nominal size 1750mm x 190mm and weighing 120g.
See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.

Noro Silk Garden Sock Yarn in a scarf

Would you wear socks from this so-called Sock Yarn?  But as an hand-woven scarf the yarn is a winner!.
I have used Noro Silk Garden Sock Yarn S418 as the weft on a natural coloured brown Western Australian Corriedale wool warp.  Two scarves in two patterns, with a lot of autumn tints, but with some bright red, green and blue tints.  These are nominally 1700mm x 200mm and weigh 118g.  The mix of 40% wool, 25% silk, 25% polyamide and 10% mohair with the thin Corriedale gives a lovely soft scarf, with a warm feel and look.
See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle.

Hand-woven African Expressions Soul yarns

As a momento of a 10 day holiday in South Africa earlier this year I purchased 100g each of two African Expressions Soul yarns.  These yarns are a mixture of 50% merino, 15% mohair, 15% silk and 20% polyamide and are hand-painted in various colours.   I used both yarns as the warp but wove each in a different pattern and with different yarns.
In the first one, #7267H, I used a green coloured hand-dyed cashmere yarn as the weft with the green blending in well with the green in the warp.  The limited amount of cashmere available resulted in a  short scarf of 1340mm x 205mm, weighing 98g, but it is a lovely soft scarf in an interesting pattern and colour combination.
In the second scarf, with colour #7204H, I used a thin silver coloured fluffy silk yarn as the weft.  Whoa! what a scarf!  It is lovely and thin, so soft, and with a striking (no pun intended, but it does have arrow heads) pattern dominated by the silver silk.  And this one is long, being 1910mm x 210mm and weighing 109g.
See them both soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.

Handwoven scarf using Noro Silk Garden Sock Yarn

I was a bit concerned about using a sock yarn for a scarf, but whoa, what a wonderful result!

I have used Noro Silk Garden Sock Yarn, #S426, as the weft on a silvery blue silk warp in two different patterns.  The Noro yarn is 40% wool 25% silk, 25% polyamide and 10% mohair.  The scarves are nominally 1800mm x 205mm and weigh 148g.

Two light and cool looking colourful scarves will give you such an uplift to your outfit.  You will be the envy of all your friends.

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

More Noro Taiyo Sport handwoven scarves

I have hand-woven another Noro Taiyo Sport yarn into 2 scarves each with a different pattern.  This time I have used the 60% cotton, 15% silk, 15% wool, 10% polyamide yarn as the warp so have longitudinal stripes, with a light brown silk weft.  So different to my usual Noro based scarves.  The cotton/silk/wool mix gives a cooler feeing with the eye-catching colours.  The scarves are a little shorter than usual, being nominally 1685mm x 200mm and weighing 126g.
See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle.

Handwoven scarves in Noro Taiyo Sport #15 and silk

I am out of season again as I have hand-woven a cotton and silk scarf more appropriate for spring.  But luckily our clientele in Perth include overseas visitors from the Northern Hemisphere so they are going home to spring.
I have hand-woven Noro Taiyo Sport #15 yarn (60% cotton, 15% silk, 15% wool, 10% polyamide) on a hand-dyed lime green silk warp.  I have a choice of two patterns in these two scarves nominally 1820mm x 200mm and weighing 105g.  /The self striping Noro yarns give a range of spring-like colours with the cool feeling of cotton and silk.  Will they enhance your outfit with that individual touch?
See them soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle.