Two baby blankets

Some one has let out  of the bag that I can expect a new grand-daughter in two or three weeks time.  Consequently I have been busy weaving not one, but two, baby blankets - one in use and one in the wash.  Yes, I know it is a girl, but the mum likes blue.  Amazingly, I started with 400g of blue and 200g of white, and just managed to finish with a metre or two of each colour remaining.  One blanket is 930mm x 810mm and weighs 296g, whilst the second is 800mm x 810mm and weighs 255g.

Am now waiting to visit the mum and new born, and, of course, the new dad.

Handwoven scarf using Eisaku Noro Big Bebe yarn

Eisaku Noro Big Bebe #11 yarn is multi-coloured with light green, light grey and dark, medium and light browns.  It is a yarn made with a smooth  finish but of varying thickness and consists of 38% cotton, 29% ramise, 29% wool and 4% nylon.  I  have used a lichen coloured Tailored Strands 4-ply Australian alpaca as the warp and the Eisaku Noro yarn as the weft. 

This is a light coloured, spring looking, but bulky scarf with a mainly cotton feel.  The scarf is heavy at 290g but is a good size of 1800mm x 200mm.  It will be great for those chilly spring days.
See it soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle.

Handwoven Noro Cotton Hill scarf

Looking through my store of yarns I picked out some balls of Noro Cotton Hill #2 yarn.  This is an interesting loopy textured yarn made from 60% cotton, 14% silk, 14% kid mohair and 12% wool.  The #2 yarn has greys, black and brown colours.  Although woven in a pattern the numerous loop and colours dominant in this bulky but soft feeling scarf.  It is not light, being 188g but is a good size at 1800mm x 220mm.  A man's scarf or how about matching it with a bright coloured, say green, outfit?

The scarf will appear at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle in the near future.

Hand-woven scarves using Eisaku Noro yarns

I found a small amount of Eisaku Noro N-1 yarn in my store so have used it to hand weave two scarves.  The yarn is a multi-coloured thick yarn (1g = 1.8m) in 100% wool.
In the first I have used the Eisaku Noro yarn as both the warp and the weft.  A mottled, multi-coloured, bulky scarf is the outcome being 1740mm x 200mm and weighing 176g.

In the second I used the Eisaku Noro yarn as the warp with a teal coloured Tailored Strands Australian alpaca 4-ply yarn as the weft.  The woven pattern is visible in this scarf which at 1600mm x 200mm and weighing 139g is lighter than the first because of the thinner weft.  I must admit that the weft in this scarf is more green than the colour in the photos - I still need my colour photography tuition.

Two lovely colourful and warm scarves for those autumn and winter days ahead.
Buy them now direct or wait till they appear in Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle in the near future.

Hand-woven scarf using Cleckheaton Wool Boule

I must be mad!  Four days of 40+C temperatures but I have hand-woven a wooly bulky scarf.  Using Cleckheaton Wool Boule #1893 crinkly wool I have now a lovely light blue/dark blue mottled coloured scarf with all those loopy bits giving a bulky fluffy feel.  Just right for those cold winter days.  The true colour of the scarf is reproduced best in the photos of the full scarf.  And for those interested, and for my records, the scarf is 1760mm x 210mm and weighs 166g

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It should appear soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending on future sales.

More colourful Noro Mossa hand-woven scarves

If you like colour you will like my latest hand-woven scarves.  I have used Noro Mossa yarns as the weft on a bilberry coloured Australian alpaca warp.  The composite Noro yarns (52% wool, 16% viscose, 11% mohair, 11% silk and 10% polyamide) gives a fascinating textured yarn with the characteristic stripping (or banding) for which Noro are renowned.  Interestingly the wavy pattern is slightly different on both sides, one dominated by the weft, and the other by the warp.  The first scarf uses Noro Mossa #8 and is 1700mm x 205mm and weighs 142g whilst the second one uses Noro Mossa #6 and is 1840mm x 205mm and weighs 149g.

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

Noro Mossa #8 hand-woven scarf

You want colour?  I have colour!
A hand-woven scarf using Noro Mossa #8 yarn (52% wool, 16% viscose, 11% mohair, 11% silk, 10% polyamide) as the weft and a multi-coloured hand-dyed wool as the warp.  The multi-coloured stripping from the Noro yarn with its composite fibres and texture makes for an eye-catching bulky feeling, but soft, item.  Just the accessory to both brighten up and warm you on those cold winter days.

Buy it now as it is only 1730mm x 215mm and weighs 137g, so postage is cheap!  Or see it at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movements.

Mid-grey Tailored Strands alpaca hand-woven scarf

After a run of many colourful scarves I have hand-woven one solid colour mid-grey scarf using Tailored Strands 4-ply alpaca yarns.  A smart looking, yet soft and warm feeling, scarf for the man in your life, or you might like it yourself.  Being 1670mm x 215mm and weighing 137g it is not too bulky to wear inside your winter cloak.

See it soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle.

Teal and grey hand-woven alpaca scarves

Having extinguished my stock of cashmere yarns I have turned to Tailored Strands Australian 4-ply alpaca yarns.
Using the teal coloured yarn as the weft I have hand-woven two scarves in different interesting patterns.  The two patterns both have that Aboriginal art feeling about them which is very appropriate for our recent Australian Day celebrations.  And you can see the different appearances on each side of the scarves.

Both scarves are long, one being 1850mm x 215mm and weighing 165g and the other 1870mm x 210mm and weighing 151g.  So two lovely soft-feeling and warm scarves for the forthcoming autumn and winter months.

They should be on sale at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle soon, depending upon stock movements.

Ivy coloured hand-woven cashmere scarf

After a series of bright Christmas colours I have turned to a lovely cool and calm looking colour.  The ivy colour (from the Landscape range of dyes) hand-dyed on a 2-ply cashmere yarn gives you that restful feeling in our day to day busy world.  And this lightweight scarf has that luxurious feeling associated with cashmere.  Also for a change this scarf is only 1480mm x 215mm and weighs 75g.

The true colour is more like that shown in the scarf on the back of the stool.  My camera, or is it me, has problems reproducing the correct colours of green items.  Sorry, but you could always come to see the real deal.

Citrus coloured cashmere scarf

What is 1800mm x 220mm and weighs 88g?   Of course it is my latest  hand-woven cashmere scarf. Patterned woven in an hand-dyed citrus colour this luxurious and soft neck-ware will give you an uplifting feeling as the autumn chills arrive once this hot long summer has passed.

These one-off scarves are always available at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle.  This latest one will appear soon at one of these locations.

Hand-woven fern coloured cashmere scarf

Green follows red at Christmas so I have hand-woven a hand-dyed fern coloured cashmere scarf for the New Year.  In a nice  diamond pattern this soft luxurious scarf is in a lovely green colour.  Unfortunately my photography doesn't show the lovely dark green colour so you will have to come to see it, or ask me to send you a piece of the yarn.  And for those interested, the scarf is 1760mm x 220mm and weighs 84g.

See it soon at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle some time soon.

Primula and orchid cashmere hand-woven scarves

With Christmas upon us I have turned to red; actually primula and orchid hand-dyed cashmere yarns.  From these I have hand-woven two scarves in slightly different patterns and with a check look.  They are lovely light-weight and luxuriously soft scarves that you could wear now in the summer to add some colour to your fashion, or wait for the cooler weather of autumn.  Or they would be great for the upcoming spring for our northern hemisphere friends.  Both scarves are nominally 1780mm x 220mm and weigh 82g.

They will be on sale at Aspects of Kings Park or The Artisan Store Fremantle depending upon stock movement.