Wednesday 21 May 2014

Finishings

 With a Scarf Expo coming up in June I have tried to make a few 'different' scarves. The warp in this one was not going to make a nice fringe so I darned the warp ends back and gave it this button treatment. It's very light so the buttons add just a little bit of weight.
This alpaca/silk wrap has been off the loom for some time but I've only recently finished fringing it. I added tiny glass beads to the warp ends before twisting them and it took absolutely AGES! They are so small you can't see them so I'm not sure if it was worth the effort. Here is a see-through of the 3-end huck lace pattern.
This is very similar to one I made earlier and it sold before I was ready to part with it so I repeated it with a different lace pattern - not that you can notice - and added the beads to give it a variation from the original.




Wednesday 14 May 2014

Silk Scarves Part Two

It seems a while since these came off the loom but I put them aside for when I go visiting and don't have access to my loom. I can then sit and drive everyone crazy with my little buzzy machine twisting the fringes. The yarns are the remains of the silk used in the previous scarves, just mixed up a bit differently. I really like 1/3, 3/1 twill blocks.


The last of this batch has two distinctly different ends. I might have done it on purpose if I had thought of it earlier because I quite like it. However there are a few unintended floats in this one and I may need to spend a bit of time mending.  I'm pleased with the finishing though, although I have just noticed I still need to trim the fringes.


I still have some poppy red silk waiting for me. I wonder what that will turn into?