September seems to have been full of non-weaving commitments but I have managed to do a couple of scarves and also my Cross Country samples for this year. They are not due till February but I am trying to get back to my habit of doing them early as I have been late for the last few years and I can do without the last minute rush.
The Topic for the group I am in this year is huck lace and as I had been doing samples for the linen workshop it seemed sensible to use the last warp for my CCW samples. This is in 16/2 linen and shows a motif in huck lace.
On the end of the warp I made a couple of small earring hangers.
For my "own choice" samples I wanted to do a different style of huck lace, very fine with an allover pattern. The finest thread I had was sewing cotton so used that at 40epi and used a three-thread huck instead of the usual 5 thread. Here is the result, showing the cotton warp and a polyester machine embroidery thread weft.
Threading took a while and sleying was hard to see, so a couple of ooops, but weaving was quite quick. I am pleased with the finished piece. I made a greeting card using some as an insert in a window and it was perfect.
Scarf photos are to come. I think they need an iron first.
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