There are three leftovers in this scarf. Two are thick and very stretchy as they are actually knitted tubes, and the other is a thick, fluffy but non-stretchy yarn - all are wool to the best of my knowledge. I knew there was a possibility of "something" happening because of the difference in the yarns, and I expected some ruffles.
For a weft I used a fine black yarn which I believe is also wool but plied with gold lurex. It looks good but is inclined to be scratchy. I hoped it would be cushioned by the fat warp yarns.
Certainly something did happen, but in the opposite direction to what I expected. The warps "collapsed" together to make a narrow pleated scarf, about half the width it had been in the reed. When I got over my surprise I decided I like it and it has already been claimed by one of my daughters - yes on a sweltering 30 degree day!.
Enough scarves for now. I am going to hide in my corner and make some lace, and when I weave again I will be looking at wool (or linen . . or alpaca).
Seasons greetings and much creativity to one and all.
A fundraiser supplied $10 with a challenge to take it away and use it to increase its value. For a warp I used some fine wool (no label) a friend found in a charity shop. I wove two scarves using silk weft for both but used a different twill variation for each. I finished them with my usual Philippine edges and twisted fringes.
That was the easy part. Now I have to sell them and try to make several 100% for the charity - that's the hard bit. TradeMe, here I come.
A challenge of a different kind is one I can't resist - "What can I make of the leftovers?" A little bit of this and a little bit of that can, with a bit of juggling, be made into something with a bit more character than each yarn on its own. These two "scraps" together were not quite enough for my scarf length so I unwound the warps, shortened the length and made a shorter scarf. That's two little oddments that I didn't have to add to the scrap bag. Weft is a very fine blue cotton stranded with mother-of-pearl.
