Plain weave again
Funny how I seem to get into a groove and can’t get out of it again, but here I am with another 4 warps destined to be woven in plain weave. Each warp is 4 yards long for one scarf.
While in Kelowna on my last trip, I spent a couple of hours wandering the shopping mall looking at clothing. Specifically scarves/shawls. And was interested to see that a lot of them were using shrinkage differential/collapse effects.
This summer two of the students used a new to me yarn that was thicker than the ultra-fine wool/lycra I’ve had in inventory for a number of years. It was also cotton and lyrca, not wool and lycra. Tien wove up a sample warp and from the samples designed a shawl. Sharon also made a shawl.
So I’m not exactly flying blind here – I do have the benefit of two previous warps – well, three if you count the sample warp.
With time extremely limited, I didn’t do anything fancy – just repeated what we had done for the sample because I knew how that had turned out – with the goal of having four collapse scarves ready for the craft fair this weekend.
Of course I can’t get them all done! But at least they are started and will be ready for the fair the following weekend. :}
The down side of weaving fabric that collapses along the length is that you have to weave nearly twice as much length.
The up side is that they don’t require fringe twisting or pressing. The scarves will be hemmed after being run through the washer and dryer. Getting the lycra wet activates it and the collapse happens.
I was going to do some spinning but apparently the craft drop-in isn’t today. :} Perhaps I’ll spin while watching some tv later. Unfortunately there is still a stack of rayon chenille scarves to fringe twist…..