Category: silk scarf
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Avalanche
I had to take this photo at an angle in order to show up the motif. White on white is very difficult to photograph, but I think this turned out ok. This is the same threading I used for the last warp (tea towels with the highly energized/twisted weft) and I thought it was…
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More Snowflakes
weaving draft for silk/cashmere scarves I’m about done with the current warp, which was an interesting little tangent to go into. But I’m about done with that highly twisted single 6 cotton, and am anticipating a very nice jaunt down the silk warp, cashmere weft bylane. I really liked the weave structure I used…
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Doh-See-Doh
The other night I had enough spoons I could start dragging out the bin of cashmere, and dug out some of the dyed silk I inherited from a weaver. At the time, I wasn’t sure what I could do with the skeins of silk, all in 30/2 size, each skein a different hue/value. Some…
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Inching Along
Down to the last two scarves, thinking about the next warp, picking up the various ‘pieces’, turning them over, looking at them from different angles. Trying to decide. So, the yarn I was planning on using was not, after all, 2/20 or even 2/30 silk, but…2/60. I quickly re-calculated the epi to accommodate the…
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Inching Along
Down to the last two scarves, thinking about the next warp, picking up the various ‘pieces’, turning them over, looking at them from different angles. Trying to decide. So, the yarn I was planning on using was not, after all, 2/20 or even 2/30 silk, but…2/60. I quickly re-calculated the epi to accommodate the…
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Inching Along
Down to the last two scarves, thinking about the next warp, picking up the various ‘pieces’, turning them over, looking at them from different angles. Trying to decide. So, the yarn I was planning on using was not, after all, 2/20 or even 2/30 silk, but…2/60. I quickly re-calculated the epi to accommodate the…
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Goat Trails. Again
The goat trails come and go but never disappear entirely. However, I sorted through my hand dyed variegated silk cones (I used to import and dye and sell the yarn) to see what there was, if there was enough for a warp – or two – and what rayon yarns I might have to…
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Magic in the Water
shawl woven with rayon Yesterday I had the experience of seeing the Magic in the Water in action. I’ve been preparing an article for Handwoven (to approve – or not) and working from my stash. In The Intentional Weaver I discuss many of the considerations that go into the creation of a textile and while I…
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The Scissor Solution
Since weaving was, first and foremost, my business/profession, I was very quick to realize that my time was the most valuable commodity that I was investing into my textiles. As such, it became quite easy over the years to figure out when the time I needed to invest in a warp was becoming unreasonable. When…
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Ticking Boxes
Continuing to tick boxes on my journey to retirement. The cold ‘snap’ is over, the temps have warmed up…to minus 23 when I got up this morning. Felt positively balmy when I went out this morning! 😀 This week broke record low temperatures for our town. Talking to someone this morning, he mentioned having cabin…