I love weaving and wearing scarves. I use commercially spun silk yarn for most of my scarves. This weaves into light fabric which washes well and does not crease much. I also use alpaca, cashmere and merino.
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Doubling the silk threads means that they can be woven further apart. (12 threads an inch rather than 20). This means that they are quicker to make. They sell in the range £50-£75. |
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I also weave scarves using two threads of lambs -wool and and one of silk for each warp thread . I use a variety of types of thread for the weft |
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For this scarf, I used a strand of baby alpaca, a strand of alpaca merino blend and a strand of silk for the warp for two scarves. Four strands of fine silk was used for this one which sold quickly. I could not bear to part with the other for which I used strands of silk cashmere mix and fine alpaca. It is magenta and gery |
I also weave wider widths for wraps or Ruanas (like a poncho but open in front)
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have included red to represent berries in a Winter Garden. The warp is
double knitting wool and the weft alpaca/wool blend |
This represents daffodils and bluebells in the spring gardern. The warp is lambswool and silk and the weft silk
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Last updated 13/09/2017
