A Taste of Sonoma Scarf

This barleycorn scarf project from Fall 2024 has an allover spot weave, with weft floats on one side and warp floats on the other.

About this Project

In Warp and Weft: Lessons in Drafting for Handweaving by Mariana Eriksson, Gunnel Gustavsson, and Kerstin Lovallius, designer Robin Monogue found an interesting five-shaft structure they called liseré. Generally speaking, liseré is a type of fabric with ornate patterning, often using metallic or lustrous yarn to create a design that stands out from the ground cloth.

The five-shaft draft Robin found had a plain-weave ground with a decorative pattern formed by weft floats on one side and warp floats on the other. Every other thread was threaded on shaft 1, which reminded her of spot Bronson. She developed a similar four-shaft draft, but with different simple motifs, and used it for this project.

Contents

• A Taste of Sonoma Scarf Project Instructions PDF
• Scarf WIF
• Liftplan for Scarf

Details

Structure
Barleycorn.

Equipment
4-shaft loom, 11" weaving width; 12-dent reed; 2 shuttles; 3 bobbins.

Yarns
Warp: 5/2 bamboo (100% rayon; 2,100 yd/lb; Valley Yarns), Hummingbird, 564 yd. 8/2 Tencel (100% lyocell; 3,360 yd/lb; Valley Yarns), Autumn Twilight Combo, 140 yd.
Weft: 8/2 Tencel, Blueberry, 225 yd; Autumn Twilight Combo, 11 yd. Felted Tweed (50% wool/25% alpaca/25% viscose; 191 yd/50 g; Rowan), #186 Tawny, 233 yd.
Note: Other sportweight wools such as Harrisville Shetland would also do well as pattern weft.

Dimensions
Width in the reed: 11".
Woven length: (measured under tension on the loom) 91".
Finished size: (after wet-finishing) 9" × 76" plus 4½" fringe.

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