Handwoven · Project PDF + WIF
| Type | Pattern |
|---|---|
| From | Handwoven |
| Author | Robin Wilton |
| Format | PDF, WIF |
Even when you use a wide range of colors, the cloth will feel cohesive.
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If your current stage of weaving involves downsizing your looms or your stash, these scarves are the perfect project—they can be woven on a four-shaft loom that is no more than 12 inches wide.
Using a stash of partial skeins left over from previous silk projects, Robin Wilton developed a strategy for using a wide range of colors to weave cloth that feels cohesive. She started with a base color for the warp, added accent stripes, and carried those same colors into the weft to add visual interest.
Even if your stash isn’t full of silk, you can use her methods to make your own limited-yardage treasures shine in these simply lovely striped scarves.
Structure
Point twill.Equipment
4-shaft loom, 12" weaving width; 15-dent reed; 2 shuttles and 6–11 bobbins, or 1 boat shuttle, 1 bobbin, and 6–10 stick shuttlesYarns
Warp: Kiku 20/2 (100% bombyx spun silk; 5,000 yd/lb; Treenway Silks), #9517 Sand Dune, 805 yd; #49 Purple Rain, #958 Gypsy Passion, #33 Tiramisu, #224 Canyon, #405 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Indigo, #5 Mystery Harbor, #21 Pondicherry, #223 Star Ruby, and #40 Winter Sage, 80 yd each; #952 Pheasant Green, 85 yd.
Scarf 1 Weft: Kiku, #9517 Sand Dune, 538 yd; #49 Purple Rain, #958 Gypsy Passion, #33 Tiramisu, #224 Canyon, #405 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Indigo, #5 Mystery Harbor, #21 Pondicherry, #223 Star Ruby, #40 Winter Sage, and #952 Pheasant Green, 11 yd each.
Scarf 2 Weft: Kiku, #321 Teal Ocean, 587 yd; #49 Purple Rain, #33 Tiramisu, #405 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Indigo, #21 Pondicherry, and #40 Winter Sage, 11 yd each.Dimensions
Width in the reed: 1010⁄15".
Woven length: (measured under tension on the loom) 65" per scarf; 130" total plus 13" interstitial fringe.
Finished size: (after wet-finishing) two scarves, each 91⁄2" × 62" plus 41⁄2" fringe.
Photos by Matt Graves
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