WEAVING WITH HANDYED TENCEL

 I did some tencel weaving using a draft I had sitting around and used a couple times last year with solid colors. I loved how it worked out and decided this year to try some handdyed in the warp. Several weaver facebook friends had used mixed warps and the design looked worth trying.  

I had two skeins of Teresa Rush designs handdyed tencel I picked up last year at the Seattle Weaver's Guild sale that looked promising. Her dyeing techniques are just so very amazing with blended saturated colors. these were slightly different but both mainly in reds, charcoal and teals that were so dark they looked black. I haven't really woven much with reds so it was fun watching this develop. 

I had to do a lot of calculating to get the total length of the skeins to work out into the right number of threads for the pattern and still come up with the length I needed for a double cowl and a scarf while arranging the colors to pool together on the warping board.   I ended up removing an 8 thread section of the draft from the center of my reed to make it work. 

The facebook posts of my work in progress drew a lot of wonderful comments and  I'm so pleased with the weave structure - a plain weave /lace combo--using the handdyed yarns. 

5/2 Tencel fromTeresa Ruch designs
in process from skein, swift, ball winder, warping board to loom

double cowl 68" circumference x 9" wide
woven with 8/2 black tencel weft.
available

woven with 8/2 shale weft
72" plus 4" fringes in length x 9" wide.
Happy birthday, Danika.

Next up is a skein of Autumn colors 
in 10/2 Tencel this time. 

 

the cowl has a weft of Maroon so some of the blue and purple
colors are highlighted 

the scarf has a weft of Adobe color
so more of the coral and autumn colors
are emphasized.

CLOSE UP OF SCARF

AUTUMN WEAVING TIME!

It's back to weaving time again! 
But what do raptors, dogs, and rodents have in common? 

Seahawks, Huskies, and Gophers had me on the chase for some scarf orders in team colors. But getting the right shades of color took some effort. 

After explaining over the phone to a dyer in Maine what I wanted I now own two skeins of sock yarn that will have to get used some other way. This is not Maroon and Gold and the yellow is not dyed in two places on the skein.

what shall I do with these? 

I even gave hand dying my own sock yarns a try. Let's just say I'll have to work on that more in the off season. 

But Serial Knitters shop in Kirkland came through with their in house dyeing.  

University of Minnesota Gophers -- some better colors to work with.

It's a match!

Serial  Knitters Dyehouse also made up some UW Husky colors. But I'll have to add pictures of those when I get a camera that will actualy show purple colors. --Ok, so Frank's phone is way better! 

"Woof!"
double cowl, merino, tencel and rayon chenille
67" circumference

merino, tencel, rayon chenille scarf
in colorway "Woof!"
74" plus fringes, 

meanwhile...............

I continue doing Seahawk colors using Frolicking Feet yarn:

a scarf and two cowls off the loom
I love how the colors lined up this time! 

a fancy fun cowl with sparkles for Cathy J 

a double cowl for Joanie

Scarf done in twill weave -
available

CURRENT SCARF, HAT, AND FIBER INVENTORY

CURRENT SCARF, HAT, AND FIBER INVENTORY 

as of Nov. 19, 2018
** updated September  2019 **
with newly woven scarves and cowls

These are were the items still available after the gift show last week

where I sold about half of my inventory! 

So now you can browse here and let me know if you would like to set up a time to come by and see in person. 

You can call, PM on facebook, or email at heddleandhook@gmail.com

SINGLE  INFINITY COWLS:  

these were very popular this year and only two left: 

now SOLD - Berry Rum Tencel warp with gold weft
in a wide and long single infinity cowl

DOUBLE INFINITY COWLS:

these were also quite popular this year 

Mauve 8/2 Tencel with 8/2 eggplantTencel
wide and long for doubling infinity cowl 

  

Berry Rum 4/2 Tencel with 8/2 gold Tencel
wide and long for doubling infinity cowl 

"Santa Fe" 4/2 Tencel with 8/2 plum Tencel
wide and long for doubling infinity cowl 

double cowl
 10/2 hand dyed tencel from Teresa Ruch designs
woven with Maroon 8/2 tencel

double cowl of 10/2 hand dyed Tencel
woven with black 8/2 weft

SOLD Patina sock yarn with 5/2 Mink Tencel weft in a twill double infinity cowl

shade tree 4/2 Tencel with 8/2 lemongrass tencel weft DOUBLE INFINITY COWL
goes with so many colors but great over dark Olive green

SOLD - Berry Rum 4/2 Tencel with 8/2 gold Tencel
wide and long for doubling infinity cowl 

Thick Chenilles in Reds and burgandies
with soft pops of specialty yarns
 lush, warm, double infinity cowl

 SOLD -Hand dyed in Moccassin 8/2 Tencel with straw color tencel weft
silky double infinity cowl

 Your Blue Friday accessory!
Seahawk colors in superwash sock yarn from Frolicking Feet,
made with sparkling specialty yarns into a high double infinity cowl
weft of Rayon Tencel in Navy

Huckleberry Knits gradient  superwash merino wool sock yarn
woven with burgandy tencel for a lightweight double infinity cowl

Thick chenille in ombre Black to Grey double infinity cowl
with pops of specialty ribbon and yarns

Multi colors of 8/2 Rayon Tencel
woven with black in a block weave
into a wide long double infinity cowl

LONG SCARVES :  Tencel:

Raku pattern Hand dyed 10/2 Tencel
woven with Adobe color 8/2 Tencel

4/2 'Berry Rum' color hand dyed Tencel
with teal weft 

Raku pattern 8/2 Tencel in Mauve and Coral

SOLD - 4/2 Tencel in Berry Rum
woven with Viel Or Gold 8/2 Tencel from Brassard

                                 

        Raku pattern in silky 8/2 Rayon Tencel woven with Teal and Navy Tencel                                                         

                                            

SOLD Yarntopia Treasures  Rayon Tencel
in 4/2 High tide color. woven with medium blue Tencel                                                 

 

8/2 Burgandy Tencel turned twill drall Block weave
in multi fibonacci sequence
woven with grey blue 

multi colors of silky 8/2 Tencel woven with black
in turned twill drall block weave 

LONG SCARVES IN CHENILLE :  

Soft thick chenille in bright colors woven with
navy

multi Autumn colors with specialty yarn accents
in thick soft Rayon chenille

Ombre Black Blue, fuchsia woven with Navy

Ombre Teal, fuchsia, Grey woven with Mauve

thick soft Valentine Reds woven with thick red Chenille and specialty ribbon and sparkles 

Chenille bright blues with bright Azure

Thick Silk City Bordeau Red weft
woven through deep reds, black, and grey with pops of accent colors in the warp

 Seahawk inspired colors of thick Chenille
three stripe version

Seahawk inspired colors of thick Chenille
woven with a two stripe and single stripe ends

Ombre thick chenille black to grey with pops of color and specialty yarns in warp
woven with Shale grey

Same warp of Ombre black to grey and specialty pops of color
this one is woven with black

LONG SCARVES:

Sock yarn warps

SOLD Huckleberry Knits special Gradient superwash Merino wool sock yarn
 woven with a navy Tencel in a point twill weave.

Huckleberry Knits special Gradient superwash Merino wool sock yarn
woven in tabby with Navy Tencel for a lightweight fun scarf.

Lornas Laces sock yarn in watercolor superwash Merino/ Nylon
woven with Noro King of mixed wools, silk and cotton
great to wear over your outer jacket 

Huckleberry Knits BFL superwash sock yarn in 'No Nicer Witch'
woven with Navy tencel for a soft lightweight scarf
that casually goes with many colors and your blue jeans

Huckleberry Knits BFL superwash sock yarn with Autumn colors
woven with Olive Tencel for a lightweight scarf. 

This one is spoken for, but more coming.
Frolicking Feet superwash merino yarn in Seahawk inspired colors.
Woven with Navy Tencel  

 FELTED HATS: 

 INDIVIDUAL PICTURES  ON REQUEST ....... 

EARWARMER  HEADBANDS: 

CABLE CROCHET with 50/50 Acrylic / Nylon

Cable Crochet with superwash Malabrigo soft Merino wool.
Dark Teal is SOLD

Crocheted with Noro Transitions - this unique blend of fibers of
Wool, Silk, Cashmere, Angora, Alpaca, Mohair and Camel
give amazing warmth and is so very soft.
I'll be making more of these, My favorite to wear on walks.