10/2 TENCEL SCARF IN PROCESS

PLANNING A COWL FOR A FRIEND

Using 10/2 Tencel for warp this time. This is finer thread which I've used in weft before but not warp. So I have to plan the correct ends per inch at either 30 or 36. 
That will make a difference is how the slightly larger 8/2 tencel for weft will place in the weaving. 

10/2 Tencel dyed by Theresa Ruch of Portland
purchased at Seattle Weaver's Guild Sale and spied by my friend Tina when I posted on facebook. 

It has been difficult to get good pictures in true colors because of the dark daylight we have now.  But I need to try to see this objectively.

Hoping I can line up these colors on the board in colorpooled sections 

but the skein is certainly not in palindrome arrangement.

    wound the skein into a ball for easy warping while keeping the color progression above in mind.

Also important is the color placement of this hand dyed skein when it goes on the warping board. I hope to line of the colors in sections rather than in stripes. 
However so far it is not going as well as envisioned. The first 100 threads lined up really well, but then the colors shifted as the skein probably began to have a shorter length around at that point. 

The first section, closest to the towel, would be about the first 3 inches of the scarf. these colors lined up together well. 

After that the colors just went random and in narrow stripes.   

The planned weft will also be a somewhat verticle stripe, though in a curved pattern, 

So will that work?  

Time to ask the future owner. 

Decision time: whether to  remove the 200 threads in the portion with narrow stripes and re-do at a different length to see if the color position can change.  
But that risks too short of length for the hopefully two cowls planned.   I was hoping there would be enough warp length after the first double cowl 70" to be able to have some 30" left for a small single cowl instead of having yarn waste or just a small section of warp left to weave a small piece of fabric for an unknown use at trim or whatever.  
UPDATE: no need to re do the warp,  prospective owner is ok with the color line up.  -- So on to the loom ---

BUT FIRST--
CHANGING THE EPI IN THE REED
 AND  UH, OH, NOT ENOUGH HEDDLES! 

Resleying previous 8/2 tencel on the loom went easily on the 10 dent reed. It was changed to 3 per dent to get the 30 epi needed for 10/2 tencel.

but then  counting heddles revealed there were not enough heddles on certain shafts for the width of this project and the extra thread count of 30 ends per inch. 

So off came the shafts and I fortunately had on hand more flat steel heddles.  
Employed some help from the man cave to get these on smoothly. 

Now sucessfully tied on: 

 and ready to weave: 

Artificial light at night:

In daylight -- these are closer to the true colors:

2017 TEAM SCARVES AND COWLS READY!

I'm so glad to get these done before my surgeries scheduled this fall. 

I have my looms warped and ready to work on during my recoveries. I will again have a table at the November Puget Sound Gift Show in Edmonds.

COWLS: 

70 inches x 7 double wrap cowl SOLD

64 inches x 7 inches double srap fancy cowl

64 " x 7" double wrap cowl 

SCARVES:

76 " x 7 " doubled wrap scarf

THE PROCESS:

Frolicking Feet yarn $26.44 per skein
Merino and Nylon

wound with a swift and ball winder

color pooled design alignment on warping board in faux ikat style

sleyed into the reed, threaded into the heddles, and wound on to the loom
then woven with tencel for the weft 

Fringe twisting then followed by hand washing, steaming and blocking. 

SPRING WEAVING

I've been getting back to the looms as the garden is drying out from all the sun and lack of rain.  So trying to get blogging caught up as well. 

Early this Spring, I finally made a scarf for my college roommate that I've promised for a couple years.  For warp, I chose some 8/2 tencel in colorway 'Thailand' from my favorite dyer, Tammy at YarntopiaTreasures in New Mexico.  This was wound on the warping board to preserve the color blocks and to get a length that would work for a cowl and a scarf.  For weft I used a plain greyed teal for the cowl and dark teal for the scarf. 
Interestingly I liked the dark teal better while weaving, but after finishing, I preferred the grey teal. 
It is an 8 shaft pattern done on my Schacht Mighty Wolf. the pattern is from Rebecca Kaye, a weaver on facebook. 

Sold

I CHANGED THIS ONE TO A COWL 
so it no longer has the bright yellow fringes. 

warp chain

the skein

Rebecca Kaye's draft

WEAVING WEAVING WEAVING.

I had an empty house and uninterrupted alone time for almost the whole past week. Interrupted by Halloween decorating and kids one day, and one evening for garden club meeting, but the rest of the time I've been weaving weaving weaving.

It makes me realize just how long some of these scarves really take to weave and finish. 

When I just have bits and pieces of time during the year when other things are going on, the weaving gets finished gradually without really thinking of the time involved. 

But when I have been basically doing nothing else except weaving, ( ok and some computer time on Ravelry, too)  I thought I would have so much more done than I do. 

I sold 11 scarves at the Seattle Weaver's Guild sale two weeks ago,  so replenishing inventory has been my goal. 

Well what I have is what I have for the 2014 Puget Sound Artists gift show sale in Edmonds in two weeks.
Gift show info  and Participating Artists.
 Still have fringes to twist and a hat to felt that is almost ready for finishing. 

I would still like to do another set of 3 tencel scarves this next week in a different pattern, --we'll see what happens. Life is back to busy with grandchildren and husband back home this week.

  

sparkley scarf request by Kathleen OConnor.

HANDWOVEN SCARVES IN SEAHAWK COLORS

2014- The team is off and running towards a second Superbowl  and the 12th Man is right there supporting them. 2016 update-- THIRD Superbowl .

GO HAWKS!

Here are the scarves I have made so far this year:

Have made nine, SEVEN SOLD, have one with three stripes left.
January,2016 update, currently have two available.  $50. each.

lightweight wool and tencel
colorpooled scarf
"lightening strike" yarn
SOLD AT SEATTLE WEAVERS GUILD SALE

lightweight wool "frolicking feet" and tencel
Colors manipulated for faux ikat style
50 %  Marino wool, 50% Tencel
12th Man Sound Waves!
Husband loves this one.
Jan 2016, two  one of these available, $50. each

warp yarns on rigid Heddle loom for Saori style scarf
include cottons, chenilles, ribbons, and synthetic novelty yarns

   

Woven Saori Style
on my Ashford Samplit Rigid Heddle loom.
Cottons, rayon and boucle novelty synthetic
yarns create a fun medium weight scarf
 for those early season games.
I love this one, My 30 y/o son wears it!
I can make another for you.............

Rayon chenille Cowl
Handwoven then sewn into
a continuous circle to wear doubled
for lush coziness during fall and winter games
I will be making more of these with more glitz.
Perfect for office wear on blue Fridays.

           

               Rayon Chenille -
             this was warped for the Mill Creek Art Walk
          and sold to Century 21 North Homes for
          their golf tournament and auction
        benefitting Easter Seals.
                I have three more chenille scarves similar to
              this on the Baby Wolf loom now--finished see above.
SOLD--making more in 2016

Simple Cowl, perfect for Blue Fridays - Go Hawks!
more coming soon......

SOLD  at Seattle Weavers Guild sale.
Have two more ready to make on the loom.
All sold, considering making similar ones again. $ 60.

SOLD- Lightweight wool and tencel scarf woven in faux ikat style
on my rigid Heddle flip loom.
Long length for doubling on this one.
 It's warm, yet lightweight to take you through the seasons
while the team streaks into the end zones.

If you are a member of the web site Ravelry you can read the process I went through on my project pages.  I am:  HeddleAndHook on Ravelry and can be found on the Warped Weavers group among others. http://www.ravelry.com/ on the home page you can "quick search" my name  HeddleAndHook and scroll down for persons.

Scarves will be for sale directly through me--send me an email for details.
also at the Seattle Weaver's Guild Sale Oct 23-25.
And then at Puget Sound Artists Gift Show Nov. 15th in Edmonds.