We of course played around with color combinations We received a hefty shipment from Frabjous Fibers this week, with some new colors of their superwash sport weight Mad Hatter and some gradient packs that coordinate nicely. One thing I can guarantee is that this store will have some lovely yarns and fresh ideas for you this fall, and I can’t wait! And you don’t even have to buy me a drink. But if 2 balls will do the softest cowl you’ve ever felt, will that tempt you? It tempted me, but let’s face it, when it comes to soft luxury yarns, I’m the easiest girl at the party. How does a crazy-soft cashmere bouclé sound? At $28/ball, it sounds too much. No, I know I want to stock them, but I also need to have a project in mind that won’t cost a million dollars and take 5 years to knit. Trying to play it safe instead of jumping in with both feet, I’ve ordered a few new yarns from Lang in tiny quantities – just enough to try them out and see if I want to stock them. How to choose? This has been a tough year for yarn stores – as you will know if you are on any mailing lists and have seen the number of stores that have gone or will go out of business this year. We looked at Lang’s huge line of wonderful fashion yarns and their excellent design collections: This is my favorite yarn for our Warm x 2 Cowl and I have a new project in mind for it that will be fun and a little kooky – I hope to start this week! We’ll have some new colors of River Twist – hats, mitts, cowls – and some Twizzle – ditto plus beautiful for sweaters – from Mountain Colors in the fall, as well as a few new colors of Inca Tweed from Berroco. When they’re available, they’ll be on the table in the front room so you can take them for a test drive. I ordered just a couple so that we could all give them a try. She also represents the company that distributes Addi needles in this country and she showed me a sample of a new olive wood needle that will be available in fixed needles and interchangeables. Josie Baxter, who reps for Berroco, Lang, and Mountain Colors among others, is the first rep of the season to visit me. I’ve always loved the Skwoosh scarf that my co-author Stephanie Flynn Sokolov designed for our book Woven Scarves.Despite its being a bleary, dreary day, I had a lovely morning looking at new yarns for fall. I used her initial design as a jumping off point for our weave along scarf, using some of the same yarns from Mountain Colors that Stephanie used for her scarf, but changing the colorway to correspond with our 50 th Anniversary colors. I worked with Mountain Colors to create a custom painted warp yarn in their delightful Twizzle yarn (a dream to weave with). We combined this with Merino Ribbon in the warp and used their crepe yarn for weft. These yarns are just a joy to weave with. The scarf is easy to warp and weave and the finishing brings it all together. We’ll talk about this transformation later in our Weave Along. In this initial blog, we provide step-by-step warping instructions, which is the same technique shown in Woven Scarves. We’ve made the project up into a Weave Along Scarf Kit, which is available on our website. Single skeins of our custom Twizzle yarn are also available.įor this project, you will need a rigid heddle loom with at least a 15″ weaving width, and an 8-dent reed. We used a 15″ Cricket, however a Flip Loom would also be a good choice!ġ skein (240 yards/219 meters) Twizzle in the Barry’s Jubilee color or other Worsted equivalent.ġ/2 skein (115 yards/205 meters) Merino Ribbon in the Red Willow color or other Bulky equivalent.ġ/4 skein (315 yards/288 meters) Wool Crepe in the Hummingbird color or other Fingering equivalent. Step 1: Wind all of the skeins into balls. You will use Twizzle and Merino Ribbon for the warp. Step 2: Set your warping peg 102″ away from the apron rod. Secure your loom to the table with the back facing away from the peg. Step 3: find the center of the reed and measure over to the edge half the warp width. The warp for this project is 13 1/4″ wide, so half the distance is 6 2/3″. Step 4: Begin with Twizzle, tying it to the back apron rod. From the other side of the reed, draw a loop through the slot at the edge of your scarf, and place it around the peg. There will be two warp threads in the slot. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin.
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