I'm not sure whether to classify this as "done" or "abandoned." I got to about 56" in length and I felt like I was engineering the scarf rather than weaving it. The selvage threads kept breaking, another interior thread broke and the tension problems were just awful. When I cut it off the loom, neither selvage was on, so I may have to find a way to stick something on those edges to bind the edge and to give me something for the fringe at the corners. That should be fun!Anyway, here's the whole scarf - off the loom but not finished (fringed and washed). I do have some repair work to do before I do the fringe. I've only really abandoned one project in my weaving career but this one came close. Unless a miracle happens when I wash it, I think this will be a "not for sale" item because it has too may repairs even though they may not be obvious to a non-weaver.
The blogger seems to have shrunk my picture, so see a larger one here.
Charleen asked where my nephew's alpaca farm is. It is near Ithaca, NY.
I'm not sure what will go on the loom next. I normally don't like to have two empty looms in the studio. We just got new windows in the house (nice double-pane, argon-filled windows) just in time for the 100-degree weather and now I'm thinking I need new curtains in the master bathroom. That may be the next project - something nice and easy like Huck or Bronson lace in cotton.
On to the repairs and finishing!
2 comments:
Too bad it's in New York. I was hoping it was nearby.
Scarf looks good despite all the hassle :) Very substantial, siberian winter type of scarf! We got new windows 5 years ago, I never thought of weaving curtains for them~ I live in the forest so everything is pretty bare (the windows) as all I see are trees and nobody else can look in anyway.
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