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Grey And More Grey
At the end of the last blog I had just finish the coral pink silk scarf and was waiting for some winter sunshine to come to take final photos of the scarf. Well it finally appear yesterday and I was...
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Smoke Grey Silk Scarf
Sorry, I missed last Mondays post but I was gardening! There was a Enkianthus campanulatus 'Red Bells' tree in the back garden that was very unhappy living under a Raywood Ash. We dug it out and...
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Four Shaft Place Mats
Finally the cotton and linen place mat warp is off the loom. I swear it was the slowest weave ever! I started out with high hopes of doing some serious stash busting and ended up with a weave that I...
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Eight Shaft Twill in Silk
Another dip into the silk stash and this time it is the turn of some pink Debbie Bliss silk singles. I’m pretty sure that there won’t be enough pink silk so I also pulled out some silk in cream,...
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8 Shaft Twill in Silk Part Two
The pink silk scarf quickly wove up, so fast that I don’t really have any photos. The scarf is pink and is framed by silk in chocolate, silver and cream and the weft is dark purple Tencel called...
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Silk and Tencel Scarf on Ten Shafts
I have had some hand dyed 2/12 silk in Denim Blue in my stash for a while now. I keep looking at the hanks and wondering how to showcase the lovely randomness of the colour. The silk has been dyed so...
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Second Pink Silk Scarf
There was yet another batch of Debbie Bliss silk singles in the stash cupboard. This time the yarn was a darker pink and there is less of it than I had to work with for the last silk scarf. I tried...
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Silk Waves Scarf on Eight
I found this pattern somewhere on the internet and I loved the general shape of the motif, so different from the very angular shapes I’ve done lately. I put the original Crackle Weave draft up on the...
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Finishing Up and Starting Again
The finishing up part of the blog is showing the final photos of the scarves that were woven last month. The first is Mom’s denim blue silk scarf with white Tencel. It caught someone's fancy and sold...
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And Again
I put away the 2/120 silk so I could think about what it wanted to be, if you have any ideas let me know! I have wanted to do some table runner since January so I dipped into the cotton stash and...
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Two Scarf Warp in Blended Colours
I really loved the pattern I used on the Silk Waves Scarf, so I decided to weave it again. This time I wanted to drive home the ocean aspect of the pattern so I decided to pull the warp using colours...
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Try and Try and Try Again
I am still working with the 5/2 white cotton, I’m not going to let it win! I did a lot of math and according to it I should be able to get a warp of 4 yards off the cone, the width will be a little...
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Twill Diamonds Table Runners
I quickly finished weaving the first table runner with the 5/2 white cotton warp using a beautiful denim blue cottolin weft. The pattern is a charming 8 shaft twill with large diamonds. I decided...
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Getting Ready for a Dye Day
The weather is here on Vancouver Island is turning a corner and fall is starting to creep in. The lovely days of planting, weeding and harvesting from the garden will be soon over and now our thoughts...
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Finishing up the Dye Days
After the creative part of dyeing the silk warps is done, the warps sit wrapped up in plastic wrap for 24 hours. Then the rinsing begins, just plain water to start moving out the excess dye, then a...
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Autumn Hand Painted Silk Scarf on Ten
It’s been quite awhile since I sat at the loom. Spring and summer are always so very busy in the garden and with just enjoying the lovely weather; that weaving takes a back seat.A few weeks ago we...
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Twelve Shaft Painted Silk Scarf
I have also put on one of the newly dyed silk warps onto the loom. This warp is full of colour, moss green, plum purple, turquoise, royal blue and purple. I’m not sure what I was thinking with this...
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8 Shaft Painted Silk Crackle Scarf
Another silk scarf warp on the loom today. I am not choosing to do these scarves in any particular order, just taking whichever one tickles my fancy at the moment.Today I chose the half gold and half...
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Finishing a Scarf and Starting a Scarf
The plum, moss, purple and turquoise silk scarf with navy blue Tencel weft is finally finished and it's really beautiful! We’ve had some lovely autumn sunshine so I’ve taken the final beauty shots for...
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Crackle Weave Painted Silk Scarf
I just removed this scarf off of the loom and I’m already calling her ‘Jean’. This colour way is definitely the perfect match for a jean jacket or any denim outfit.The pattern was one both Ngaire and...
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