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Scarves and a pony

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I’m trying to get my shop ready for Shearing Day on Saturday. I’ll be spending my time in the barn, but my friend will staff the shop and I need everything organized, labeled, etc. Here are new scarves.

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This one is rayon chenille with a supplementary warp using a ribbon called Luna.

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Same basic warp, but a different supplementary warp.

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Here is another “left-overs” warp. The blues.

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Another left-overs warp. This one is deep purple, but I can’t get that color on my screen. Maybe it will show up purple on your computer.

I carded some sample batts using the Ashford drum carder and the new Wild Carder. Lots of fun! I wish I had time to do more of this.

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The top two batts are using fiber that I dyed for a Color Wheel class. Those will be fun to spin. The white batt is from Jacob wool–it is thick and soft. I have a new packer brush on the drum carder and it really lets you pack in the wool.

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Last, but not least, is a pony from the Wool Pet pony kit. I love the look on his face. I am also needle felting a donkey, but she is not finished yet.

Chenille scarves

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I have been working on scarves for a few weeks.  I’m designing scarves for Cotton Clouds kits as well as weaving for holiday sales.

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This is a scarf woven from all the cones in a recent chenille delivery. I used each color twice with 6-thread stripes.

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This scarf was designed after someone in my Weekly Weaving Workshop class asked how to weave a scarf with pure colors in two stripes. The next scarf is on the same warp, but you can see the dark weft crossing the light weft.

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I had a hard time taking photos of this scarf. I need to try again. This warp has black yarn alternating with odds and ends of green and variegated yarns. See the table below. If there is 3 yards left of a color I have kept it knowing that it would be enough for a scarf warp. So the scarf in the photo uses the greens. I have a few more scarf warps to create from the cones below.

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