METHOW VALLEY SPINNERS AND WEAVERS GUILD
Cordially Invites You to Our
Annual Show & Sale
Friday, November 19, 2:00 – 6:30
Saturday, November 20, 9:00 – 3:00
137 Old Twisp Highway
(a loop road off Hwy 20 between Twisp and Winthrop in the Methow Valley)
Towels, Blankets, Rugs, Scarves & More ~~ All hand-woven by our guild members
I’ve been really busy this week getting ready for the above event. I sold a lot of my work at the Seattle Weavers’ Guild Sale and then the following weekend out at Port Townsend – not that I am complaining, it basically paid for my new e-spinner and camera. But I wanted to have more to show at our Methow Valley guild sale this weekend. So I put on a purple warp for 4 more plaited twill scarves last Friday, wove them over the weekend, and finished the ends etc. last night. They were all woven with rayon chenille this time:
Plaited twill scarves with purple perle cotton warp
The two blue ones are not exactly the same – they were done with different tie-ups and treadling (one is the same pattern as the black scarf, the other the same as the green scarf).
Today I will put together some more shawl pins, as I sold out of those too. I was out of finished wood rings, but Rick still has quite a few that are cut out and turned, and he sanded them out and put finish on them for me the last couple of days. Bless him.
And I finished spinning the fiber I started on 2 weekends ago, and will ply it up into yarn on my new spinner today. Pictures later! I like to have some handspun for sale at our event, as people really seem to appreciate it, and I often feel the spinning part of our guild name is somewhat neglected in favor of the weaving part.
Twisp of Fate 
I am a newer weaver (5 years now) and I have been curious enough to try to duplicate the pattern and the fibers of your plaited twill scarves just by sleuthing. So far I have the 5/2 perle and a chenille. I am using 1450 YPP chenille. I found the pattern and tie-up in A Weaver’s Book of 8-Shaft patterns, p103. The one thing I cannot figure out is your sett. I’ve done a sett of 20, and I don’t know whether that is too close. And right now, I’m realizing about 6″ into the scarf that I’ve done something wrong–there are some float warp yarns that aremuch too long. I’ll trouble shoot it, but would you mind sharing your sett? I’ll go back and start again if I must, but I’d really appreciate your help/advice.
Also, I wanted to mention that I loved seeing the headboard your husband had made. My husband and I are transplanted Oregonians (have lived in Maine for almost 23 years), and when I was in my early 20’s I worked in downtown Portland. The Real Mother Goose was always a treat to visit then (early 70’s). We still go to Oregon to visit family, and occasionally make the rounds to old favorites downtown…..
Susan
Hi Susan – I have it sett at 16 epi. Strickler p. 103 is correct (double two tie threading) so I can’t help you there. The first scarves I did were sett closer (maybe even 20) and they were very stiff off the loom, but actually fine after washing. But on the whole, I think I like the 16 epi better. I am using the same weight chenille you have (some from Webs, some from friends here). Thanks for your comment about Rick’s work and the Real Mother Goose! It is indeed a small world.