Twisp of Fate

I went into production mode last week after returning from Thanksgiving weekend in Seattle/Anacortes.  Fifteen scarves from 3 different warps, plus 2 knitted hats (the knitting I do in my “spare time” mornings and evenings).  Yikes!  I am still having a lot of fun playing with the colors in these “mixed warp” scarves, and it is exciting to see how each one of them turns out using different materials for weft, but it still these were long, long days in the studio and I did get tired.

One of the warps (earth tones with some copper shiny rayon) was wound before we left.  Here are the scarves:

They were woven (L to R) with:  natural brown alpaca, a nice kid mohair blend with copper glitter in it, blonde rayon chenille, and dark green Finnish wool.  There were two scarves from the dark green wool for a total of five.

Next I turned these yarns for the warp:

blue-green warp yarns

Into these scarves, which were woven (L to R) with:  natural black alpaca, turquoise Finnish wool, Blue Heron rayon/metallic in color “Deep Space”, teal rayon chenille, and teal rayon flake held with a strand of Kidsilk Haze (this last one felt particularly yummy once washed and pressed).

Then the third warp was wound from these yarns:

red-purple-pink-copper warp

and this turned into these scarves (L to R): magenta rayon flake held with kid mohair, Naturally “Woodland” purple mohair with flecks of glitz, a handpainted kid mohair in pink/purple/lime green held together with dark raisin-colored rayon, Naturally “Me” 80% merino/20% cashmere, and another one in the handpaint kid mohair plus rayon.

Sold 3 scarves to friends from Wenatchee on Saturday, the rest are going to the two galleries (Winthrop and Confluence).

Also finished these 2 Mosaic Mojo hats:

Rowan “Tapestry” (discontinued yarn) and burgundy Kid Classic

Handpainted Blueface Leicester wool with soft green Cascade 220