I finished up the 2 lace scarves and they shrank about 12% in length and 17% in width after washing. But that is because they really bloom and soften so it is a good thing.
Woven with “Curry” Jaggerspun Zephyr:
Woven with “Peacock” Jaggerspun Zephyr:
They are incredibly lightweight and soft. I am going to move along to tieing on with my hand-dyed wool and just stick with scarf versions. They will be a LOT more colorful!
I also finished the point twill scarf that I wanted to do with some of my handspun (all the others were done with the merino/tencel in a color gradation). I am very pleased with this, and it is for the upcoming show at Confluence Gallery in Twisp. The handpainted merino & tencel spinning fiber was from Chasing Rainbows Dyeworks and I had 3 braids in the Autumn colorway. One wasn’t split lengthwise before spinning, so had very gradual color changes in the singles. One was split in half and spun back to back, so changed colors twice as often as the first one. The other was split in quarters, and therefore had the most frequent color changes in the singles. So when all 3 singles were made into a 3-ply I got a lot of interplaying color changes.
I like your lace scarves – I’m sure the light weight and softness will be very appealing!
Katie I love the handspun Chasing Rainbows scarf. What warp did you use? I’ve “collected” her fiber for years and this would be a great use of it.
Hi Sheila! The warp is WEBS Valley Yarns 2/10 merino/tencel. The other scarves on the same threading all used that yarn in black for the warp, and the same merino/tencel in different colors for the wefts.