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I wanted to experiment with different warp color.  For this project, the warp is black and white.  While winding on the warping board, I held the  two colors together.

My next idea was do a fancy structure in a color for the weft.  What color should I use?  That is the question.  Originally, I was thinking a light color would look best.  But after samples, I decided on a darker color.

That reminds me, why sample?  In the past, I was working on a fabric for  shirt and couldn’t decide on the weft color.  I made many samples at the beginning of the piece and decided on a green color.  After the fabric was completed, I washed it including the samples of different weft color.  If I had seen the samples washed, I would have chosen a different weft color.  The washed sample makes a difference on what the actual fabric will look like,

Weft – that is the question?  What should be weft color be?  I made several little section of five colors.  I cut if off the loom and washed the sample.

There were five weft colors to choose from.  After wash, I choose the red

The scarf came out beautiful.  Usually fringe is what I apply to the scarves, but I didn’t do this for this scarf  because it appears mainly red and the fringe would be black and white.  I decided to hem the ends and add red beads.  Would I weave another black/white warp with color weft project again.  Probably not.  It is pretty but not my favorite.  But is was an  experiment and there you have it.

The two scarves here are called “Fire” red/purple and “Water” blues.  The names come from  the two famous goddesses from Hawaii

Pele – Goddess of fire and volcanoes.

Namaka is Pele’s older sister and the goddess of water and the sea. 

Handwoven shirt – fabric is cottonlin

This is a project where I have to pay attention – no tv or audio books.  But I can listen to music.

The yarn is merino/tencel.  

This woven shawl is my first attempt of warping the Jane Stafford way.  I joined her online guild and am enjoying it alot.  This is a perfect tensioned warp which was what I was striving for.  

The yarn is 8/2 tencel woven at 24 epi.

Snowflake Scarves
Handwoven

and when life became too frenzied

she took up her knitting and breathed a while

to the rhythm of the stitches

and rows until her smile returned

and her mind was calm