http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/03/01/like-casting-on/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/03/01/like-casting-on/#comment-511 jackie Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:23:02 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/?p=246#comment-511 I just wove a scarf from my first hand spun. 8oz of BFL that is thick and ,we'll say slubby in some spots. I made the warp about 80 inches long and used the bit at the front that you tie on as one fringe and the leftover bit at the end as the other fringe. I cut off behind the heddles so that I could have a long fringe. It was sett at 8EPI but sleighed in a 6 reed because of the slubby bits. It was somewhat warp faced. And if you really want the beauty of the yarn in the warp to shine through, don't use the same yarn in the weft. Use a finer single colour yarn that is in the range of one of the darker colours that is in that beautiful yarn. Looking at your picture, I'd try one of the muted greens. The right weft yarn sort of disappears when you stand back and look at it. I think that I tried about 6 different yarns before deciding on the blue grey silk/wool blend that I finally chose. I hope to get a picture of it soon up on my blog. And the whole project, start to finish (except for the spinning of the yarn) took me about 4 hours. I just wove a scarf from my first hand spun. 8oz of BFL that is thick and ,we’ll say slubby in some spots. I made the warp about 80 inches long and used the bit at the front that you tie on as one fringe and the leftover bit at the end as the other fringe. I cut off behind the heddles so that I could have a long fringe. It was sett at 8EPI but sleighed in a 6 reed because of the slubby bits. It was somewhat warp faced. And if you really want the beauty of the yarn in the warp to shine through, don’t use the same yarn in the weft. Use a finer single colour yarn that is in the range of one of the darker colours that is in that beautiful yarn. Looking at your picture, I’d try one of the muted greens. The right weft yarn sort of disappears when you stand back and look at it. I think that I tried about 6 different yarns before deciding on the blue grey silk/wool blend that I finally chose. I hope to get a picture of it soon up on my blog.
And the whole project, start to finish (except for the spinning of the yarn) took me about 4 hours.

]]> http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/03/01/like-casting-on/#comment-509 David Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:19:32 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/?p=246#comment-509 Do you have any pics of the loom? Or details of what kind, etc., and how you like it? Do you have any pics of the loom? Or details of what kind, etc., and how you like it?

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