Recently I’ve been asked to weave a scarf. Just a scarf. As plain as it can get: no wild colors, no crazy patterns, no other fancy stuff. Totally boring, from my perspective. But I wanted to do it anyway. And just to amuse myself, I wound a warp for two scarves, and let my creative … More What do you do when you get a boring project?
I was looking for pony beads for my leno project. I needed 30 or so, but when I found a large box with all kind of colors plus animal shapes beads, my kumihimo muscles jumped into action. Then I found a bag of buttons, and kumihimo inspiration doubled. Here is my kumihimo making space: I … More My kumihimo workstation.
When I started this scarf in undulating twill, I initially used the main weft in lilac in the same yarn thickness as the tabby weft (same as warp, grey). But the colors are close in hue, so there was not enough contrast and the pattern was lost, diluted. So I doubled the main weft to … More Tinkering with the weft.
Watching the transformation of the woven fabric after wash never stops to amaze me. It is a huge difference in huck and huck lace patterns, but even more so in waffle! Here is a pre- and post-wash pics of my waffle towels.
THE SILKY WEAVE 