Colour Field Scarf
Weave a beautifully elegant and silky scarf that can be customized through colour. Choose a range of hand-dyed semi-solid sock yarns for the warp and bring them all together with a single hand-dyed lace yarn.
MATERIALS
- Warp: Approximately 600 yards of SweetGeorgia Yarns Tough Love Sock (425 yd / 388 m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 80% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon) in a single or a variety of colourways (shown here in Trinket, Illusion, Evening, Shadow, Lichen, and Arbutus).
- Weft: Approximately 600 yards of SweetGeorgia Yarns Merino Silk Lace (765 yd / 700 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g skein; 50% Fine Merino, 50% Silk) in a single colourway (shown here in Ultraviolet)
SIZE
- Dimensions: 13.5 inches (34 cm) wide x 60 inches (152 cm) long, not including fringe (approximately 5 inches of fringe at each end)
STRUCTURE
- Equipment: rigid heddle loom with a minimum 15-inch (38 cm) weaving width, 12-dent reed
- Tools: 1 shuttle, warping board, reed hook, heddle hook, tapestry needle, measuring tape
- Weave Structure: plain weave
- Warp Length: approximately 3 yards (274 cm) includes about 20 inches of loom waste
- Warp Ends: 180
- Ends Per Inch (EPI): 12 EPI
- Picks Per Inch (PPI): 12 PPI
- Width in Reed: 15 inches (38 cm)
WINDING THE WARP
This scarf is approximately 15 inches wide and you could definitely warp your loom using a warping peg. If you modify the scarf to be significantly wider, I would suggest that you use the directions here which describe the Indirect Warping method (winding a warp using a warping board prior to dressing the loom).
MAKE IT YOUR OWN
Your choice of colours for the warp and the weft will make all the difference! For this scarf, I chose to use six different colours for the warp, but you could choose just two or three colours, or a gradient mini skein set, or holding a few different colours together to make fine stripes. It’s up to you!
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