Happy July!

I hope everyone had a great Independence Day! We had some fun on the Connecticut River - beautiful day, hot and sunny!

Here's a quick one, before I get kicked off and/or have to go make dinner. I just finished four new scarves this past rainy Sunday! I am now dressing the warp for four more and have plans for another four after that! I'm so happy to be rollin' again!

Green Lakes Handwoven Scarf

Thanks for stopping by and sorry I've been lax in posting - busy and technical difficulties! I've got busy times for the rest of the week so have a good one!

I'll be posting another scarf of the series next week! mwah!

The Latest

Big Red Plaid chenille scarf

Big Red Plaid

Black Carnival handwoven scarf

Black Carnival handwoven scarf

Somber Festive Handwoven scarf

Somber Festive Handwoven scarf

Remember 9/11. And Scarf Weather is Here

Please take a moment to remember September 11 and pray for our country.

It is scarf weather, at least for today. Rainy. Cold. Dreary. Nobody likes scarf weather, except for me. Oh, I'd rather have sunny and warm weather, too, but I'm busy building my inventory!

Yesterday was trying, however. I was the yarn whisperer. My warp got all tangled up. I can't blame it on the cat, who shall remain nameless, who has slept on my warp before . . . It was my fault. I was trying to do something my way as opposed to doing it in the proper, more methodical manner. Therefore, I spent much time untangling it and showed an amazing amount of patience. I only wanted to throw something (the phone) once. But I didn't. Good for me. Because then I would have had to explain the broken phone and the hole in the wall, hence, only compounding things.

Outside My Window tencel and merino scarf

Scarf in diamond pattern with tencel in Mountain Stream (blues, teals, and tans) and black weft (for one of the b & m stores)

Spice Diamonds in tencel (sold)

Ruby Diamonds scarf (sold)

Gold Diamonds tencel scarf

Black Diamonds tencel scarf

Cabernet scarf in tencel and merino

And I'm still making more!

Yarn!

Yes! I went up to Webs yesterday to pick up more yarn. I'm working on my line of tencel scarves. It was so difficult to choose what colors I wanted because I couldn't buy one of each! Color in weaving is different from combining colors in knitting, I feel. The very nature of weaving patterns allows the use of more analogous colorways on the one hand, but can also be used to blend colors not ordinarily used in, for example, the clean layout of an advertisement. Even the subtle use of a very bold color in an otherwise subdued piece can change the mood of the woven piece.

It's just so dad-burned fun.

So here is my selection:

Fire combo (reds, oranges, golds), Gray Blue, Black, Spice (on top), Gold, Mountain combo (blues, greens, ochres), and a skein of Glitter (orange, burgundy) from Yarntopia

I am currently winding warp with the Fire combo - yay!

I am very happy to have sold a couple of scarves this week. One is new and one I've had up for the winter:

Snow on Wood scarf

Ruby Diamonds scarf

But this is new, also, in the shop:

Cabernet

I retook pictures of this chenille scarf and I'm much happier with the way they turned out:

Saddleback scarf