The scarf started with a small warp of 88 threads in 2/22 orange and pink Silk and I’ve added azure blue edges in 2/8 Tencel to make an 8 inch wide scarf. I’m using a darker blue 2/8 Tencel called ming as the weft. It has worked out very nicely in my humble opinion!
The pattern is an 8 shaft network twill that makes polka dots, and it is just lovely. The plentiful dots dance across the warp and are a joy to weave. The photo is a little washed out but the blue edges with the tone on tone polka dots is really quite effective.
I’m quite surprized by how similar the pink and orange splashes are in the warp. At certain angles they blur together and its hard to tell them apart. And when the blue weft is added the centre stripe seems to be iridescent.
The finished scarf is quite striking, even if I haven’t given it a pressing yet!
There are two sides of the scarf one with the Ming blue polka dots (weft faced) and the other side has orange and pink polka dots with the lighter blue dots on the edges (warp faced). Sorry for the slightly blurry photo.
We’ve had two big storms with lots of rain so the mushrooms have started to show up in the local forests. We went on a mushroom walk last week and there were two highlights, one was the Hydnellum peckii also called strawberries and cream or blood fungus or jam tart. The cap leaks red fluid that pools and looks very creepy.
The second was Phellodon tomentosus also called owl eyes. They are very cute, looking like the mask around the eyes of an owl, like the one at the top of the picture.
Just as an FYI we are running a 20% off sale on selected items in our store Woven Beauty.
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