Copper Verdigris Scarf

It has been a while since I have woven with some of the silk warps that Mum and I had dyed last summer; it is so nice to pull out colour on a grey winters day.  The warp that jumped out was painted in turquoise with bands of orange.

The buckets of Tencel come out and after careful consideration Mum pulled out Adobe, a red brown colour.  I will admit that I was really dubious but we went with it.  Bands of the red brown were added to outside edges of the scarf and it will also be the weft for the scarf.

The pattern is pretty 6 shaft crackle and thankfully the Adobe red brown Tencel weft works a treat.  The repeat is about 3 inches long. 

At 15 inches I saw something on the right hand side of the scarf, a strange double pick on both sides of the large motif.  So I unwove the scarf, picked out the hem stitching and found the two threading errors and start the scarf again!

The rest of the weaving went smoothly.  Standing back from the loom the scarf almost glows with a coppery shimmer.  It really reminds me of copper verdigris, which is usually green but can also be blue.

When I was dying the warp for the scarf I was hoping that the combination of turquoise and orange would make some pretty transitional colours like green but they seemed to not really mix or make a lighter orange-y brown.  But the jagged peaks of the turquoise into the orange bands makes for a really dynamic scarf. 

The scarf is finished and it is pretty stunning.  I think that the unusual colour choice of the red brown as really inspired.  The large motif can be better seen on the weft dominate side, upside down to when I wove it.  For Sale.

Final Garden Photo is Arctic Bells Daffodils (Narcissus bulbocodium 'Arctic Bells').  They are a form of hoop skirt daffodil, they are a lovely pale lemony colour and very fragrant.  They are not quite open in this picture but in the next couple of days they will be.

Apologies

I’m sorry that I haven’t been updating the blog.  I have been taking photos and writing blogs posts in my head but they don’t make it onto the computer.  A lot has changed in the last year but I’m still weaving!  The biggest change is that Mum can’t comfortably weave anymore, it is too hard on her knees.  So we decided to sell one of the two Louet Spring Looms last spring.  

It was sold by word of mouth, Mum mentioned to her friend Susan (from Thrums) that she was thinking of selling and the next day Susan said that she had someone interested.  The lady came over to test out the loom, which I had placed a silk scarf warp onto and we also had tea towels on the second (not for sale) loom so she could see how the loom works with different projects on them.

And the loom has gone to a new home up island from us in Campbell River.  The studio is looking a little empty but the extra space around the loom is nice. 

I do have some posts about weaving coming up but I just wanted to say that Dust Bunnies is still here!  

Final Garden Photo is Erigeron karvinskianus (Mexican Daisy), still blooming in January.