Hand Woven Scarves

Although it's mid-summer it's time to start getting the shop ready for the winter months.

 

In the week I started to weave a few scarves.  I use a rigid heddle loom for the scarves I have listed, this type of loom allows me to use different yarns and techniques.

 

The first scarf I added to the shop is made from 3 shades of yarn fingering weight yarn in a plaid pattern.  With this scarf I let the plaid pattern do the work for the looks of this scarf.  The scarf is 69" long giving it a good length to wear in a variety of ways.

 

 

The next scarf I added today is woven using a hand-painted fingering weight yarn.  The wonderful thing about hand-painted yarn can give a faux-plaid effect or in the case of this scarf some nice pooling effect.  I chose a waffle weave pattern which gives this scarf a nice thick and soft feel.

 

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Mary

 

 

Knitted Dish Cloths / Washcloths

 

 

When I had the idea to reopen my store I decided would offer a variety of items that I enjoy personally using.  One thing is hand-knitted dish cloths and washcloths.  I enjoy a thick textured cloth to make cleanups fast and effortless.  Another thing I feel was important to me besides being 100% cotton was to be able to care it for easily, toss in the washer then tumble dry.

While deciding on the pattern I preferred to use I did a few test knits.  I tried different size needles and different finished dimensions.  I am not bothered by the finished cloth not being square but I do like the cloth once washed to be near squared.  Nothing disappointed me more than when I finished knitting a cloth to be square to come out of the wash to be a rectangle in shape.

 

The best thing about doing the test knits is that I have some great new dish cloths to enjoy.

 

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