A tale of three scarves

Three difference scarves. 

Scarf #1 - RED

This scarf has two difference threads. The thread that makes up 10 inches on both ends of the scarf is a red cotton.  In the middle, making up about 40 inches, is a beautiful red and black yarn.  I believe it is called Electra, but I'm not 100% on the name.  It's soft and has a wonderful texture.  The two threads together don't make a nice combo.  I don't care for this scarf much.  It was just too expensive to get more of the nice Electra thread to make this any longer.

Scarf #2 - Blue and Red

This is made with a wonderful cotton chenille which is quite soft.  Unfortunately, it didn't turn out very soft at all.  It is extremely stiff and dense.  I was so frustrated with this thing.  I had warpped the loom to have a wonderful pattern in the scarf, but it didn't work out.  It was just extremely dense and showed zero of the pattern.  I think the warp I used was too thin for the cotton chenille weft and that was why it was so dense.

It's about 70 inches long and 8 inches wide.

Scarf #3 - Stripes

I'm sure this has to be some school's colors.

I made this scarf on my good ole Dorothy loom.  I haven't used the table loom in a while and I gave it a try again.  This scarf came out a little shorter than I would have liked.  I rad out of the blue thread.

The blue and white thread are a thin cotton thread.  The red you might recognize from scarf #2, it's that red cotton chenille.  The chenille is quite a bit thicker than the cotton and so it gives this scarf a wonderful texture.  It's quite thin, about 4 inches wide, but I love the way it looks and feels.  The pattern I set up in the warp shows up in the white and blue parts of the scarf.  They are the same kind of thread that was used for the warp.  The red, which is thicker, didn't show the pattern very well.

They were all fun to make, but I'm not producing the kind of product as I would like.  I'll keep working on that, I guess.

Another Hudson Bay Scarf

I have quite a few family members who like this pattern, but I think this will be the last time I do it for a while.  I want to try something new with some new colors.  It's about 5 1/2 inches wide and 65 inches long.

I had the hardest time getting this scarf to work out.  I started it over three times and I still don't like it a whole lot.  I couldn't get the pattern I wanted right.  I don't know why.  It turned out looking very nice, but it's not what I wanted.

Well, time for bigger and better things!

Pictures of latest projects

More weaving projects!  This purple scarf I made during my weaving class I just finished.  While I only meant for it to be 5-6 feet long, it's 8 feet.  It's pretty, though.

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This shows the ends.  I twisted them into the cords again, but this time I also added some beads to the ends.  I only had a few that matched this color yarn, so each end has three beads.  I love the extra touch it adds to the look.

My tri-loom!  This is a new loom for me to use.  It's has been lots of fun.  It's six feet long along the top.

  I took this picture several days ago and since then, I've finished weaving on the loom and now I'm adding some fringe.  It will be finished this afternoon and I'll take a new picture of it completed.  This kind of weaving doesn't take too long, but you have to stand up the entire time and I get tired of that.  Also, because of it's shape, it either needs a special easel or a place to hang.  The only place I could find to hang mine that wouldn't put massive holes in the wall was the garage.  That's all the junk behind the loom.  It is also super hot in the garage.  It is August, after all, so I don't spend much time out there at any one time.

A closer look at the loom and thread.  I picked a very soft yarn that is used mostly for baby blankets.  Because this will be a shawl, I wanted something soft, fuzzy and warm. 

I'm excited to see this one off the loom.

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My latest project fresh off the loom.

For whatever reason, the picture isn't great, but it's a scarf about 57 inches long and 8 1/2 inches wide.

I made it for my father in law for his birthday, but there is one problem...

This:

Everytime I advanced the warp on the loom, the weft would separate.  I can't figure out how to get it looking normal again.  I may not give this too him.  I also ended up with two different whites.  It doesn't look as good as I had hoped. 

Well I've got some new thread, that's 100% cotton, so I'll be trying that out. 

Hudson Bay Stripes

My Dad really likes the Hudson Bay stripe pattern. I made him a scarf. It's pretty wide for a scarf, but I love the way it turned out. I used the Orlec thread. I really love that stuff. Too bad it is so hard to get. This pattern used lots of white, navy, light yellow and red.

My next project will be a tartan. It will use the blue, red and green. I can't wait to get started.

scarf off the loom

I finished the scarf I was working on. I like the way it turned out. It's 59 inches long, not including the fringe. I can't wait to try the next project.
You can't see the pattern in the white, but it really stands out in the dark blue. (The nice thing about all the white is it hides my mistakes well. I would lose in my place in the pattern fairly often.)

on the loom

This is the project on the loom right now. I'm using the new Orlec thread I got. I like the thread. I didn't expect this weave to have such a lacy look to it. I was quite disappointed when I started weaving and it was full of holes, but I like the way it looks now.
I'm working this on the Dorothy. It takes longer to work than the floor loom because of the right hand run treadles, but when I get going on it, I'm about as fast as I can be on the Dorothy.

cute purse and new scarf

I made a new scarf using some yarn I bought. I really don't know why I got this yarn, I don't like the colors much, but there is it. It is about 5 feet long and very soft. Here is a picture of the colors, white, tan and yellow. The scarf:

With the left over warp, I used some super cute yarn I got from the Dollar Tree. It is pink, hot pink and purple. I made a little purse for my 5 year old daughter. She loves it! The bag itself is only as big as my hand, so it's quite small, but it's perfect for a 5 year old's stuff.

I love the things I can make with a loom! My next projects will be on my inkle loom and I'll be puting the Dorothy away for a little while.

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My scarf that I finished on Sunday. It is so pretty. I found the yarn at the Dollar Tree and paid $5 for all of the yarn I needed. I was shocked when, a day after I bought the yarn, I was at JoAnne Fabrics and saw the same yard selling for $5.99 each. That would have cost me $30 at JoAnne's. Thank goodness for Dollar Tree!

The colors are just beautiful. It is as long as I am tall, so it is 5 feet, 6 inches in length. Long enough for a scarf. I really had no idea how long it was getting, I just kept weaving. I don't know how to measure things once I start weaving. I guess I'll need to learn to do that.


I'm learning my Dorothy and I'm glad that my warping job for this scarf worked out perfectly. Let's hope that all warping in the future works out just as well.