Saturday 26 February 2011

Last of the Italian alpaca

The latest scarf has been woven using up the remaining black, white and fawn Italian alpaca yarn as the warp. The weft is a grey alpaca yarn from Shamwani Alpaca Stud. It is a long scarf being 1980mm x 220mm and weighs 154g.
You can buy it at my stall at the Perth Upmarket at UWA on 20 March.

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Black and grey Italian alpaca

My latest woven item is a long wide scarf using a black and a grey Italian alpaca yarn. The two tone patterned scarf looks very smart and is soft to touch. The scarf is 1850mm x 340mm and weighs 203g.
It will be on sale on my stall at the Perth Upmarket at UWA on 20 March.

Tuesday 22 February 2011

Italian cashmere

When in Rome recently I purchased 100g each of a blue and a green Grignasco (Italian) cashmere. I have woven the blue yarn in my own design as used in the previous scarf. The scarf is 1450mm x 190mm and weighs 85g.
The green yarn was woven in a different pattern but being a dark green, the pattern is hard to see. The scarf is 1430mm x 180mm and weighs 81g.
Both scarves are very soft, as you would expect from cashmere, and will be on sale at my stall at the Perth Upmarket on 20 March.

Wednesday 16 February 2011

Black and white Italian alpaca

Have completed two more scarves using the Italian alpaca yarns purchased in Rome. Both are using my design used in the previous scarf.
The first one is using a white warp and a black weft. This shows up the two different patterns on each side. The scarf is 1540mm x 195mm and weighs 122g.
The second scarf is all in white and is 1540mm x 195mm and weighs 100g. The lighter weight is due to using a more open weave.
See them both at Perth Upmarket on 20 March at UWA.

Friday 11 February 2011

White and pumpkin alpaca

I have woven a scarf using the left-overs of some natural white, and hand-dyed pumpkin, yarns from Alpaca Plus. The scarf is woven in a pattern I designed whilst on my recent cruise on the Athena from Rome to Fremantle. Both sides of the scarf have an interesting pattern. The scarf is 1480mm x 180mm and weighs 123g.
Being made from yarns from Alpaca Plus the scarf is very soft. It will be on sale at my stall at Perth Upmarket on 20 March at UWA.

Wednesday 9 February 2011

Fancy yarn with cashmere

I have woven 3 scarves based upon a Diamist F-mole yarn, which is a fancy synthetic yarn in acrylic, rayon, nylon and polyester. I used this yarn as the warp in the first two scarves, and then the leftovers as the weft in the third. The weft in the first scarf was a maroon cashmere and resulted in a long scarf 2020mm x 170mm and weighs 99g.
The second weft was a heather (grey) cashmere and also resulted in a long scarf 1960mm x 170mm and weighs 92g.
In the third scarf I used alternate maroon, grey and orange warps. The scarf turned out to be 1450mm x 220mm and weighs 85g.
It is interesting to see the differences in the three scarves based upon the Diamist F-mole yarn. All the cashmere was 2-ply yarn from Knitters Addiction. The three scarves will be on sale at my stall at Perth Upmarket at UWA on Sunday 20 March.

Monday 7 February 2011

More Italian alpaca

Have just completed two scarves using some of the Italian alpaca yarn recently purchased in Rome in the same Huck pattern in Anne Dixon's book as per the previous scarf. The blue and grey mixture scarf is 1630mm x 205mm and weighs 120g.
The solid blue scarf is 1470mm x 205mm and weighs 111g.
Both scarves will be on sale at my Perth Upmarket stall at UWA on Sunday 20 March.