The Fall of Summer as Autumn Begins.

I technically started my last project in August when it was still summer. We are now firmly into autumn and the project has been put on hold for two reasons.

Besides the appendix issues mentioned in the last post, We have also started a remodel. It began as only a kitchen remodel when we began planning over a year ago. It then morphed into getting new floors through the whole house, then new doors, then getting it all painted, fixtures…

It just grows…

And grows…

And grows.

Here are some before pictures of the kitchen followed by a few taken during the demo. Drywall is now up and hopefully cabinets next week! stay tuned for the final in the next few weeks.

So the weaving project that got interrupted was my first foray into weaving with wool. I had some wonderful Peruvian highland wool which I used for a warp. I went ahead and beamed on 7 yards, thinking that I could get 2-3 scarves and still have some warp to play with.

The first bit was using a variegated yarn with a long colorway that reminded me of wildflowers and a summer sunset. It was woven in a twill pattern and just looked beautiful when finished and fulled (fulling happens during the washing process; the water and slight agitation blooms the wool fibers making them soft and lofty).

After I took the twill scarf off the loom and retied the warp, I began to play with color and using Italian hemstitching as a decorative element. Usually, you will hemstitch the beginning and end of a project if it is not something that you want to machine hem.

The test…

And here is the actual process in progress.

The yarn for the weft is a merino and silk blend for the white and beige and more of the blue highland.

I got a little more than halfway done with this scarf before I went into the hospital for my surgery and when I got back and recuperated enough to weave, the loom had to be put away for the remodel. I cannot wait to get it back out and finish this scarf and get on to my next project, another scarf set, and some more towels for the Etsy store.

If you made it this far, thanks for reading this. I leave you this time with a picture of Perdita, she has been a trooper through all of the noise and desecration of her home.

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