Lemon Spritz 4-Day KAL with Marie Greene

Shown in 144 Dahlia

The 7th Annual 4 Day Knitalong hosted by Marie Greene of Olive Knits begins on July 1, 2023, and we couldn't be more excited! This year's pattern, Lemon Spritz, is a celebration of sunshine and summer days. 

This raglan tee is knit from the top down in the round, in one seamless piece. At the underarm, the sleeves are placed on hold (to be finished afterward), and the lower body features bold lace details that are easy to memorize. The neckline features a quick and easy “rolled” edge, and the short sleeves are framed with a perpendicular garter edge and lemon leaf ties.
 
For even more fun, consider working the garter edge and/or your lemon leaf ties in a contrasting color!


Purchase 3 (or more) hanks of Rylie by HiKoo® and receive our exclusive bonus pack!

What's in the Bonus Pack?

🍋  Exclusive Lemon Spritz project bag  🍋
🍋 Citrus Delight candy  🍋
🍋 Lemon stitch marker set in bag  🍋
🍋  2 fun citrus stickers  🍋
🍋  Lemon Spritz pattern  🍋

Bonus offer ends June 18, 2023, or while supplies last.

Limit one Bonus Kit per person, please.



When do I get the pattern?

Official pattern lands in your library June 30th. Before then, you’ll have access to the preorder file with all the details for yarn, size, swatching and MORE for this year’s 4 Day KAL.

Questions? Send us an email:
hello@makersmercantile.com

or give us a call:
(206) 717-7121


How Much Yarn do I need?

Use this chart to determine which size you'll make, and also to discover how many hanks of each color yarn you'll need.

Click for a larger view


Which colors should I choose?

Need some inspiration? Rylie is such a wonderfully soft yarn and its linen fibers create such interesting texture.

To offer some options, we made swatches with a few of our favorite colors to help you envision your
Lemon Spritz tee all knit up! 





Check out the available
colors of Rylie on our website.

We can't wait to see your finished project! Be sure to share photos of your progress on social media with the tags: #Oliveknits #LemonSpritz #Makersmercantile #4dayKAL

Stitched Together Gallery

We asked our creative customers to color a page featuring a ball of yarn, crochet hook, and knitting needles to be incorporated into a fabric for this inspiring project bag. Every envelope that you sent in was a little gift - each one including a unique work of art. 

To create the fabric, we carefully scanned and adjusted each image to be the same size, then rotated and assembled them into a repeating pattern. The fabric was printed, cut, and sewn in our print & sew lab, and we couldn't be more delighted with the result. Isn't it amazing what we can do together? 

Five of the entries below were randomly selected as our prize winners to receive their own Stitched Together bag as a thank you. Want a bag of your very own? Click the image below.

Check out all the beautiful versions of our Stitched Together motif uniquely colored by Makers from all over the United States!


A heartfelt thank you to all the crafters who submitted entries. We are inspired by your creativity and hope that you enjoy the bag you helped create!

Apricate Cowl KAL

Join Kyle Kunnecke of Kyle William for the February Makers’ Mercantile Knit-Along!

The Apricate cowl uses two amazing yarns: 

HiKoo® Madrona
and
 Schoppel Wolle
Zauberwolle

Want the pattern for free? Purchase our exclusive kit

The apricate kal begins Wednesday, February 1, 2023.

The Project

Rays of angled lines encircle this kerchief cowl. This fun knit combines stranded knitting with knit/purl stitches to create an intriguing, textured motif. After the initial section is completed, we transition from working in the round to working flat and begin decreasing each row to reach the final point of the cowl.

We are so excited to invite you to join us for this KAL adventure! Choose your favorite colorway and get the exclusive kit, and be ready to cast on February 1, 2023. Kyle will join us in our Ravelry group to answer any questions you and the others might have all month long!

Colorways


Included in each kit:

PLUS receive a digital copy of the pattern sent to your Ravelry library or email address used at checkout

Schedule

January 3, 2023 
Kits available for purchase

February 1, 2023 
KAL kickoff

February 7, 2023
Makers' Night
Meet the designer / Q&A

February 28, 2023 
KAL officially ends

 Remember to connect with other knitters on the Makers' Mercantile Ravelry Group Page. The forums let knitters of all skill levels participate ... it's like having a knitting tutor 24/7!

What if I don't like to read charts?

The pattern includes both charted and written instructions, so you can choose your favorite method. If you are new to reading charts, check out this free online class!

Are there video tutorials?

Video demonstrations are available for this project. Clickable links to the videos are included in the .pdf pattern as well as a QR code for easy reference.

Materials

Yarns

Zauberwolle by Schoppel-Wolle
100% Merino wool,
273 yards per 100 gram ball


Madrona by HiKoo®
30% Baby Alpaca*, 30% Merino Wool, 20% Bamboo Viscose, 20% Nylon 402 yards per 100 gram cake

*EasyWash treated, allowing for delicate wash cycles

Finished Size

25” circumference 16.5” high 

after blocking

Needles

4.50 mm (approx. US7) Skacel Rocket 20" circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge,

DPN of the same size for I-cord bind off

Gauge

(after blocking)

28 sts and 28 rounds = 4 inches in pattern worked in the round


26 sts and 26 rows = 4 inches in pattern worked flat

Notions

Chasing Butterflies KAL

Join Ellen Thomas of The Chilly Dog for the September Makers’ Mercantile Knit-Along! Featuring Schoppel-Wolle's Lace Flower, the Chasing Butterflies shawl is a lightweight, simple lace pattern that takes full advantage of the 150 gram cake of yarn.

Want the pattern for free? Purchase our exclusive kit and receive a download code for the pattern for free!

Or purchase the pattern and use the yarn of your choice!

The Chasing Butterflies KAL sarted Thursday, September 1, 2022.

Project

Designed by Ellen Thomas of the Chilly DogChasing Butterflies is a gorgeous one-cake shawl that celebrates the joy of lace. With its easy-to-remember repeats, enjoy the adventure as this lightweight project flutters across your needles. 

We are so excited to invite you to join us for this KAL adventure! Choose your favorite colorway and get the exclusive kit, and be ready to cast on September 1, 2022. Ellen will join us in our Ravelry group to answer any questions you and the others might have all month long!

The Kit

The kits have sold out, but you can still get the yarn HERE


Included in each kit:

Schedule

July 29, 2022   Kits available for purchase

September 1, 2022   Pattern released

September 6, 2022   Makers' Night | Meet the designer

September 30, 2022   KAL officially ends

 Remember to connect with other knitters on Makers' Mercantile Ravelry Group Page. The forums let knitters of all skill levels participate ... it's like having a knitting tutor 24/7!

Do I start from the inside or the outside of the cake?

The cast on point for the
Chasing Butterflies pattern is located at the center top of the shawl. If you work from the outside of the cake in, you'll have no problems at all with the yarn tangling as you work.

If you would like to begin with the color of yarn at the center of the cake, we encourage you to hand wind the yarn into a ball, beginning with the tail at the outside. Once wound (it's a project in itself but 

easily done while watching tv, listening to music, or chatting with friends) you will have a sturdy ball of yarn ready to join you on the fluttery adventure.

Videos

Materials

Materials

Lace Flower by Schoppel-Wolle; 100% Superwash wool, 1312 yards / 150 gram cake

Finished Sizes

15-Section Shawl:

105" wingspan, 22" depth


12-Section Shawlette:

81" wingspan, 17" depth

Needles

3.50 mm (approx. US4) Skacel by addi© Rocket 40" circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge

24 sts x 44 rows = 4 inches in pattern

Notions

Yarn

Fiber Content

100% Superwash Wool

Yardage / Weight

150 grams
1312 yards

Care Instructions

Hand wash, lay flat to dry

Sailaway 4-Day KAL with Marie Greene

The 6th Annual 4 Day Knitalong hosted by Marie Greene of Olive Knits begins on July 1, 2022, and we couldn't be more excited! This year's pattern is named "Sailaway" and features a series of slipped stitches paired with fun 1-over-1 cables. 

Super easy to knit, this seamless cardigan is worked top-down with suggested yarns in either DK or worsted weights and is offered in 9 different sizes.

To focus our efforts a bit, we selected Simpliworsted by HiKoo® as our featured yarn for this KAL.

At this point the colorwork is complete and we are "just swimming along" working our way through the body of the cardigan. 

We hope you will join us! Read on to discover our limited-time special offer!

Save 20% off Simpliworsted

Enjoy 20% off Simpliworsted by HiKoo®, PLUS be among the first 150 customers to purchase 9 or more hanks and we will include the Sailaway cardigan pattern by Marie Greene, PLUS our exclusive Sailaway drawstring project bag as FREE gifts!

Offer good through June 19, 2022

When do I get the pattern?

You will receive a printed copy of the pre-order packet with your shipment. The pattern will automatically update in your Ravelry library, so just check your account first thing in the morning on July 1 to see the pattern update.

Also, join Marie Greene and folks from all over for the Cast-On Party live stream (details will be provided in the pre-order packet).

How Much Yarn do I need?

Use this chart to determine which size you'll make, and also to discover how many hanks of each color yarn you'll need.

Which colors should I choose?

Not sure which to put together? Simpliworsted has many options, including solids, multis, tonals and marled colors. Our team put together a few combos that might be inspiring to you.

We can't wait to see your color choices! Be sure to share photos of your progress on social media with the tags: #Oliveknits #Sailaway #Makersmercantile #4dayKAL

Scratch Board Weaving

We have arrived at our final destination - the sixth wrap made using the  Hippie Galazie Weaving Works Kit.

Read about the previous projects:

Wrap #1
Wrap #2
Wrap #3
Wrap #4

Wrap #5

It all started with a box of yarn……

which after 6 projects now looks like this:

This final project began with a black warp of doubled 8/2 cotton. Width on the loom was 15” with a length of 90”. Then came the sitting and looking at this completely blank canvas. Inspiration struck, I remembered seeing mini scratchboards that my Grandchildren were working with. Wow, this warp looks like a giant 15x90” scratchboard. How cool is that? Thinking of all those colors that could be lurking beneath the surface, sparked the idea of squares and rectangles, some connected and some becoming fringe on the sides of the warp. Why should the ends of the wrap have all the fringe fun?

For the planning on this project, after sketching and re-sketching, I used a string pattern marked at every 10” (see blog post number 3 for an explanation of a pattern string). Because I was down to small amounts of each color it was important to know each color would have its own space on the warp. The first supplementary color is color #1 and the design was planned to use each color in its own approximate 10” space. This was continued until color #10 was used. As you can see in the pictures some of the colors had fewer shapes in the design.

This wrap is woven with 8/2 cotton doubled with the Hippie Galaxie (HG) yarn as supplementary weft. Every weft pick is done with the 8/2 cotton, with an additional partial pick of the HG color. The partial pick will come up out of the warp and lay on top of the warp as you beat the pick. Change sheds and after a pick of 8/2 you will send the shuttle back into the warp and come out again on the other side of the supplementary design.

When you decide you want to add a fringe at the edge of the warp, you will need to leave a tail of about 6” each time you come to the edge. I used a narrow rectangle for each fringe with approximately 4 weft picks to give me 4 ends to twist into fringe.

Wrap Specifications

Off the loom: 14 ¼” x 75 ½” plus fringe

After Wet Finish: 13 ¼” x 70” plus fringe

Finishing

The ends are hemstitched and then trimmed to 2” for straight fringe after wet finishing.

I hope that this idea inspires you to try working with a supplementary weft. Enjoy and weave on, and on, and on…….


Resources

Winter Roses KAL

We are excited about the upcoming knitalong with skacel and Hannah Mann of Dear Ingénue! Running the entire month of November, join your fiber friends in knitting the Winter Roses pullover!

For a laid-back sweatshirt feel with a fun tri-color motif, this ultra-cozy sweater is knit in the round—from the top-down—so you can try it on as you go! The circular yoke and body are embellished with bands of bold colorwork and textural garter stitch ridges. 

Knit in HiKoo® Simplinatural—a smooth, fluffy, aran-weight yarn, featuring a sumptuous blend of baby alpaca, fine merino wool, and mulberry silk.

The free pattern offers two neck variations, as well as a full-length or cropped-length body. Charted and written instructions are available for the colorwork.

Winter Roses is available in 5 different sizes with two neck and two length options (cowl neck or crew neck & full length or crop length).

Want help choosing colors? Keep scrolling to see some great options selected by the designer!

Save 15% off Simplinatural
now through 10/31/21

Purchase 5 or more hanks of Simplinatural, and we will send the Winter Roses Notions Bag as
our gift to you!


Offer good through 10/31/21

  • 40% Alpaca, 40% Merino Wool, 20% Mulberry Silk
  • 183 yards per 100 gram hank
  • 4 - 4.5 sts/ in on US 8 - 9 (5.00 - 5.50 mm) needles
  • Size I (5.50 mm) hook
  • Aran weight
  • Hand wash cold, lay flat
  • Made in Peru

Sizes
1 (XS-S) - 2 (M-L) - 3 (XL-2XL) - 4 (3XL-4XL) - 5 (5XL)

IN INCHES
Bust Circumference: 32 (40, 48, 56, 60)“
Cropped Underarm to Hem: 8”
Full-Length Underarm to Hem: 12.75 (13, 13, 13.5, 14)”

IN CENTIMETERS
Bust Circumference: 81.5 (101.5, 112, 142, 152.5)cm
Cropped Underarm to Hem: 20.5cm
Full-Length Underarm to Hem: 32.5 (33, 33, 34.5, 35.5)“

Model shown is a 40” (101.5cm) bust wearing size 2 (M-L)

Color Combinations

yarn requirements


COWL-neck / FULL-length

SIZES1 (XS-S)2 (M-L)3 (XL-2XL)4 (3-4XL)5 (5XL)
MC4 hanks4 hanks5 hanks6 hanks7 hanks
CC12 hanks2 hanks3 hanks3 hanks4 hanks
CC21 hank1 hank2 hanks2 hanks2 hanks
Total7 hanks7 hanks9 hanks10 hanks12 hanks

COWL-neck / CROPPED-length

SIZES1 (XS-S)2 (M-L)3 (XL-2XL)4 (3-4XL)5 (5XL)
MC3 hanks4 hanks5 hanks6 hanks7 hanks
CC11 hank2 hanks2 hanks2 hanks2 hanks
CC21 hank1 hank1 hank1 hank2 hanks
Total5 hanks7 hanks8 hanks9 hanks11 hanks

CREW-neck / FULL-length

SIZES1 (XS-S)2 (M-L)3 (XL-2XL)4 (3-4XL)5 (5XL)
MC4 hanks4 hanks5 hanks6 hanks7 hanks
CC11 hank2 hanks2 hanks2 hanks3 hanks
CC21 hank1 hank1 hank1 hank2 hanks
Total6 hanks7 hanks8 hanks9 hanks12 hanks

CREW-neck / CROPPED-length

SIZES1 (XS-S)2 (M-L)3 (XL-2XL)4 (3-4XL)5 (5XL)
MC3 hanks4 hanks5 hanks6 hanks6 hanks
CC11 hank2 hanks2 hanks2 hanks2 hanks
CC21 hank1 hank1 hank1 hank2 hanks
Total5 hanks6 hanks7 hanks9 hanks10 hanks

Gauge: 20 sts & 24 rows = 4” 10cm in pattern

Smaller Needles: 16” (40cm) and 32” (80cm) US 8 (5mm) skacel by addi® circular needles, and DPNs for sleeves if not using the Magic Loop Method

Larger Needles: 32” (80cm) US 9 (5.5mm) skacel by addi® circular needles, and DPNs for sleeves if not using the Magic Loop Method

Notions: Stitch marker, Tapestry needle, Scissors

Yikes Stripes

Still exploring how many wraps can be made out of one  Hippie Galazie Weaving Works Kit, the adventure continues with the FIFTH wrap! 

Read about the previous projects:

Wrap #1
Wrap #2
Wrap #3
Wrap #4

Hello and here we are again. Another wrap? Although it really does make a beautiful wrap, this time I thought we needed another option. How about some stripes for your table?

Once again, this fabric was made using the Hippie Galaxie magic box of yarn. This is the fifth piece from the box. When I started warping my loom there was a loose plan on the size of the stripes. This will vary depending on how much yarn you have left in each color. Planning out the stripes on graph paper will help, you know how many ends your heddle will hold and how many colors you can use. This piece was woven on my Ashford RH 16” loom. The total number of ends are 159 using a 10 dent heddle on this loom. I highly recommend that you note how many ends each of your heddles will hold. This will help you in your design process.

Remember to add the color Black (8/2 cotton doubled) to the number of ends you are calculating.

Warping the Loom:

Warp Length 90”

Width on Loom: approximately 15 1/4” in a 10 dent heddle with a total of 156 ends

This photo shows the final stripe sequence.

The width of the color stripes is controlled by the amount of yarn I had left. There was a lot of scribbling and warping and unwarping before I was happy with the stripe sequence. At times when I am trying to design a pattern, the loom is my design board. Maybe that sounds like more work than designing on paper, but it helps my process to use the materials that will create the final fabric.

There are several ways to go about putting the stripes on the loom. You can start at the center and design out from there or begin on the right or left edge. Remember this is your project and my ideas are just that, ideas and there is no right or wrong. Your thoughts and ideas may lead you in a completely different direction. Just remember to keep your notes, as these will help inspire you on future adventures.

Tying on your Warp:

For this piece I wanted fringe at each end. When I had the heddle threaded and ready to tie on, I used the simple tying on to the apron bar method. That gave me the option of using the fringe or not. I did hemstitch after spreading the warp. This would give me the option of twisted fringe or just trimming the ends, leaving 1 ½” length of straight fringe on each end.

You may not want long fringe on a table runner, since that can lead to messy accidents if the fringe catches on something or someone or possibly a curious and fun-loving cat or dog.

Another optional finishing technique would be turning under the end twice and hemming either by hand or machine. You could also use a contrast fabric to finish the end and turn under one time and stitch.

Hemstitching:

Hemstitching the ends can be done while the piece is on the loom or after you have removed the piece from the loom.

The picture above shows hemstitching done with a single thread of 8/2 cotton. The next picture shows the hemstitching done with 8/2 cotton doubled.

Weaving the Stripes:

 The entire piece is woven with black 8/2 cotton doubled.

Measuring and Finishing:

On the loom this piece is 90” x 15 1/4”

Off the loom and after wet finish the piece measures 70 ½” x 14 ½” with an additional fringe length of 5”

The table in the photo, when opened completely measures 60”.

Enjoy using your beautiful stripes! And……weave on and on…….

Coming soon…….Galaxie Scratch Board Wrap, project number six.


Resources

Color and Shadow

When this journey began, the plan was for three wraps. You can read the first post HERE, and the second post HERE, and the third one HERE. When these wraps were complete, the box was not empty, so the journey continues.

When you sit down to your loom, you are the artist the dressed loom is the canvas and the weft yarn you choose is your paint. There are so many different types of materials and with so many design weav-abilities and combinations, it can be overwhelming. This project let me focus on creating many different patterns with the same materials.

You can get the Hippie Galazie Weaving Works Kit HERE.

A new warp:
Single ends of Maurice Brassard 8/2 cotton in black
12 dent heddle
80” warp
Width in heddle 15”

Weft:
8/2 doubled
Lola Bobble Box in Hippie Galazie all colors

Additional texture using black mohair (Zitron Extra Klasse) wound with one strand of 8/2 cotton on an additional shuttle.

This photo shows the beginning textural section. Using a measuring string pattern with every 10” marked helped me keep track of my spacing.

This project is using the colors in the Bobbel Box that are left from the first three projects. This example is to give you an idea for using the remaining yarn. The amount of yarn that you will have left greatly depends on the way that you weave and the width and length of the warps that you have already put on your loom.

This is just off the loom before wet finished to give you an idea of the color placement and texture sections. As you can see I was a little more generous with my colors at the beginning of the warp (the first colors are the yellow/orange group).

When I started weaving there was really no color pattern, also, I had more yarn in some colors. As I was winding shuttles I separated them into groups, I saw a fire section, rainbow section, an ocean and ocean sun section. One color group leads into another divided by textural shadows. This idea is only a place to start!

This project uses a technique called hatching. There are a number of different ways to create hatching. This technique is created with at least two colors and are overlapped or butted up against each other in the shed. If they are to butt up against each other both colors are used in the same shed. If they are to overlap only one color is used in the shed at a time. In this warp the colors are overlapped, I wanted a constant contrast of color and shadow, so the black weft always begins on the right and the color weft on the left in the warp.

When you are using this technique the shuttle will come up out of the shed in the spot you want the color to end. Beat the pick in place and change sheds, then send the shuttle back to the same side of the warp it came from.

For Example: the shuttle with the color will come from the left side of the warp and come up out of the warp at the spot you have decided upon. Beat the interrupted pick into place and change sheds. Send the shuttle back through the new shed to the same side (the left) of the warp, making sure to catch the warp thread closest to the thread where your shuttle came out of the warp. Beat the pick into place and change sheds. Now send the shuttle with the black thread from the right side of the warp and overlap the color, bring the shuttle up out of the warp. Beat into place and change sheds. Insert the shuttle into the new shed, again making sure to catch the warp thread, and out to the same side of the warp (right).

This project was inspired by the Sunset Shawl by Judith Shanagold

References for Hatching:

Handwoven Loom Theory rigid-heddle scarf collection (ebook) Sunset Shawl by Judith Shanagold

Tapestry Weaving by Kirsten Glasbrook

When weaving the black intermingled with color I used the 8/2 cotton and mohair wound together. In the black sections there are wide stripes alternating with 8/2 cotton wound double on a shuttle and the shuttle with the 8/2 cotton and mohair.

This wrap was designed as I sat down to weave, but next time I may do a little planning with colored pencils on graph paper to see other ways to apply the techniques of interrupted weaving.

Finishing the Wrap:

My vision for the wrap was a loose fitting somewhat poncho style wrap. Since the warp was lashed onto the front with no extra warp for fringe, I left enough warp at the end to use for twisted fringe. To add another pop of color I cut pieces of the Bobble Box yarn to add to the fringe. To make this easier, I will secure the warp with knots all the way across and then add the color to each section. You will need to cut the yarn double the length of the existing fringe, thread it onto a tapestry needle and thread it up and then down through the knot before twisting the fringe.

Next, I finished the end without fringe by zigzagging with my machine and then finishing the edge with silk ribbon.

Next step is to place the ribbon end overlapping the edge of the wrap at the fringe end as seen in the above photo. This will become the wrong side.

The photo above shows the right side of the wrap.

And that is the story, but is it the end of the journey……?

Stay tuned for more weaving adventure.

Cynthia


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Stop Number Three

Hello again weavers,

Just a little note to let you know we are still adventuring along on the More than a Mile-long Hippie Galaxie path. In other words, a very colorful journey. You can read the first post HERE, and the second post HERE. I hope you enjoy this new project, it was a lot of fun to make!            

When I was originally thinking about the idea of using color blocking for this wrap the idea was huge! I envisioned a large wall hanging of Mondrian type color sections divided by black lines of various sizes. So, I needed to pare it down to a doable size for a Rigid Heddle loom idea. Changes were made and I sliced the middle out of the original idea and came up with Not Quite Mondrian. When you look at it perhaps you can see the rest of the original plan.

To simplify the pattern, I left out the vertical solid black lines that were part of my original vision.

The next photo shows my final design decision. Get out those colored pencils! Yes, it is in my notebook - you know how much I love keeping records! You can download the free Weaving Project Page HERE.

The color blocking is made possible by a tapestry technique called single weft interlock. There are a number of different ways to execute this technique, I have also seen it referred to as interlocking weft and discontinuous weft. This also means that you can have more than 2 colors to a pick to create blocks of color. That’s where the simplification came in for this idea, I reduced the number of sections and so reduced the number of colors that needed to interlock with each other in a single row. If I had left the vertical black lines in the design, there would have been three or four colors to each pick. That being said, I encourage you to  experiment with variations of this technique.

Weft interlock is really a family of techniques.  Each technique using 2 or more colors that come together either in one shed or a combination of sheds. Each throw is not a full pick of the weft thread, they are interrupted either by another thread or by stopping within the warp itself and venturing off into a new direction.

For this design we are interrupting the pick in the approximate center of the warp using one color from the right and a second color from the left. Both colors will come up out of the warp in the same spot: 


The warp is then beat into place. Change sheds, interlock the two colors... 


...and then go back through the new shed to each respective side of the warp. Beat the pick into place and you have completed 2 picks of 2 colors each.

This technique also creates a definite right and wrong side to the fabric. I like both sides, one has more texture the other is smoother after the wet finishing process. The top side (the top of the cloth on your loom) is referred to as the wrong side.

The next two photos are taken after the wet finish process. The first is the top or wrong side of the work, the second is the reverse side. You can see the textural difference. Since this project became a closed loop scarf, you will see both sides. But my chosen side is the one with more texture and that is the side with the fringe.

Scarf Specifications

This scarf was woven using a 12-dent heddle on a rigid heddle loom with a width of 15”. The warp is 8/2 cotton used as a single thread. The warp length is approximately 100”.

To keep track of my sections I used a measuring string. This time I measured and divided the length into 10” sections and marked them with a black permanent ink pen. Your measuring string is now a pattern string. I keep mine in a marked plastic bag, so I do not have to remake it for every project. Make sure that you write down the length of your string and the number of sections so you don’t forget once it begins to be wound into your warp!

The picture below shows the string pattern circled in green.

When winding the color shuttles, you will need two at a time. After securing the first color to the shuttle, begin winding onto the shuttle counting every time you make one full rotation around the shuttle. For this color plan I counted to 20 and cut my yarn. This shuttle is loaded and ready to weave. Move onto the second color and wind the same way. This plan allowed me to have less waste on the shuttle and fewer smaller pieces of yarn, since you are using the shuttle until it is empty. You will also need to wind a shuttle with the 8/2 cotton doubled to use in between the color blocks. Depending on the way that you weave, you may want to add more yarn to your shuttles. Also, you may want to change the size of the black stripes that divide the color blocks and that will affect the amount of color. The 10” sections are just a guide to spread the colors more evenly throughout the scarf.

Begin weaving with a waste yarn to spread the warp and use waste yarn at the end of the warp.

Remember, this is only an idea! A place to start……the loom is your canvas, your thread is your palette, you are the artist.

Weave on……..

Finishing

When you are removing your warp from the loom make sure to keep your waste yarn in place. This will make it easier to complete your fringe. This scarf is finished as a continuous loop held in place by the knots at the edges of the warp.

This is just an option, personally I like a scarf that does not have ends to slip off my shoulders. So, it became an oversized, double wrap cowl. You could finish this as a straight scarf with fringe on both ends and add beads, or not, and it would be amazing!

IS THIS THE END OF THE MILE??? A resounding NO!!!

When we started this journey there were plans for 3 scarves, but since the box still has yarn in it, there is no stopping us now!

Stay tuned for a little lagniappe for your loom…….

References for this post:

www.ashford.co.nz/ashford-club (Stained Glass on the Rigid Heddle Loom)

The Weaver’s Journal Summer 1987 (Tapestry Tips)

Weave*Knit*Wear by Judith Shangold