Friday, October 11, 2013

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Here are my latest scarves - two colours for the warp and two colours for the weft -
resulting in four shades of cashmere/silk and linen.
These were the last two of the light ones;
now that Autumn is finally upon us I feel the need to be weaving something more substantial
in terms of yarn weight. Maybe something fluffy too...

I discovered Claire's beautiful blog - Clarabella -





17 comments:

Sarah Hamlin said...
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Donatella said...

Thank you Sarah!

Meg said...

Yes, what else can we say, it's beautiful!!

Fran said...

Hello; very attractive! On a rigid heddle?? How wide was the sett, please? The balance is perfect! Fran

Unknown said...

Wonderful!

Margreet said...

Beautifully designed. Cannot wait for the next designs. fluffy mmm

shipbuilding said...

Absolutely beautiful. You certainly have a way with colour.

k x

Donatella said...

Hi Fran!
the rigid heddle was there just for the photo, although you could weave the scarf on a rigid heddle loom, it's woven in plain weave!
The sett was 8ends/cm.

Thank you Meg, Helga, Margreet and Kim for your lovely comments!

Fran said...



thanks so much for the answer, as the mystery is solved! Sett is 20/inch, whixh is too dense for any rigid heddle, as far as I know. The weaving is very fine! I wish I could take some lessons from you, as my ambitions exceed my skills! Fran

Françoise said...

Gorgeous!

msvos said...

It's absolutely delicious. So refined.

Donatella said...

Fran,
I don't know what is the maximum sett for rigid heddles - but yes, the weaving is fine, considering that the yarn in the warp is 2/56!

I suppose that you could try with a 2/28 yarn and 10epi sett; double the yarn count and half the sett. Does it make sense? Now I am not so sure...but it might be nice to try!

...and than you Francoise and msvos!

Leslee said...

Just stunning...your colors and graphics are amazing!

Claire said...

Thank you so much for the link.

Donatella said...

Thank you Leslee!

Claire, you're most welcome!

MK said...

Beautiful job! I love the colors!

sampling said...

So so beautiful as usual! Is the warp linen?