A skyblue scarf reminds of winds of the spring, fresh and clear. The scarf is woven with a plied linen yarn. You need only two tiny spools of piled linen yarn for one scarf and a small amount of wool or wool roving for the pattern weft. Those who are interested in spinning can spin the pattern weft themselves!
| The warp | Linen 16/2, tex 103×2, 1 kg = n. 4900 m |
| Warp | width 40 cm density 5 threads/cm number of warp ends 200 |
| Length | 2,3 m |
| Reed | 50/1 |
| Weave | Plain weave and rep |
| The weft | Linen 16/2 and wool for the inlay |
| Draft |  |
INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINDING THE WARP
24 threads light blue
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76 x 1 thread light blue
1 thread blue
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Repeat 76 times * – **
24 threads blue
200 threads in total
AMOUNT OF WARP YARN NEEDED, length 2,3 m
Linen 16/2, tex 103×2, 1 kg = n. 4900 m, Garnhuset i Kinna (or Lappajärven Värjäämö)
79 light blue 48 g
80 blue 48 g
96 g in total
AMOUNT OF WEFT YARN NEEDED for one scarf
Linen 16/2, tex 103×2, 1 kg = n. 4900 m,
Garnhuset i Kinna (or Lappajärven Värjäämö)
79 light blue 25 g
80 blue 24 g
49 g in total
Weaving instructions
The density of the weave is only 4 threads/cm. Don´t beat in too closely! Leave around 15 cm of the warp at each end of the scarf for the fringe. The woven length is 179 cm.
Weave 91 cm with light blue 2-plyed linen yarn and the rest of the scarf with blue yarn. Use two outmost treadles for the pattern. Throw one plain weave weft between the pattern wefts. Turn the pattern weft ends back in the shed as usual or insert with needle into to the pattern after the cloth is taken off the loom.
Linen warp threads stir easily when rolled on the cloth beam. Place corrugated cardboard between the layers of the warp to prevent movement.
FINISHING
Make a twisted fringe with 2 + 2 warp threads. The length of the finished fringe is 8 cm. Felt the pattern areas or just press with an iron through a damp cloth.
Turn the pattern weft ends back in the shed as usual or insert with needle into to the pattern after the cloth is taken off the loom.
Linen warp threads stir easily when rolled on the cloth beam. Place corrugated cardboard between the layers of the warp to prevent movement.
The pattern weft
Spin the wool yarn for the pattern or weave with wool roving or soft wool yarn.
Thickness of the pattern yarn is suitable when it fills the space between the two background plain weave wefts. The pattern weft stays tightly between wefts and warp ends even if it is loose and soft.
Finishing with felting or pressing with iron
Felt the soft pattern weft to fasten it in the plain weave background.
* Cover the table with a piece of plastic.
* Stretch the scarf on a bambu curtain. Moisten the other end of the scarf with soap wather. Cover with bubble wrap.
* Roll with the bambu curtain as in the picture.
Felt the other end of the scarf in a similar way.
* Rinse with plenty of water. Press the fabric through an ironing cloth while it is still slightly damp.
Instead of felting you can also just iron the scarf. Press the scarf through the damp ironing cloth twice. Let the scarf cool down between the ironing.