A skein of blended alpaca/acrylic yarn that I won in a giveaway...
...from my wonderful friend, Denise.
...from my wonderful friend, Denise.
Laying out lengths of yarn and small blobs of bright roving...
...then larger sections of color...
...(mostly purples).
...(mostly purples).
A perpendicular layer of green roving comes next...
...covering the previous layout.
Horizontal stripes of the gifted yarn enliven the green layer.
Next, the piece is only partially felted...
...and allowed to dry.
...and allowed to dry.
Preparing to trim the pre-felt into two equal pieces.
As you may have already noticed...
...I created lots of scarves this year for Christmas giving.
These came about by way of a lovely, soft skein of yarn...
...which I received from a good friend in a blog giveaway.
I laid it out lengthwise on one side of the scarf...
...and widthwise on the other, for a little change of pace.
Next time: the finished scarves...
...and I think you'll recognize some pre-felt bits that I used in a blog post recently! :)
...I created lots of scarves this year for Christmas giving.
These came about by way of a lovely, soft skein of yarn...
...which I received from a good friend in a blog giveaway.
I laid it out lengthwise on one side of the scarf...
...and widthwise on the other, for a little change of pace.
Next time: the finished scarves...
...and I think you'll recognize some pre-felt bits that I used in a blog post recently! :)
6 comments:
It's certainly intriguing...!
Rachel- :)
So the yarn is allowing you to felt even with the acrylic in it? I know superwash won't felt but I figured acrylic was the same way.
Andrea-To quote a line from the movie Yentyl, "You notice everything!" You're absolutely right, and I hedged my bets by putting the little bits of color down first on the purple side, and again at the end of the green layout if you look closely. They are there to anchor the yarn in case it didn't felt in well, and in many spots it didn't. XXO-
That's a surprise number of layers to create the scarf. It looks easy only in a pro's hands!
Happy New Year!
Vivian-Thanks for your encouragement and friendship!
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