I finished a warp of 3 silk scarves . These are from a warp I painted last August. They are 2/8 silk from the Silk Tree, sett at 24 epi, 5" wide. I put on 10 yds for 3 scarves plus samples. They are woven in 2 block twill on my 8 harness Baby Wolf loom. The weft is hand dyed 2/20 silk from Treenway. I dyed the silk in a crock pot outside on my sundeck in February. Silk has a strange smell when it is dyeing, so I like to do it outside. I use Lanaset/Telena dyes for my silk. I use the 2/20 doubled on a bobbin for the block scarves and singly for the collapse weave.
collapse weave with single 2/20 weft
I am twisting the fringe on 2 more scaves at the moment and weaving another two in 12/2 silk. I should have this warp off today and plan to put another warp on tomorrow. That will leave one more painted warp to finish up this spring.
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