How to Weave a Scarf: 7 Free Scarf Projects

If you haven’t experienced the joys of weaving scarves, try the handwoven scarf projects in this free eBook. All of them can be woven on a 4-shaft loom, three of them on a rigid-heddle loom. They include waffle weave (on a rigid heddle with simple pick-up), basket weave, collapse weave, and more. Weaving a scarf is about as close to instant gratification as a weaver can get.

Inside you'll find:

• Serendipity Scarf Color Meets Texture by Joan Sheridan - This scarf is made with a singles variegated sock yarn and a handpainted mohair bouclé. It blends texture and color beautifully, and you only need one skein or ball of each yarn.

• Shetland Scarf by Joe Sullins - Using a pattern called “window pane” from Betty Linn Davenport’s Textures and Patterns for the Rigid Heddle Loom, this scarf weaves up in a jiffy. Once the scarf is wet finished, it transforms into a lofty garment that is as much fun to wear as it is to weave!

• Big Bumps Scarf by Madelyn van der Hoogt - A fun experiement in fulling, you can try a few variations just like Madelyn did until you get the perfect end results.

• Basketweave Scarves by Liz Gipson - This project includes two patterns, and you can explore this technique by making one or both scarves. Basketweave is a useful structure for the rigid-heddle loom. Fine threads doubled or tripled in both the warp and weft create lighter-than-air fabrics with beautiful drape.

• Felted Lace Scarf by Madelyn van der Hoogt - This scarf is pure fun! It’s quick-and-easy plain weave with only one shuttle—and every other inch in both the warp and the weft is an empty space. During wet finishing, the soft, loosely woven merino wool fulls to a felted texture, producing two independent but interlocking woven grids of small plain-weave sections.

• Warped and Twisted Scarves by Ramona Abernathy-Paine - Leno (pronounced lee-no) is a lace weave created by twisting warp ends around each other and holding the twist with a weft end. This interesting lace project uses beads, but not the way you think.