Silken Treasure Scarves

If your current stage of weaving involves downsizing your looms or your stash, these scarves are the perfect project—they can be woven on a four-shaft loom that is no more than 12 inches wide.

About this Project

Using a stash of partial skeins left over from previous silk projects, Robin Wilton developed a strategy for using a wide range of colors to weave cloth that feels cohesive. She started with a base color for the warp, added accent stripes, and carried those same colors into the weft to add visual interest.

Even if your stash isn’t full of silk, you can use her methods to make your own limited-yardage treasures shine in these simply lovely striped scarves.

Contents

• Project Instructions PDF
• Scarves WIF

Details

Structure
Point twill.

Equipment
4-shaft loom, 12" weaving width; 15-dent reed; 2 shuttles and 6–11 bobbins, or 1 boat shuttle, 1 bobbin, and 6–10 stick shuttles

Yarns
Warp: Kiku 20/2 (100% bombyx spun silk; 5,000 yd/lb; Treenway Silks), #9517 Sand Dune, 805 yd; #49 Purple Rain, #958 Gypsy Passion, #33 Tiramisu, #224 Canyon, #405 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Indigo, #5 Mystery Harbor, #21 Pondicherry, #223 Star Ruby, and #40 Winter Sage, 80 yd each; #952 Pheasant Green, 85 yd.
Scarf 1 Weft: Kiku, #9517 Sand Dune, 538 yd; #49 Purple Rain, #958 Gypsy Passion, #33 Tiramisu, #224 Canyon, #405 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Indigo, #5 Mystery Harbor, #21 Pondicherry, #223 Star Ruby, #40 Winter Sage, and #952 Pheasant Green, 11 yd each.
Scarf 2 Weft: Kiku, #321 Teal Ocean, 587 yd; #49 Purple Rain, #33 Tiramisu, #405 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Indigo, #21 Pondicherry, and #40 Winter Sage, 11 yd each.

Dimensions
Width in the reed: 10¹⁰⁄₁₅".
Woven length: (measured under tension on the loom) 65" per scarf; 130" total plus 13" interstitial fringe.
Finished size: (after wet-finishing) two scarves, each 9¹⁄₂" × 62" plus 4¹⁄₂" fringe.

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Photos by Matt Graves

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