weaving handspun

Most of the time I weave patterns that require 2 or more shuttles. I’d forgotten how quickly the weaving goes when using only 1 shuttle–finished in no time!

It’s difficult to photograph natural colours in the winter light. I tried these in the house, in the studio and in the cedar hedge. Fortunately last night’s gale force winds have moderated somewhat.

The 2 scarves have different coloured wefts but they don’t look much different.

On the left is the silk dyed with lichen-lobaria pulmonaria. The right was dyed with a mixed exhaust bath of madder, logwood and cochineal.

The blue ball is the tangled mess, indigo top dyed with lichen.