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<\/a><\/p>\nThe turquoise wool-silk yarn came from a giveaway over at Runamuck Weaving <\/a> way back in January of 2011. I’ve been waiting for the yarn to speak to me, and it finally did. So I went to the Alfred Knitting Studio – my local yarn store – & bought a really nice black wool to go along with it. I only had enough of the turquoise for two scarves.<\/p>\n I also had a bright coral of that same wool-silk. More of it than the turquoise, but decided I’d only make two of these into log cabin, too, so bought just enough black to do that.<\/p>\n Then I had an order for a black & white rayon log cabin. No point warping that loom for just one scarf, so warped for three and set off treadling. I admit it. Although this isn’t my favorite pattern to weave, I really do love the finished product. My eye gets fooled every single time, even though I KNOW how the illusion works. <\/p>\n Shall I share it with you? <\/p>\n It’s all about using color creatively. Let’s look at the black & white scarf.<\/p>\n Warp the loom with black (B) and white (W) as follows: Like I said, it still amazes me.<\/p>\n On a side note, the other day my Missouri Loom manual arrived. I got it out of the mailbox & couldn’t wait till I got back up to the house to open the envelope. <\/p>\n Sure enough, there on the cover was my exact loom – same little indentations in the levers, same lines, it was a dead ringer. The manual starts out with a typical weaving glossary – telling a new weaver about the parts of the loom, the tools, and the common terms. It then gives detailed instructions on how to wind a warp, dress the loom, thread the loom, and read a weaving draft. It shows a few different weave structures and explains them.<\/p>\n And then it’s done. <\/p>\n Not one word about the specifics of THIS loom. Not a photo or diagram of how it looks when it’s folded, much less any directions on how to do that. NOTHING that would be helpful to me!<\/p>\n Ah, life’s funny. I had put all my eggs in the loom manual basket, only to be surprised when it arrived.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nBW BW BW BW then switch the order and go WB WB WB WB Repeat. So every 8th & 9th threads are the same color, as are the 16th & 17th and every multiple of 8 and its neighbor. Then use the colors in the same way in the weft while you’re weaving. It’s a simple plain weave structure.<\/p>\n
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\nI turned the pages and started reading while I walked back up the driveway. Then I started chuckling.<\/p>\n