News — luxury scarves

Another scarf added to the website!I’m making a pile of these pastel ones for Bowerbird coming up in May … I get the feeling these are going to be popular colours this year :)Of course, I’m very happy if they sell beforehand … I’ll just have to weave some more!You can find all the delicious colours on my website!

Aaaaah, the lovely ASMR sounds of a loud hand weaving floor loom ;)I do get a lot of comments about how relaxing it is to watch me weave.But would you say that if you knew how LOUD my floor loom is? I would try to throw some oil in there, but I have NO IDEA where the squeaks are coming from!!Tell me, weaver friends - is your loom as loud as mine???

I know, I know … the actual process of ‘sleying the reed’ isn’t as cool or sexy as it sounds, right??But it is what it is … basically, threading the warp threads through the reed to space them out evenly ;)I use a reed on my floor loom when I weave my scarves - but some fancy tapestry looms have reeds as well (not mine, mine are more basic!)OK, thanks for coming to my educational Ted talk, lol! :D

From spool of cotton to the backbone of scarves!This is called ‘measuring the warp’ - the warp is the thread that is put in the loom (when ‘dressing the loom’) under tension, to create the base for the fabric to be woven.This process really is like magic - who would have thought that measuring the warp is the starting point for ALL fabric, including the fabric you are wearing as you are reading this??You can find all the magical goodies I make HERE on my website!

O M G - look at this delicious MAGENTA!!! I confess I bought this colour for myself - but when the Jam Factory asked me to bring in more stock, I couldn’t resist including this colour :DBut never fear, I have added it to the ‘Made To Order’ listing, and will make one for the shop as soon as my loom is warped up! You can find all my scarves, including ‘Made To Order’ on my website.Did I mention this is my favourite colour (apart from black)? :D