Teal Colored Scarf in Cotton-Merino Yarn
Here’s the detailed process behind the making of this wonderful teal colored Scarf that I wove using Cotton-Merino yarn on my rigid heddle loom.
I received some amazing skeins of Cotton-Merino yarn for my birthday. They were just so soft and so fluffy. The color was also interesting: changing from dark teal to soft white. I could not possibly use this yarn as a warp though. It was not resistant to tension and it was easily shredding with friction. I had luck because I still had a lot of teal alpaca-silk yarn from the “Weaving Plaid” project. And I knew it would make a great warp. The teal color was EXACTLY the same! It was a match made in heaven!
Watch the “Weaving Plaid” video here
I decided to make a scarf that would be about 2m (80”) long and 60cm (24”) large. I love my scarves large and long so I can get all wrap-up in them.
I warped for 2.6m (104”) long. This way, I would keep about 40cm (16”) for fringes and waste. I also considered a 20cm (8”) shrinkage which represents about 10% of the finale desired length. I warped a width of 60cm (24”). The teal cotton-merino yarn that I received was so pretty that I wanted it to show a lot in the weft. This is why I used my 7.5 (30/10cm) heddle. By using this heddle, my warp was spread out enough so that it did not show that much.
The weaving process
Then I got to weaving! As the weft yarn was bulky, it went really fast. In one afternoon, most of the weaving was done! I stopped weaving when the scarf measured 2m15 (86”) on the loom.
Once the weaving was done, I hemstitched the ends and then and I cut this teal colored scarf off the loom! I decided not to twist the fringes on this one. Since my warp threads were so thin, I though that it might look better if they were all loose. This way, they would fill the space more and look fluffier. Finally, cut the fringes at about 12cm (5”).
After wet finishing, the scarf was about 2m (80”) long plus the fringes. And the width shrank to 47 cm (19”), so quite a lot!
Lessons Learned
While weaving, I did not bother much about the variegating color in the yarn. In some places, when I started a new ball, the color jump from dark teal to white. This looked a bit like a stripe. I cannot say that I love this effect. Next time I will be more careful with that. Still, when I wear it, it doesn’t show much. And my dog doesn’t seem to care! Look how proud he looks in this Teal colored scarf in Merino-Cotton yarn
This quick tutorial explains how to direct warp a table loom.
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Hi… this is gorgeous! I noticed you mention you wove until the scarf was 86″ on the loom. I’m curious about your method of measuring… Thanks!
Thank you! I usually use a measuring tape to record my weaving progress on the loom. I like to use the paper tapes given away at Ikea, but it could also work with sewing measuring tape. I also use some masking tape. Basically, I measure how much I have woven with the measuring tape and I write it down on the masking tape. I then stick the masking tape to my woven piece. I keep on weaving and I move the masking tape as I progress. I explain it in this video, at 8:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiILHUI8Yvk
Hello! This scarf looks gorgeous. Just wondering how thick the yarn you used was and how much would be needed? Thanks
Thank you 🙂 The warp yarn was thin and its weight was 2/14. I estimate that I used around 470m or 515 yards of it. The weft yarn looked like medium/worsted size to me. I used a little less than 6 balls to weave the whole scarf.
Could you please let us know what brand/color of yarn you were using for the cotton-merino weft? Thank you!
Hi! The brand of the weft yarn is “Concept by Katia” and the color number is 301. I’m so sorry I forgot to add it in the main post.