Easy Ombre Scarf - Voolenvine Yarns Collaboration
Designed by Benjamin Krudwig
When we decided to bring back yarn company collaborations for 2018, I immediately put Voolenvine Yarns on my list. Three years ago, I worked with her yarns in the Density Plaid Wrap. I loved the doubled threads that created the crammed/spaced plaid effect, however the speckled nature of the yarn didn't highlight this difference in texture. I wanted to revisit that textural motif in this collaboration. For this scarf I'm using two colors to create an easy fade or ombre-effect in the warp.
Project SpecsWeave structure: plain weave
Finished measurements: 1.6 yds x 11"
Number of warp ends: 96 doubled ends (192 ends total)
Warp length: 2.3 yds
Width in reed: 12"
EPI: 8 (doubled)
PPI: 8 (doubled)
When we decided to bring back yarn company collaborations for 2018, I immediately put Voolenvine Yarns on my list. Three years ago, I worked with her yarns in the Density Plaid Wrap. I loved the doubled threads that created the crammed/spaced plaid effect, however the speckled nature of the yarn didn't highlight this difference in texture. I wanted to revisit that textural motif in this collaboration. For this scarf I'm using two colors to create an easy fade or ombre-effect in the warp.
Project SpecsWeave structure: plain weave
Finished measurements: 1.6 yds x 11"
Number of warp ends: 96 doubled ends (192 ends total)
Warp length: 2.3 yds
Width in reed: 12"
EPI: 8 (doubled)
PPI: 8 (doubled)
What You'll Need
Materials
- 2 skeins (422 yards) of Voolenvine Yarns Smitten DK in the Solstice (S) colorway
- 1 skein (435 yards) of Voolenvine Yarns Wolke in the Dead Calm (DC) colorway
Equipment
- 15” Cricket rigid heddle loom
Directions
- Warp in the following color order: 4" S held double, 4" DC + S held together, 4" DC held double. By holding the two colors together in the center portion, you get an even mixing of the two colors.
- Hemstitch at beginning.
- Weave with Solstice doubled in plain-weave for just over 2/3rds of the warp, then finish by weaving with Dead Calm doubled.
- Hemstitch at end.
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