If My Old Favorite Jeans Were a Scarf - Anzula Luxury Fibers Collaboration

If My Old Favorite Jeans Were a Scarf - Anzula Luxury Fibers Collaboration

If My Old Favorite Jeans Were a Scarf - Anzula Luxury Fibers Collaboration

By Judy Pagels


As it turns out, this is now my very favorite go-to scarf! It’s the perfect blend—being both casual and decadent—and oh so cozy! The fringe treatment adds a subtle element, not unlike the frayed edges of your favorite well-worn jeans.


Project Specs

Finished size: 8" wide x 64" long, including 4-1/2" fringe on each end

Warp length: 107", allows for 12" of fringe, take-up, and loom waste

Number of warp ends: 80

Width in reed: 10"

EPI: 8

PPI: 8

What You'll Need

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    • warp and weft yarn: 2 skeins Anzula Cricket (80% superwash merino/10% cashmere/10% nylon; +/- 250 yds) in Denim—warp takes about 240 yards and weft about 190 yards

    • rope yarn: 1 skein Anzula Dreamy (75% Superwash Merino/15% cashmere/10% nylon; +/- 385 yds) in Denim—ropes take about 150 yards

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    • The Incredible Rope Machine

    • 10” Cricket Loom

    • 8 dent reed

    • two 15” pick-up sticks

    Directions

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      1. Using the Dreamy yarn, make 5 to 6 strand ropes prior to warping. Set the distance at 4-½ yds from rope machine to separator. Do not use the Cricket yarn for the ropes or they will be too thick for the slots in the reed.

      2. Using the direct warping method and the Anzula Cricket yarn, measure 80 ends. Then add the ropes in the 8th, 16th, 28th, 44th, and 72nd slots, tying them individually to the back apron bar. Continue warping the loom and when moving ends in the reed, be sure to keep all of the ropes in slots, along with one of the ends of Cricket yarn.

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      1. Begin the piece with hemstitching.

      2. The balance of the piece is primarily plain weave with random pick-up areas of the ropes. The warps are woven as warp floats. I varied the way in which I picked them up: some float areas incorporate all rope ends, in other areas I might pick up just one or two ropes and allow these to float on top.

      3. For rope warp pick-up, use a Cricket pick-up stick behind the heddle and pick up all of the ropes but not the additional end in these slots. This will isolate the rope warps and make them easy to pick up as you are weaving. Use the second pick-up stick to select random rope warp floats.

      4. The warp pick-up weaving sequence is:

        Row 1: up and pick-up stick

        Row 2: down

        Repeat for the desired length of the warp float.

      5. Alternate solid plain weave with random pick-up as desired. End the weaving with hemstitching.

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      1. Remove from the loom and trim the single ends of the fringe to approximately 6”. Keep the ropes longer than the other ends for now and secure each rope with a knot.

      2. Hand wash in warm water and roll in a towel to remove excess water. Put in a dryer and full to the desired hand, being sure to check the progress, approximately every 5 minutes. Lay flat for the remainder of the drying time.

      3. The single end fringe will be fuzzy at the ends. Trim these evenly across keeping some of the frizzy part. Adjust the ropes to be the same length as the rest of the fringe, by securing them with a knot and trimming.

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