Stash Buster Scarf

Designed and woven by Anne Sammons

www.leaflivestock.com


What do you do with your last little ball of yarn? I save mine for a stash busting project!! This scarf is a lightweight stash buster that can be created longer or shorter, wider or thinner to meet your amount of yarn or your needs.


Project Specs

Weave structure: Plain weave

Finished size: approximately 6” x 54” (excluding fringe)

Width in heddle:8-1/8”

Total warp ends: 65

Warp length: 84”

EPI: 8

PPI: 6-7 Use a light beat to show the pattern best.

What You'll Need

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    • Two contrasting colors of DK weight yarn from your stash. 180 yds needed of Color A (gray in this case) and 80 yds needed of Color B (green in this case). Adjust the weight of yarn as necessary, also adjusting the EPI as well as the yardage calculations.

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    • Cricket Rigid Heddle Loom
    • 8 dent rigid heddle reed
    • Warping Peg and Clamp
    • Loom Clamps
    • Stick Shuttle
    • Hemstitching needle

    Directions

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      1. Set up the warping peg 84” from the back apron bar.
      2. Tie both color A and color B to the back apron bar and place the yarn sources behind the loom.
      3. Centering the warp in the reed, thread the first slot with color A.
      4. Thread the next slot with color B.
      5. Thread across the width of the warp alternating color A and color B.
      6. End with color A in the final slot, and cut at the peg so that the final warp end is a single end through the slot. Tie around the warping peg.
      7. Wind the warp onto the back beam.

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      1. Place color A in all slots and color B in all holes.

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      1. Tie on to the front apron rod ensuring the tension is consistent across the warp.

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      1. Spread the warp with scrap yarn.
      2. Leave enough unwoven warp for the fringe you’d like. My fringe is approximately 6” long.
      3. Weave plain weave with color A for about an inch, leaving a tail 5 times the width of the weaving at the beginning for hemstitching.
      4. Hemstitch the beginning of the weaving in groups of 2 warps and 2 wefts.
      5. Weave the length of the scarf, approximately 60”, ensuring there is enough length for fringe at the end.
      6. Trim the tail to 5 times the width of the weaving.
      7. Hemstitch in groups of 2 warps and 2 wefts.

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      1. Cut the weaving off the loom, ensuring you leave enough length for the fringe.
      2. Trim the fringe to your desired length.
      3. Handwash with mild soap and room temperature water, avoiding agitation.
      4. Lay flat to dry.
      5. Trim the fringe to your desired length.
      6. Wear your handwoven scarf with pride!

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