Ironwood Scarf

For my first bit of weaving after the trip I wanted something simple to ease myself back into it.

A few years ago I saw some scarves in a tourist information shop that used thick handspun for the warp and a thin weft. I’d also seen a similar combination in the Touch Yarns shop in New Zealand. I’d been hesitating to make anything from the few balls of my own handspun, for fear of ‘messing them up’ but I decided it was time to be brave and try out this method.

I’m so glad I did. The scarf is drapey, despite the thickness of the main yarn. It’s also lovely and soft. And you can’t see it from these photos, but the handspun was plied with a thin metallic thread, so there’s a touch of glitz. I used black Bendy Classic 3ply for the warp and it gives the scarf a woodgrain look. And I finished the ends with hemstitching so I didn’t have to knot the handspun.

I liked the method so much I’ve warped up the loom with scrap yarn culled from my leftovers stash, using multiple ends for each warp thread and the same weft yarn, to make a Leftovers Stashbuster Scarf.