Guild of Canadian Weavers 2010 Ladies Scarf Exchange This is the third exchange that I have coordinated and far and away the most beautiful! Each weaver's choice of material and pattern was very exciting to see. The fact that scarves are a wonderful vehicle to show off beautiful weaving, colour, fibre and fin­
ishing techniques led me to suggest this item as our exchange this year. I'm pleased to say that we as a group outshone my expectations. Thanks to all of the participants:
As a group we truly covered the continent!
Ann Maxvill of Missouri
Gale Anderson-Palm of Alberta
Louise Smith of British Columbia
Daphne Trenaman of Nova Scotia
Chantal Duval of Quebec
Susan Harvey of British Columbia
Clare Booker of Ontario
Patricia Lee of Ontario
Margaret Hancock of Newfoundland
Lynnette Lynch of British Columbia
I hope that everyone is please with the scarf they received and can appreciate that this is the best work from each of us.
Lynnette LVI/ch
GCW Exchan,~e Coordinator
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Ann Maxvill - Plain Weave with a Little Wiggle!
Warp Description
Yarn: 54% Cotton, 46 % Rayon
Length: 3 yds/3.75 m
Weft Description
Yarn: Bamboo Count: 2/10
Count: 2/6
Width: 7"/18 cm
Color: Hand painted in mauve, blue and lilac
Sett: 18 epi/7 epc
# Ends: 176
Colour: Silver Grey
Finishing
Using a cardboard template (A), insert shot into one of
the plain weave sheds, then close that shed, open the next
shed and insert the template, close and beat. Repeat for
desired length. To achieve a scallop in another area, just
sLide the template over. Without using the template this
would just be plain old "plain weave", so you will have to
'squint' to see what happens.
Gale Anderson-Palm - Plain Weave with Tracking
Warp Description
Yarn: Alpaca
Count: 2 ply fine
Color: Grey and Brown
Length: 2 yds/l.8 m
Width: 20"/50 cm
Sett: 15 epi/6 epc
Sley: lIdent
Reed: 15 epi - 60/10 cm
Weft Description
Colour: Grey and Drown
2 ply fine
Yarn: Alpaca Count:
Finishing
The scarf is plain weave. Four inches gray, four inches
brown. The warp was two yards (1.8 m) long. I washed it in
the washing machine using the hand wash cycle. Steam iron
under a wet towel and twisted the fringes. I have now learned
to ke ep better weaving records. When I made this scarf I was
playing and experimenting and failed at documentation. Also
I did not keep track of the shrinkage.
# Ends: 300
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Louise Smith -16 Shaft Networked Twill
Warp Description
Width: 7.75"/19.6 cm in re ed
Length: 130"/3.3 m
Count: 2/8
Yarn: White bamboo
# Ends: 189
Sky: 2/dent
Reed: 12 epi - 50/10 cpm
Sett: 24 epi/ lO epc
Weft Description
Colour: Navy
Yarn: 2/8 Bamboo
Finishing
Bamboo warps very easily as it is very slippery, work with small
groups while threading and sleying and tie them off so they don't slip
out of the reed .
Bamboo is very heavy and absorbs a lot of water. It fclt like a
board while wet and took a long time to dry. When dry it resists wrin­
kles and drapes beautifully.
I used a computer program to create an original design and then
had to reduce the
number of ends used
to fit the dime nsions of
the scarf. The original
tie-up did not work
with my 16 shaft
countermarch loom as
it was a 9/7 twill.
I went back to the
computer and changed
the tic-up to an 8/8twill
and weaving went
nicely.
Daphne Trenaman - 6 Shaft Bronson Lace
Warp Description
Yarn: Orlec
Count: 2/16 Colour: Yellow
Sett: 24 epi/10 epc
Reed: 12 dpi - 50/10 epc
Weft Description
Yarn: Same as warp.
Finishing
Size off loom: 67" x 10"/1.7 m x 25.4 cm plus fringe
after washing.
My study group was exploring profile drafts last winter.
After deciding to attend Convergence this summer in
Albuquerque, I designed a profile draft to celebrate . I
started with a name draft "Albuquerque" and after play­
ing with making small changes I discovered a cactus hid­
den in the design.
Thread a 7 thread plain weave border on each side
before beginning pattern. Leave 8"/20 cm at each end
for fringe.
At beginning, plain weave 3
shots, then hemstitch in groups of
6.24 thread plain weave border
before starting pattern. Hand wash
in hot water and hang to dry, press
hot. Twist fringe in bundles of 6,
then 2 bundles together.
Length: 6.5 yds/6 m
Sley: 2/dent
Width: 10.9 "/ 27.5cm
# Ends: 261
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TheGCW Chanta1 Duva1 - 4 Shaft Huck Lace Woven Saori Sty1e
Warp Description
Yarn: Silk
Count:2!2fJ
Width: 12 "/30.5 cm
Reed: 12 dpi - 50/10 epc
Length: 3 yds/2.75 m
Sett: 24 epi/l0 epc
Weft Description
Yarn: Same as warp
Finishing
Hand washed, air dried and pressed. I wove this scarf
by testing different weave patterns and by not taking
account of measurements, a little like the Saari style of
free weaving. This is the reason that the cross-sections
are unequal. However this starts to become difficult
when I had to write instructions so that others can
reproduce it. It is much more difficult since it is neces­
sary to makc note of the 9 unique patterns that the
scarf can"
tains. The
part of the
pattern
shown is
half of the
treading
and part of
pattern #2,
there are 9
patterns in
this scarf.
Colour: Winter Sage, Intrepid, Blueberry Haze
SIey: 2/dent
# Ends: 288
Susan Harvey - Warp Dominant Plain Weave
Warp Description
Yarn: Tencel
Count: 8/2
Colour: black, mineral green and 'Northern Lights' variegated (Actual ends
warped: 32 black, 4 vari, 12 black, 24 green, 12 black*, 24 vari and reverse from").
Length: 6.5 yds/6 m (for two scarves)
Width: 5.33"/13.5 cm at reed
Sley: 3/dent
# Ends: 192
Sett: 36 epi/15 epc
Reed: 12 dpi - 50110 epc
Weft Description
Colour: black
Weft Yarn: silk Count: 30/2
Finishing
I chose a fine black silk to be able to pack it in tightly so as to
keep as much of the warp colours visible as possible. Beads and
embellishments added by hand sewing in along edge of fringe.
Fringe was twisted to try and maintain colour groupings to avoid
'barber pole' effect. After wet finishing, there were some issues
with edges being irregular (not apparent during the weaving) so I
twisted a 4 end grouping of black tenccl and hand sewed on along
the edges to produce a smooth line, and the ends blend in with
the other fringe. PLEASE NOTE: The draft is not showing the
stripes to actual dimen­
sions used. This is to
show the style of the
arrangement. Its also
hard to represent a var­
iegated yarn in a com­
puter program so I have
done my best with the
striping.
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Clare Booker - 4 Shaft Twill
Warp Description
Yarn : Muga and Bombyx Silks
Count: 20/2
Length: 3.6 yds/3.3 m (allowing for sampling)
Sett: 27 epi/12 epc
Reed: 12 dpi - 50/10 cpm
Weft Description
Yarn: Bombyx Silk
Colour: Olivine Dark
Picks per inch:16 ppi/65 ppc
Finishing
Dimensions: 71/8" x 70" (18 cm x 1.77 m)
Weight: 88 grams finished % shrinkage: 3.6%
Colour: Creek side Green, Olivine Dark, Muga Silk
Autumn Gold
Width: 8"/20 cm + 2 selvedge threads
# Ends: 216
Sley: 2-2-2-3
Patricia Lee - 8 Shaft Shadow Weave in Twill
Warp Description
Yarn: Tencel
Count: 2/8
Colour: Black, Light Grey
Length: 184"/4.67 m for two scarves
Width: 9.45"/24 cm
Sett: 20 epi/8 epc
Reed: 10 dpi - 40/10 dpc Sley: 2/dent
Weft Description
Yam: Tencel
Count: 2/8
Colour: Black, Light Grey
Finished:
Dimensions: 8"/20 em x 71 "/1.8 m plus fringe
Wet Finished, hem stitched and fringes twisted.
# Ends: 189 + 2 tloating selvedge
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TheGCW Margaret Hancock - 4 Shaft Twill
Warp Description
Yarn: Tencel
Count: 2/8
Length: 3 yds/2.7 m
Sett: 24 epi/10 epc
Weft Description
Yarn: Bamboo
Count: 2/8
Colour: Silver - Hand dyed
Width: 6.5 "/16.5 cm
Reed : 12 dent - 50/10 cpm
Sley: 2/dent
# Ends: 156
Colour: Mid Blue
Lynnette Lynch - 8 Shaft Twill Featuring Radial Symmetry
Warp Description
Colour: Silver
Length: 3 yds/2.7 m
Yarn: Tencel
Count: 2/8
Sett: 24 epi/l00/10 epc
Reed: 12 dpi - 50/10 cpm
Sley: 2/dent
Weft Description
Yam: Bamboo
Count: 2/8
Colour: Icy Blue
Finishing
This is based on a pattern featured in Twill Thrills called
Frost Crystals in Twill by Doramay Keasbey tie up 1(e). I
created my own treadling for this scarf to get a modified
echo weave. I based the treadling on advancing twill princi­
ples. This scarf is finished with a cord edge which was cre­
ated by using a fringe twister to make a cord as long as the
scarf using the silver tence!. The cord was then sewn onto the
edges of the
scarf; this gives a
very clean edge to
the scarf as well
as adding some
extra weight and
hand to the scarf.
The twisted
fringe features
glass and metal
Czech seed beads
and a metal but­
tertly charms.
Width: 6.2"/15.7 cm
# Ends: 149