Hi, its me Abelene,

Jen did not weave on her scarves at all this summer, and now suddenly another alpaca scarf to show for a very auspicious occasion of the beginning of Autumn. Jen rattled through this scarf in the very last days of summer, having left it on the loom since Spring, while frenzied all summer long with other creative textile pursuits, as designing tweed blends, formulating dye recipes, ikat resist patterning and backstrap warp-faced weaving. We (the crew of inanimate objects) came out of the closet for this finishing event, and Señor Mirando and I have come to the conclusion that Jen has got something up her sleeve, finishing this scarf for the Equinox.

Happy Autumn, from Abelene & The Crew

♣   Weaving Notes  ♣

Note from Jen: With this scarf and every scarf I have woven on the 16″ rigid heddle loom, I have been using this simple tensioning tool, and if you would like to see the technical information about it, I give more detail in the post Scarf No.12

• Yarn: Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud lace weight, in Amos (green), Zadie (deep gold), and Molesley (beige), 440 y = 50g
• Loom: Ashford 16″ rigid heddle loom
• Warping method:  Easy direct warp method for rigid heddle, 1 end in hole and 1 end in slot.
• Number of warp ends: 240
• Reed: 15 dent rigid heddle reed.
• Width in reed: 15″
• Selvedges: I did not add extra ends to the selvedges, but did use a temple.
• Sett after finishing: Warp 16 epi, and weft 16 ppi.
• Color Pattern Warp: [40 ends Amos, 40 ends Molesley, 40 ends Zadie] x 2
• Finished: 3″ hand-twisted fringe, then washed and air-dried hanging, and lightly steam pressed. Measures 82″ long and 14.5″ wide, and weighs 133g. 
• Yardage:  Total yardage used for finished piece = 1170y, figured from weight of finished piece and not including loom waste.
• Note to self, recipient was Eleanor