1996 - 1997 Was the year of the first exchange. The paramaters were to submit fiber,
which was then redistributed among the participants. The participants then spun, and
fashioned the resulting yarn into a scarf that was sent back to the origional fiber owner.
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This is a lovely scarf, knit in a square shape. Its large enough to be folded in half and used as a shawl collar, or it could be placed under glass on a coffee table or used decoratively. The yarn was spun very fine, laceweight, and knitted.The yarn is a dark grey with some medium grey. Where the larger holes are, the scarf is dark grey, and the medium grey was used where there are solidly knit bands. this was created by Laura Penland for Janet Curtis.
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. Knit on a diagonal, this scarf is in the traditional 9 inco or so wide by almost 60 inches long. Its method of being knit is unique, however. Begin working on the diagonal, using garter stitch. Keep a large paper clip on the starting side of the scarf. Cast on 3 stitches. Increase at each end until you get the width you want. Then continue increasing on the right side of the scarf only in the first stitch and decreasing at the end of the row by knitting tow stitches together. The yarn is a medium grey with white speckles. THis was knit by Judy Jackson for Yvonne Turner.
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These pictures are of the scarf June Franklin made for Celeste Colbourne. June sent me this picture, so I did not see it in person, but it appears to be a 'barleycorn' or 'Bronson' lace pattern done probably on 8 or more shafts on a loom as I do not think this particular "Bronson" pattern is possible on less than 8 shafts. The wool is a warm brown llama.
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This wonderful scarf is natural in color and a mixture of merino sheep and mohair. From the feel, it is kid mohair. It was knitted on the bias completely of singles yarn (who says one has to follow the rules? but I'd like to know why it did not 'bias' or maybe that's the whole point in knitting it this way.) This scarf is truely luxurious!
Carolyn Betts made this scarf for June Franklin
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This scarf was knit of a natural cream colored wool spun into a bouncy two ply. I do not know what type of wool it is, but it has a nice sheen. Knit into a pattern simular to one knit last year, where the part that goes around the neck is gently ribbed, the two ends are large almond shapes, greater than a foot in length and about 6 inches in width. Between these two parts there is a 3 inch or so section where it was knit separately in two layers to make a slot where one ond can go thru this part to affix the scarf securely around the neck. The embellishment is a silk mix that was space dyed in a workshop, then spun and knit into I-cord. This detail really accentuates the beautiful construction of this scarf.
Sue Atkins made this scarf for Jenna Ash.
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Celeste Colburne fabricated this scarf for Laura Penland. She mentions that it was her constant companion thru several episodes of knitting and then un-knitting until she liked the results. The side panels (scanned here) are from the "bell Shawl" pattern on the Big Knit List. The middle is Fair Isle patterned. The body of the scarf is cotton with silk noils plied with Ramboullet dyed 5 colors. I did not know what part to scan... the whole thing is just wonderful! |
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There are 2 images here. the first is of a sample I made using Pat Bullen's wool as warp and a commercial yarn as weft. This weft is Jaeger's Super Kid. I had only one skein of this color. The texture turned out very nicely, however, I wanted Pat's wool to be the "star" of the project so I did not make her scarf with this weft.
The second image is of the scarf I did make. Once again, the Bullens Wullens wool that I spun was used as warp. For weft, I used handspun singles of a natural cream/white ramboullet x finn lambswool.
The Warp is a singles yarn, spun by alternating bits of each color to create a space dyed effect in the yarn. However, because of the short length of the warp, the colors appear as random stripes.
Nancy McKenna created this scarf for Pat Bullen
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Here are the scans of the returning scarves from the previous (Winter 1998/1999) exchange:
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This scarf was fashioned by Jonelle Beck out of Pat Bullen's wool. It was
inspired by the work done by Navajo weavers in the American Southwest. As this is a scan
of the scarf and not a photo, only a portion is visible. |
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This scarf was fashioned by Kathy Morey for Glenda Clift. It is knitted
from kelly green merino wool with beaded fringe. |
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This scarf was woven with handspun combed tussah warp and carded bombyx
weft. Both warp & weft are 2 ply. It was fashioned by Nancy McKenna |
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This scarf was woven by Holly Shaltz for Kathy Morey. It is a mixture of
wools and mohair and alpaca. Origionally a lovely mauve dyed with hollyhocks, after
rinsing in hot water, the overall color changed to a sage green. What a surprise! But
wonderful nontheless. |
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This scarf was woven by Dan Maker out of Ramboullet x Finn wool in a
bronson weave for Nancy McKenna. The ends that make the lace were all put through one dent
in a 12 dpi reed: 3 ends/dent. On either side of the lace square a dent was left empty.
Although the scanned picture has a greenish cast, the wool is a cream color. |
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Unfortunately, this scarf was scanned in black and white. It is actually a
combination of browns and whites woven in shadow weave by Glenda Clift for Holly Shaltz.
Glenda mentions that she does not sample in the traditional fashion, rather, she weaves
scarves in the new weaving methods she is learning or going to use for larger cloth. This
scarf has a all over pattern of diamonds, some white on brown, some brown on white
depending on what was used as weft. |
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Pat Bullen created this scarf
for Jonelle Beck. It is primarilly plain weave with occasional decorative bands (about
center of photo at left), method of making not noted when the scarf was sent back. |
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Virginia "Jenna" Ash created this wonderful scarf for Carolyn
Betts. This picture is reduced in size: the yarn was bulky spun, and plied with commercial
yarn. It was then knit into a mobius scarf, which is a scarf that has no end, and has a
half twist in it, so that when worn around the neck, one can double it without having a
twist in it. This is not a black & white scan, the yarn runs the gamut of natural
colors and fibers: white thru browns to black, and includes many different animals,
including wool, cashmere, & camel. |
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This scarf was created by Carolyn Betts for Nancy. It started out as white
ramboullet x finn wool from a 3 year old ewe. Although it was commercially prepared into
roving, it still had a LOT of vegitable matter. Carolyn asked to do the easiest thing in
this case: dye the fiber to make it more exciting for her to use, and this usually also
hides the VM nicely. She then combed the fiber and knit it into a scarf. Half of it is a
verigated yellow/brown, and half is a blue tweed with violet highlights. It was knit so
that when worn, the part on the (for example) left of the neck would be one color, and the
other side would be the other. I do not knit, so I cannot adequitely describe how it was
done, or what to call the tabs on the ends. |
