Thinking Outside the Yarn Box

I've been a weaver for a number of years, but I always feel like there’s so much more to learn. I recently watched a lesson from The Woolery called Self Striping Sock Scarf. The presenter showed how to use self-striping sock yarn as the warp and then the weft, using two identical skeins of yarn. Well, I didn’t have that yarn, but I do carry several sock yarns that are faux Faire Isle patterned. I’ve never woven with that before, but I gave it a go. I followed The Woolery’s method with my Wisdom Pix (75% Superwash Wool/25% Nylon) yarn in the Street Art colorway, making sure to start the warp and then the weft (weaving yarn) at the same place in the skeins.

And, I have to say, it wove up beautifully. The yarn doesn’t weave the same patterns as they create when knitted, but the result was a subtle plaid with random random bits of color throughout the scarf. The drape is lovely and the scarf itself is soft for a wool. The fringe was twisted to finish. I have listed this scarf this weekend on my site as well as another striped scarf, woven in Kelly Casanova's Weaving Boot Camp using her pattern. I hope that this will not be the last of its kind – maybe a wider shawl next with the new Cotton Supreme Waves. If you'd like the measurements I used for this scarf, see the Sock Yarn Scarf Directions tab at the top of this page.

Thinking of other ways to use your cotton yarn? Another use for cotton yarn is crocheting plant holders. Universal Yarn will offer a free crocheted plant holder using Clean Cotton Multi in their Blog for Free Pattern Friday on March 11. 

Our March featured fabrics are Camelot Promo Woodland Portrait 100% Cotton Fabrics. This very sweet and understated pink with brown tones set of fabrics works beautifully together. They feature woodland animals as well as coordinating geometric patterns. The baby quilt shown here was a real labor of love for our friends’ first baby. I have to give a shout out to my sister and mother for their help with this. The center quilt block embroidery patterns are from all three Nursery Quilt Blocks from Designs by Juju. The outside border was quilted freeform. I love making these embroidered quilt blocks.

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