So I finished the first scarf, but since I warped a couple scarves worth at the same time, it’s still on the loom. Once I get them all done and get them off the loom then I’ll finish them and show photos.

So, finishing the first scarf, I started on my second. This one will be designed a little differently, though clearly with the same threading pattern.

If you’ll remember, this is the first scarf while it was still in progress.

My second scarf, instead of using millspun Zephyr as the first scarf, I’m using 50/50 polwarth/silk I got at NH Sheep and wool two years ago, and spun myself (first ever laceweight, if I’d plied it). It was a pleasure to spin and it’s cool to finally be using it!

So I started… and… yeah…

It’s not… impossibly bad, but it’s not right. I spun finer than is ideal for this. Doh. This would be fine if I hadn’t spun the entire 5oz onto one bobbin, which makes it a little difficult to two-ply it.

So after asking Ravelry and getting a confirmation of what I already new… I unwove that. It just wasn’t right. Instead I doubleshot it, going back and forth twice for each shed.

Muuuuch better. This is the header. It took a while to weave though because of the two shots for every shed. So I wrapped a bobbin with two threads at once, and kept working on the scarf…

And we’re off! Huzzah! We’re making progress! Have one or two more after this (I used to know but can’t remember the size of my warp). The next one after this it looks like I will need to also ply or double-strand.

That’s all for now! Back to the dyepots. Finn done, dorset done, romney almost done.

~The Gnome