Christmas Scarves

Continuing work on the Christmas scarves for Anne's niece and nephews.  3 are finished, one on the loom, and warp ready for the final 3.

The first three completed

The warp is a cotton two ply that holds together fairly well, although weak spots have pulled apart a couple of times, and there were a few knots on the cone - all require fixing as I weave.  The wefts are various cotton/wool/blends - all the yarn is from my stash of yarns from my fathers collection I inherited.

Number 4 underway on the Leclerc Dorothy

The point threading over 10: 2/2 twill pattern is more obvious with a dark weft on the lighter warp.

I also have cotton ready and dyed for the Christmas towels - that should be underway this week some time on the Macomber.

Rambouillet processing

Anne has been working hard on the picking, washing, flicking of the Rambouillet wooland with a little bit of carding we are now starting to see some results.  The original raw wool is reduced by about half through the full process - removal of really dirty/short/matted locks, then when flicking the discarded wool - both add up to quite a bit, but the remaining wool is very nice.  I found that with the Ashford drum carder I can run it through a couple of times to get a smooth batt - keeping it down to small 1oz or less (more starts to come off the card and tangle as it goes under the brush.  I'm sure this is related to the fine nature of the Rambouillet wool - and really I should be using a carder with finer teeth, but don't have that luxury.

Ready for a carding session.

I'll deliver the first batch of carded fiber at the Christmas guild meeting next weekend.