It is properly cooling down now, and I thought a breathable yet warm bamboo scarf would be just the ticket to celebrate the beautiful season change.

I haven't worked with bamboo much before, especially when it's not blended with anything else.  This yarn is 100% bamboo, and consequently is silky soft, has a nice gentle shine, and has just enough stretch without being too giving.

I was also impressed to find that the weight and warmth of the scarf are rather impressive given that the yarn is so lightweight, which is exactly what fall demands of our apparel.  Something warm for the mornings and evenings, but not suffocating for the sunny afternoons.

The only qualm I have in working with this is that the radiance of the colour and shine of the fiber is superbly difficult to capture in a picture (at least with my camera it is).

When my shop goes up, this will be one of the pieces that will go on sale.  Unless it catches someone's eye beforehand of course.  

Finally, as has been evident in the last couple of weeks, I have changed my blogpost day to some Thursdays but mostly Fridays.  I have a new schedule that is making the Wednesday night blogposts a touch too tricky to manage, so I have pushed it back officially.  Thank you for your patience.

Stay sweet, stay crafty, and stay tuned.

After seeing my first attempt at weaving a scarf, my magnificent mother requested that I make her a woven scarf as well out of some luscious purply grey sock yarn and some of her magical handspun yarn.

I did the warp all in the sock yarn so that when it came to the weft, the beautiful variation and colour could be fully appreciated all on its own.

It was magnificent to work with the variation in this yarn- though I will warn any weaver that works with handspun yarn that single ply will in fact try to pull the sides in and make the project look rumpled and sad when first pulled off of the loom(even when it's such a beautiful colour).  

Do not accept defeat though, if you choose the path of single ply.  A little bit of water and acupuncture into a blocking board can save this rumpled, bumpled friend. 

Then you can simply sit back and appreciate the rich and vibrant colours you've put on display.

When this scarf was blocked and had dried, my mother was thrilled and quickly made it clear that it's hers forever.  After all the creations she made that I.... claimed...  I figured that was only fair.

Stay sweet, stay crafty, and stay tuned.