Sherwood Forest 🍁 🍂

 I fell for this rich painted warp from Blazing Shuttles a couple of years ago and bought it.   Then it sat in the stash to 'mature'  😉   I also wasn't sure how choose the right weft colour and decided that a rich burgundy would be nice.... and I'll defer  the other choice to later on...

The was was 7.5 yards in length and 400 ends.... and I used 397 of them!   Some spares for possible mishaps...

This picture shows the general idea of the colours but they are essentially a burgundy red, forest green, and a tawny gold.   It seems we fall in love with the rich jewel tones and then are faces with choices. 

Here's the warp loaded onto the Megado 110 and is ready for threading.  The Helping Hands really do work at making things feel more stable as you work. 

Then it was time to start weaving and I'm using my burgundy tencel.  It does blend into some parts but that's where a play of light will reveal the pattern.

Then it shifted to the green section and the burgundy sure tones down the red. They are opposite on the colour wheel

Then it shifted to the tawny gold.... which I really liked.

This is the 12 shaft draft I used from Handweaving.net. It's draft #55882

For the 8 shaft weavers out there.... here's the 8 shaft version.    I reduced this one down for a friend but there is an 8 shaft version at handweaving.net. Sorry I don't know the number off hand.

So all done and finally photographed  and the red version  (Dante's Garden) turned out quite nice!  Very rich looking.   The width is 12 inches and length is 74 inches. Soft to the touch and a touch of shine. 

So, no more deferring .... time to choose a weft colour for the second scarf.   I auditioned several choices, including a bronze gold silk and nothing seemed to work.   So I went with basic black.

It turned out quite nicely and very different from the first.  Rather than working in with the warp's colours, it made them stand out, much like leaves in the autumn, in varying degrees of change.      🍁🍂 🌲

This scarf end up being a bit shorter at 64 inches but we oldsters call that a 'coat scarf'.   In my parent's day, scarves went around your neck and  under your coat. This scarf is wide so it can be double folded and would look marvellous under a black wool winter coat.

 So an Autumn project being released on the equinox's eve..... and the funny thing is, I wove these last Spring.  Slightly ahead of my time I guess  😁🍁