A Handwoven Houndstooth Scarf // Design by Felicia Lo
Weaving up a combination of high-contrast cool blues using a simple colour-and-weave technique produces a cozy but elegant scarf that goes from cabin to café. Using an easy 2/2 twill, Triple Check is quick to weave on a 4-shaft loom.
Yarn
- Warp & Weft: 3 skeins SweetGeorgia Mohair Silk Sock, 1 each in Velvet Elvis (A), Watershed (B), and Silver (C) (437 yd / 400 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g skein; 50% easy-care merino, 15% silk, 15% mohair, 20% nylon)
Equipment & Tools
- 4-shaft loom with a minimum 13" / 38 cm weaving width, 12-dent reed
Structure
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Weave Structure: 2/2 twill
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Warp Length: 2 yd / 228 cm, includes 7" / 18 cm take-up and 15" / 38 cm of loom waste
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Warp Ends: 150
- Ends Per Inch (EPI): 12 EPI
- Picks Per Inch (PPI): 12 PPI
- Width in Reed: 12" / 31.75 cm
Finished Measurements
- 11" / 28 cm wide 60" / 152.4 cm long, not including fringe (approximately 3" / 7.5 cm of fringe at each end)
Pattern includes a 4-page PDF (both written and charted).
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