I have been having quite a busy month teaching classes at Silk Road Textiles and at the WGGC. This post is to show is the work of some of my students in progress.
This is from my houndstooth scarf class at Silk Road Textiles. I forgot to take other pictures, but there were four in the class. Some of the other color combinations were light and dark brown and blue and black.
One of my favorite combinations is a purple green,
or red and black
Next is a set of photos from my class on faux ikat. In this class we use handpainted yarns that are dyed in a particular way. These yarns have to be dyed across the skein or “palindrome dyed” where the dyer paints the yarn across the oval of the skein.
I show them how to make the colors “pool” for a faux ikat effect in their scarves. You have to be willing to work with the yarn and let it determine the length of the scarf.
