Cotton and Silk Cowl…Wow! Wrap yourself in luxury! Blog Post
Soft, light, airy and with a beautiful luster. And enough fabric to be a soft, elegant cowl. This cowl is just what Lunadette needs for a night out on the town!
We wove samples for Tien Chiu's Discover Gradients Weave Along in August 2021, using 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ Yarn. After one set of samples was woven, we had enough warp left to make a cowl: about 30" was enough warp for a small cowl. With 10/2 cotton yarn in the warp, sett at 24 epi: what could we pair it with?
Now that we have the whole GevolveYarns collection of yarns wound and ready to go, we are investigating how to use them with our Tubular Spectrum™ yarns. We have always loved the feel of silk and cotton woven together, so Katzy pulled out some of the 3 Color Tram Silk and gave it a go. Wow. The fabric is beautiful! The Tram silk with its 3 related colors slightly twisted together and incredible sheen adds an amazing luster and wonderful drape to the fabric. And after sampling a couple of the colors, she settled on the color Cafe to go with the blues and greens of the warp.
The Cafe color has a medium value to keep the fabric cheerful, and a slight yellow/orange/brown hue to give the fabric a bit of iridescence when woven with the blue cotton yarns. We wove the fabric using plain weave at about 20-22 ppi.
After it was woven and wet finished, we turned a hem and sewed the two ends together to make a tube. Voila! A soft cowl.
Lunadette has not yet decided where she is going to show off this beautiful cowl!
I got to see and touch this at IWC. I was sad that I could not get a picture. It is a wonderful piece.