Working with some of the Trendsetter Yarns has been wonderful this week. For one project I used a ball of their Lotus Yarn "Silky Cashmere" to make a scarf with some leno detail on the ends. Oh my, I just love it. The yarn is 55% silk and 45% Mongolian Cashmere, so the piece has a fabulous hand. It's light as a feather, soft, and has a beautiful luster. It's such an easy project that is mostly plain weave with just one row of 2 x 2 leno a couple of inches from each end to create a bit of a border. I used a sett of 12 ends per inch in a balanced weave structure. This is one of those projects that gave me a lot of result for minimal effort.
I enjoyed this one so much, I decided to weave another one using a ball of silk I also had on hand. This one is using Sweetgeorgia yarn "Spun Silk Lace" 100% silk in amethyst sett at 20 ends per inch with 13 picks per inch. It has the same leno detail on each end for a border.
There might be several more of these so I can use them both as class samples and to wear myself!
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