New additions to the shop

I just added four scarves to my Etsy shop.  These are crepe de chine and are 14-inches by 72-inches.  They are dyed using a low water immersion technique.  The end results reminds me of water color.

This is a really fun way to dye fabric as the results are slightly different each time, even when I use the same color dyes.  This time I used longer scarves than what I have used in the past.  With the extra length, you can wear them in more ways than with the shorter scarves.  Here is a link to a video which shows creative ways to wear summer scarves.  Actually, there are tons of videos on youtube on how to wear scarves.

New Etsy shop

As some of you know, I not only knit, spin, and write knitting patterns, I also make felt scarves and dye and pleat silk scarves.  In the past, I've sold these at a holiday craft fair that my former employer sponsored.  As you can imagine, the audience at this fair was very limited.  So to gain wider exposure, I opened an Etsy shop.  Today I stocked it with some scarves. 

Each scarf is unique.  Some are nuno felt, which is wool that is felted onto another fabric, usually silk.  Some are straight up felt made of wool that I dyed.  Some take it a step further and are over dyed using resists to create a pattern.  The pleated silk scarves are individually dyed using a low water immersion technique and then pleated borrowing a Japanese technique that is also used in shibori dying.