Last weekend I went to Vermont to celebrate the wedding of one of my dearest friends. It was an absolutely gorgeous weekend of tranquil scenery and lovely new friends. Here we are with the happy couple, standing in front of Sunset Lake, where the wedding was held. (And yes, I admit, this photo does make us look like we're auditioning for roles as hobbits and giants. Let's just say there's a little height difference.)
These dear friends live in Boston, so naturally I wanted to make them scarves as a wedding gift. She had been weaving when we got married and made us the loveliest throw pillows, so it was fun to weave her a wedding gift in return.
Knowing they liked deep, warm, earth colors, I started by yarn shopping at Gauge Knits and picked up some rust and eggplant and red and brown yarns. I started with Scarf 63 for the groom and decided on stripes. I alternated orange and red stripes with a thin line of dark teal running between them, and used a deep, dark brown as the weft yarn (the one that goes side to side) to tone everything down a bit.
Here's Scarf 63 on the loom. Below you can see it all woven up.
For the bride's scarf, I went for a lightweight ruffle. Using the same red wool as Scarf 63 and a mohair/silk blend in the same rusty orange color, I added in a stripe of dark, eggplanty-purple. Hers was woven in a thinner stripe, with alternating purple and red, with just a few lines of the orange mohair on the end for a frothy look. I spaced the stripe yarns farther apart than usual so the scarf would have a gauzy openness and stay very lightweight. I used the mohair as the weft (side to side) yarn, so that the whole thing is barely held together with these very thin, fuzzy threads.
After weaving it, I carefully pulled the threads along one side to create the ruffle. The openness of the weave kept it from being too bulky, but the ruffle still provides the dimensionality that I like. I hope she does too!
I know I'm a sap, but I love the Beatles' song When I'm 64 and am so pleased that this love scarf happened to be my 64th!
