Silk Scarf
Can I tell you just how terribly delighted with how this scarf turned out? It’s 60/2 silk, sett at 60 epi, handdyed lilac warp, creamy natural silk weft, with silk thread embroidery.
I’m particularly pleased with this addition. I knew that one of my normal angryspinner.com tags would be entirely too heavy for this piece, and I was wracking my brain trying to figure out what to do — of course — more embroidery! I think it’s pretty subtle.
But what I really want to talk about is this ^ — the work. There’s a number of different ways folks get their fringe to line up. I started with pinning the hems down with these beautiful, thin, glasshead pins. I used a ruler to hold the fabric in tension and straight while I pinned into a cotton towel-covered foam block.
I decided how long to make the fringe, and placed a second ruler along there.
I started each knot off the pin.
Lasso it over a pin, then place the pin.
Pull gently to tighten.
The shaft of the pin puts the knot in just the right spot.
Finished pinning. I then use a rotary cutter and a quilting square to cut the ends (not shown — I didn’t have quite enough hands to do the work and photograph it).
Finished fringe.
