Silk weaving

At 26 picks per inch, the weaving goes very quickly. I'm nearly done with the first scarf on the warp. Unlike the draft...

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After ten and a half months, I finally took this scarf off my Leclerc Artisat loom and finished it just in time for our weaving guild challenge, Fine For Me. Everyone was challenged to weave something with yarn that was thinner than we ever used before. Our guild has members with a wide range of experience, so it is going to be interesting to see the different items next Monday when we meet. The finest yarn I used previously was a 20/1 linen. I had to use something thinner than that, so I…

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