Life History of a Scarf: Day 1 - Inspiration

This scarf was inspired by the project I did for the 2015 Triangle Weavers Guild Weaver's Challenge.  For that challenge, I drew 4 slips of paper that told me I had to weave something with the following criteria:
 

1. Use bamboo only
2. Use dark and bright colors
3. Use 2 different weave structures
4. Use hemstitching

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​Now, these challenges are usually, well, challenging.  But this one seemed pretty manageable for a change.  I decided to weave a scarf with mostly teals and reds, using a mixture of 8/2 and 10/2 bamboo, and using a combination of plain weave and point twill.  I sett the bamboo at 27 epi.  And to make a long story short, I loved the results.  The scarf had a gorgeous hand, and my only concern was that the scarf may have looked a little like a Scottish plaid - nothing wrong with that - it is just not what I had in mind when I started.

The inspiration scarf

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The challenge scarf was really quick and easy to weave.  Plain weave selvedges - so nice clean selvedges with no need for floating selvedges.  Easy treadling pattern - so nice easy rhythm of weaving. So I decided to do it again with a few changes:

1. Different colorway
2. Slightly wider warp
3. Weave 2 scarves instead of 1 (why not?) with 2 different weft colors
4. 8/2 bamboo only (because that is the only size I had on hand in the new colors)

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Stay tuned to this thread (Life History of a Scarf) for more on the planning, weaving and finishing of the new scarves that were inspired by the challenge scarf.  Check out Life History-Day2 for the next installment.
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