Variation cashmere/silk doubleweave

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two finished scarves
Project
Draft: 
Double Weave
Project Status: 
Finished
Project Date: 
Thu, 05/05/2011 - Wed, 05/11/2011
Yarn
Yarn: cashmere
Color: black
Type: warp
Yarn: silk
Color: white
Type: warp
Loom
Loom Used: 
Glimåkra Standard
Number of Shafts: 
8
Number of Treadles: 
8
Sett: 
16.00 Ends/cm
Length on Loom: 
5.00 m
Width on Loom: 
30.00 cm
Finished Length: 
2.00 cm
Finished Width: 
28.50 cm
Notes: 

I had been given some lovely black cashmere and had some white silk 30/2 on my shelf, and I had enjoyed a previous project very much with grey cashmere and red silk, so I felt like making another version of it. This time I made more variation with the number and width of the blocks and less with their length. I am a very systematic person, so it was a real effort to make this not all too symmetrical. The first scarf had very narrow "frame" blocks and closed edges, the second one had slightly bigger frames and I left the edges open. 

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Joined: 06/25/2011
Great composition -

beautiful lines. And such luxurious fibers.

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Okay, I feel like a complete

Okay, I feel like a complete slacker at this point. Your project posts are leaving me breathless!

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DON*T!

Really Sally, if you look at the dates, these projects are from the last 6 months!!! I have been lying low on Weavo lately, as I have been beset by lots of health problems since January, but weaving is so therapeutic to me that that is one thing I kept doing whenever possible. 

I hope to be back to a more steady flow shortly and not overpack the Weavo pages like this !!!

I have really appreciated all your comments :-)