Random Squares Scarf

After taking two workshops with Jennifer Moore, I was really excited to design a double weave project. I had two beautiful skeins of 20/2 tencel from Just Our Yarn and could create 4 blocks of double weave with my 16 shaft loom. I wound the yarn into balls and wound 4 threads at a time, 2 of each color. The warp was just over 3 yards long, 528 ends, 36 epi per layer, 72 epi total. The blocks were threaded in straight order - 48 ends per block, so 11 blocks in all. I wanted the blocks to have a random appearance so I created five separate files in Fiberworks PCW, one for all light on top, all dark on bottom, and one for treadling each block. Then I used a random number generator to make a "decision" as to which block to treadle next! Although the blocks appear to be arranged in a pattern in places, you can see that no pattern actually exists. To make the fringe more manageable, I twisted dark threads only and light threads only and then braided three dark twists and 3 light twists and wrapped the braid. This was a really fun project!