Winter Weaving: Color Texture Order Joy

For my most recent warp 

I set up a large overshot based on a pattern called 

 Double Irish Chain 

on page 52 of Marguerite Davison.

I used a vintage cotton yarn that I inherited from a friend.

For the filling, in my effort to use up old bits 

accumulated over more than thirty years of knitting and crochet, 

I spun remnants with BFL (Blue-faced Leicester) wool fiber

 to make what I now call my "Rebecca Tweed."

 It was new for me to spin unspun fiber 

on top on plied finished yarns, but I finally got the feel.  

I also used the beautiful green mohair and mohair blend from

Grand Isle Art WorksYellow Dog Farm in Vermont, 

Evergreen Shetland weaving yarn from the Woolery in Kentucky,

 and Icelandic Lopi from The Warm Ewe in Chatham, NY bought several years ago. 

For the most part I used the vintage cotton for the dobby weave portions of the overshot.

Rebecca Tweed Yarn

Ready to go

view from under the beam showing the tie-on

just off the loom

steamed and pressed - after a bit of fulling

I planned to cut this up to make a skirt but now I will keep it as a throw!

This design used the Rebecca Tweed

it makes me think of a garden in the spring

just off the loom - using Icelandic Lopi yarn that once was bought for Mirette Doll hair - reverse side

... in its new home

front side. Piece is about 30" by 35"
I like the subtle central plaid

mini experiments at the end of the run