FutureCraft Studio will be showing a summer preview of our brightly colored hand dyed scarves at Rollstone Studio in my hometown of Fitchburg Massachusetts on Thursday June 4th, 6pm.
Rollstone Studio has gathered artists and craftsmen around Worcester County to present their work in a building across the library in the heart of the town where many interesting new places and renovations are popping up including boutiques, antique shops and right around the bend you will find the newly restored Fitchburg State campus. Fitchburg is the small town where I grew up west of Boston and it's so exciting to see the group of talented artists and craftsmen that are flourishing in this area.
We've been experimenting with the idea of trying to get numerous
different scarves on the same threading. We tried a simple pointed
threading combined with a more complicated treadling. Thanks to our AVL
loom and Weavepoint, we are able to play around with the position of
patterns and colors. This allows us to create an illusion of patterns
morphing into one another. For the warp, we chose a 5/2 Cotton and for
the weft Bamboo. The colors are very natural. When worn against the
skin, it complements any skintone very elegently. I am loving wearing
these scarves around town.. With a mix of Bamboo/Cotton, they are
perfect for the cool Spring nights.
Here is what a weaving pattern looks like for the top left scarf. By
changing the weft colors, we were able to match up the pattern and the
colors to create interesting stripes filled with patterns.
FutureCraft has been weaving up some beautiful pinwheel patterned scarves made with Bamboo yarn. Our signature black and white yarns really bring out the bold pattern on this design. We are also testing different yarn colors to substitute the black.. chocolate brown anyone?
