The Making of a Scarf
A pictorial journey to illustrate the multi-faceted processes of making a scarf with our own homemade hand-crafted eight-shaft floor loom
Below Rachel demonstrates the many synchronised mechanisms of our in-house designed and built floor loom and the methods of how I weave using high quality pure British sheepswool. Each component purpose-made by Eric, every rope spliced, every cog honed…
Weaver Rae calls upon the spirit of the wild places that nourish, intrigue, calm and excite the soul in equal measure
Infusing this magic into hearty weavings. Places we carry with us, that echo, translate and resonate through what I do
Tassels
This is a hemstitch, which I sew at the very start and very end of each scarf, hence locking each warp into place and creating a handsome tassel
Handwoven of pure British wool on an exciting variation of a twill gamp striped pattern
Simple beginnings
Back in 2021 our weaving journey began by means of a prototype Eric built of pallet wood, string and ingenuity
This has now been decommissioned but below are some snippets of the first iteration to commemorate our surprisingly savvy but endearingly ramshackle first loom, now predated by our far more efficient beast, the eight-shaft floor loom
On our first rudamentary handmade table loom (now retired) under our original name
Seeking inspiration
I am always sourcing inspiration in the land and seascapes around me
Patterns and palette, texture and narrative
The White Horses scarf is worn here in it’s natural habitat
