Silk Cocoon, a la Anita Luvera Mayer
Another finished object from several months ago, but finally getting around to photographing and posting.
A sewn interpretation of the knitted interpretation of Anita Luvera Mayer’s woven cocoon. This was made from a piece of silk charmeuse that dip dyed in indigo over the summer.
Minor variations from the standard Jumpstart Vest:
I would like to add that the entire vest was made from stash. The fabric was woven in January for this project from yarn in stash. The lining is silk charmeuse, also from scratch. Once I got to this point, I got stubborn and used thread from stash as well. I had to resort to a brown for tacking down the lining because I didn’t have anything in the right eggplant-y purple.
Finished several weeks ago but just got around to photographing and posting.
I finally got around to photographing some of the finished items sitting around. They will be posted over the course of the next few days as a way of extending blog fodder.
I had so much fun making my jacket, I signed up for another sewing class with Daryl Lancaster in February. This time the workshop is the Jumpstart Vest.
With only two weeks to figure out a fabric, I decided to work from stash. I came up with some Newton’s Country Yarns Cotton Ice (50/50 cotton/rayon) in blue/green/purple (*). I couldn’t figure out what weft to pair with it so I went to my stash and came up with tube of lilac Cottolin (60/40 cotton/linen). Perfect! I knew there was a reason to all that yarn in the garage! (**)
Warp
Weft
Finished Fabric
Now, I just need to figure out my lining. I think I have some white silk fabric and purple dye in the stash.
* By the way, Newton’s Country website says Cotton Ice is 2100 ypp. When I measured it on my McMorran Yarn Balance, I came up with 1500 ypp.
** It’s scary how much weaving yarn I accumulated in such short order. I’d better get weaving!
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