Huck Lace 

I spent the weekend in Sainte Suzanne which is a charming village in the Mayenne department and where a group of 8 artisans (including me) exhibit their work.    We take turns managing the boutique and this weekend it was me.     This gives me a chance to check the stock and to take my trusty hand held steamer - nothing annoys me more than seeing unironed scarves being displayed and my steamer is brilliant at removing creases.   

The scarf I made last week is gorgeous.    The colours are more pastel than I anticipated but beautiful nonetheless.    I used huck lace within the squares and for the second scarf I put the huck in alternate squares just to change it a bit.   This involved totally rethreading the loom as I hadn't thought about this in advance.    I don't think I have ever thread and woven a scarf so fast - I had a date with Roland Garros semi finals!

This week I'm working on a similar scarf but navy blue with pink and/or turquoise separating the squares.   I dyed the silk last week and now have to tidy up the workroom and get started.