Yarn Scarves
This is a great project if you have a stash of left over yarns, threads and fibre....and what knitter doesn't?
The first image shows a scarf made from felt squares attached by regular weight sewing thread. Aquabond stabilizer was used as it has a sticky surface, good when you want to place fibres, fabric or yarns in a very specific pattern. A top layer of aqua film is then placed on top. This water soluble stabilizer is clear, so you can see through it when you need to be acccurate with your stitching ( the parellel lines sewn with black thread) Both stabilizers are then rinsed away.
Our second sample was created using wash n gone (dissolvable stabilizer) Below are step by step instructions for making a scarf:
Purchase 1.7 meters of dissolvable stabilizer (we use wash n gone) Cut this into strips of approximately 4" in width and 70 " in length. You will get 2 complete scarves from this amount of stabilizer.
Place one of the strips onto newspaper and spray a very light layer of temporary basting spray (we use 505) on top to make it sticky. Use only enough spray to make the stabilixer sticky enough to hold the fibres in place. Begin to layer various threads and fibres down the length of the stabilizer.
Add a selection of yarns, fibres, ribbon, organza, silks or bali fabric (they don't have a wrong side), and heavy threads. Place some down the length of the stabilizer, and swirl and curl others.
Spray a second layer of temporary basting spray (we use 505) on top of the fibres and yarns, then cover with a second layer of wash n gone.
Begin machine stitching through both layers of the stabilizer using a ling stitch and various colors of thread.After ensuring you have emough stitching to attach all of the fibres and threads, rinse away the stabilizer, squeeze excess water out and hang to dry.
