Let's make a scarf using water soluble stabilizer, threads, ribbons and yarn.

This month Rikka from Ricochet and Away is hosting another challenge, this time the challenge is to make a scarf. There are several guide lines to respect in order to participate in this challenge, that's what I like!

One thing is certain again: in this challenge  I will be out of my comfort zone, I love this!

While there are several guide lines  to respect, I'll just mention two of them, because for me, it is these conditions that led me to think about the kind of scarf that I will create.

 

 

# While crocheted and knitted scarves are wonderful, they will not permitted as

entries.

# You must try something new when making your scarf
 and be specific about what you tried.

 

From here I tried to think of something that I have not done until now, I

remembered a technique where we could create a fabric using water soluble

stabilizer, wool, yarn and fabric scraps, and then we can create a scarf.

My project ended well, here I show you the pictures of my finished scarf:

Rikka  has added a variety of links and photos to create scarves, if you look for

inspiration, I invite you to visit her blog, this is the link. Look also in the

previous post, you will be surprised of all the possibilities that exist to make

scarves.
If you still want more inspiration, there is a board  on Pinterest, where you will find all kinds of scarves, this board was created for this challenge, this is the link.
 

If you wish to participate in this challenge there is time until 30th November for

register  and to do the project, here I added the botton for the challenge, you

just have to click on the site and you will go directly.

 

 

 

I took pictures while I was doing this scarf with the idea of creating  a tutorial

for you, maybe someone in this cybernetic world wants to make a scarf like this, I

think that a scarf  can be a nice Christmas present for a loved one.

 

Let's get started, not many materials are required for this scarf, the base is the

water soluble stabilizer, I used Dissolve-A-Way Max, is the one I had on hand and

gave me very good results when it was time to rinse my scarf to dissolve the

stabilizer. We also need thread, yarn, ribbon and wool, in reality you will choose

the materials after you see the technique.

These were my materials to start;

 

 

To begin I cut 60 "length of water soluble stabilizer and with a fine line

permanent ink marker I drew lines to create a grid in only half of the stabilizer,

in my case the stabilizer is 12 "wide, this means that my grid is 6" wide.  I used

this grid as a guide for my sewing

 

 

 

I Took the first fiber (do not know what to call it, it is not wool), I used the 

Cord foot, using the same color thread in the bobbin as on top, I scheduled my

running stitch to a length of 2.0 and started sewing. The first thing I did was

leave  a length of about 6 "away from the edge and start sewing the fiber along the

 grid, alternating materials, sometimes a fiber, sometimes the ribbon.

I forgot to tell you that I used a universal sewing needle, number 80.

 

 

Then I started to sew the ribbon widthwise, I did one side and always leaving the

needle down, I was turning the stabilizer to go from side to side always following

the grid.

 

 

 

Now I fold the water soluble stabilizer in half  and place it over the scarf.

 

Then, I turned my scarf to keep in front of me, the side that has the stitching.

 

Always using the same color thread in the bobbin as on top, I added decorative

stitches, you can include several lines of sewing, it is important to fill in your

grid squares. You have to overlap the stitches to hold them together.

 

added more yarn at the end, trying to fill all the spaces

 

finally place the scarf  in water to dissolve the stabilizer,

 

 

then set it to dry, I place it on a towel to let it dry overnight. Here it is ready to be used

 

 

The result will vary from one scarf to another, depending on

 the variety of colors, textures, thicknesses of the yarn that we will use that we use,  there is an expression that I really

like and it is, what if? and in this project I asked myself that question all the

time.

 

I hope you have enjoyed this project and I also hope to receive your comments, if

you liked this tutorial, I invite you to become a follower of this blog, and for

those who already are following me, I say thank you for following me on my

adventure.

 

Have a happy sewing day!

Marisa :)

I'm linking this project to Threading My Way, Creating my way to Succes, Skip to My Lou, Sew Chatty , delicate CONSTRUCTION, Mine for the Making, Make It War It, The Chicken Chick( Clever Chicks Blog Hop #15) and  Trendy Treehouse.