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Wallace Sewell Wool Collection

For my Wallace Sewell collection, I have composed my samples similarly to the composure of the painting I chose; by creating busy structures for the decorative edges of the scarf, mimicking the middle part of the painting. Like the outer calmer parts of the painting, I followed suit by  designing the middle section of my scarves with fewer colours and patterns running through them.

Close up of reversible samples

Designing for scarves meant that for the first time I had to think about reversibility; the scarf had to look good on both sides. This meant that when planning and designing on scotweave I had to be particularly cautious with my extra weft patterning, making sure that the back of the scarf had no loose floats or mess. Using extra weft, I was able to make a thick warm scarf with a bit of weight to it.

As I have never used wool before, I found the finishing process much more fun than the fabrics that I have previously made. I enjoyed testing the washing temperatures and finding out what the samples felt like after each wash; I also learnt how easy it is to over wash wool.
Whilst at the Wallace Sewell studio, we learnt that they take great pride in finishing their scarves and collections off to the best quality, and so I continued to finish my samples off by brushing, steaming and pressing them, as well as pearling the edges.
Below are two of my final designs, after the finishing processes have been completed and the edges pearled.

Suggestions of possible scarf designs