I taught a workshop on Ikat weaving and wrapped, dyed and wove an exploration piece for myself and for demonstration purposes.  This piece is the result.  The warp and weft are mostly 2/20 mercerized cotton, sett at 24 ends per inch and woven at 24 picks per inch.  I made the warp 4 yards long which gave me lots of room to play around.  The warp and most of the weft was 2/20 mercerized cotton dyed in Procion MX in Carmine Red.  Woven in plain weave.  Once I started weaving, I realized that I did not have enough of the 2/20 cotton to weave the whole weft, but I used every inch I had.  I subbed in some natural 2/16 cotton along the way, and got some nice, coloured areas in the finished scarf.

I wrapped the first section in a specific pattern, with sections running from 2 inches to 4 inches long.  In putting it on the loom (front to back) some of the sections became misaligned.  Next time I would take more care in lining up the sections more accurately.

When woven, though, they came out looking crisp, and filled the space effectively, as planned.

I wrapped the second half of the scarf in short half-inch sections in a random pattern.  After weaving, they remind me of falling rain and I like how the wrapped areas have a different appearance when they are woven with natural, compared to the areas woven with red.

In the centre, between the two warp ikat areas, I placed a small amount of weft ikat in a pretty pattern.  Because the weft shots were longer than the width of the scarf, I gathered the ends together in braids.

Overall, a fun, conversational piece to wear.