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Anita Osterhaug is taken by West African textiles and shows her appreciation in her Homage to Africa Scarf. Anita used traditional colors and a 4-shaft twill to honor African kilims and applied a simple block-print design inspired by bogolonfini prints.
Long Thread Editorial Staff1 min read
Anita Osterhaug is taken by West African textiles and shows her appreciation in her Homage to Africa Scarf. Anita used traditional colors and a 4-shaft twill to honor African kilims and then applied a simple block-print design inspired by bogolonfini prints. —Susan
Structure: Twill.
Equipment: 4-shaft loom, 13" weaving width; 10- dent reed; 1 or more shuttles; 4 bobbins.
Yarns: 8/2 unmercerized cotton (3,360 yd/lb; Lunatic Fringe Yarns).
Other supplies: 88 barrel beads of your choice with large enough holes to string on the fringe; fine crochet hook to string the beads; black textile paint (Anita used Marabu Textil Plus from Dharma Trading Company); stencil paper, stamp, or a potato for printing.
Sett: 20 epi
Woven length (measured under tension on the loom): 69".
Finished size after washing: one scarf 9¾" x 60" plus 5½" twisted fringe.
ANITA OSTERHAUG is an editor emerita of Handwoven and loves having time to weave all the “what if” projects she’s been dreaming about for years!
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