A handwoven deflected doubleweave merino snood scarf, made by Emma Baker in Salisbury
A beautifully soft and cosy handwoven snood woven with a range of purple, navy, lilac and pale blue yarn. Woven by Emma Baker on her Louet floor loom in Salisbury, Wiltshire using an 8-shaft deflected doubleweave structure.
How the float deflection creates the pattern
The deflected doubleweave design uses 8 shafts with areas of longer warp and weft floats. The merino yarn arrives from the spinner coated in spinning oils that give the fine yarn additional strength during weaving. When the fabric is washed after weaving, these oils are removed. As they leave, different areas of the fabric experience differential shrinkage depending on the length of the floats in each zone: shorter floats shrink less, longer floats shrink more. This difference in shrinkage causes the fabric layers to deflect relative to each other, pulling adjacent threads into the mosaic pattern and softening the edges between design zones. The pattern visible on the shawl is the product of physics acting on different float lengths during washing.
These snoods are easy to wear, simply pop over your head, no adjustment needed for instant stylish warmth.
What makes this snood special
Handwoven by Emma Baker in Salisbury, Wiltshire on a Louet floor loom
8-shaft deflected doubleweave - float deflection creates the mosaic during washing
Fine merino lambswool in purple, pink, lilac and blue
Approximately 30cm high by 68cm on the round
A super special luxury handwoven gift
Handwoven snoods are a popular gifting choice from Emma's shop being sold in a branded gold embossed box.