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Baker Street Scarf: Warm, Squishy & Wonderfully Waffle Woven

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The Baker Street Scarf grew out of Felicia’s desire to create the perfect companion pattern for the Weaving Waffle Weave course at the School of SweetGeorgia. Through countless samples and playful exploration on different shafts and drafts, she was searching for the sweet spot where structure, sett, and yarn truly shine together. If you follow the SweetGeorgia YouTube channel or watch the Taking Back Friday videos, you may already recognize some of these early experiments. Finding the right balance takes time. When the yarn, draft, and structure finally come together, the result feels deeply satisfying. This is that scarf, and it is pure weaving joy. The Baker Street Scarf , designed by Felicia Lo. Baker Street Scarf The Baker Street Scarf features a 7-shaft waffle weave with deep, generous pockets (cells) that trap air amazingly. This makes it one of the warmest scarves we have ever woven. The finished cloth measures about half an inch thick, giving it that wonderfully squishy...
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Fibre Prep February: Wrap-Up 2026

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Every year, we come together to celebrate wool, fibre, and spinning. Fibre Prep February gives us a chance to slow down, focus on one idea, and really enjoy learning something new. We sample, explore, and stretch our skills together, all starting with fibre preparation. It is always a highlight of the year. Wool & Bast Blends Last year, Kim McKenna launched her course Spinning Bast Fibres: Tow Tops & Bast Blends , and it quickly became a source of inspiration for so many spinners in our community. The course centres on tow combed-top, which offers a gentle and approachable way to work with bast fibres. Throughout the course, Kim makes these fibres feel exciting. She guides us through blending bast fibres with a “familiar-to-us” wool, helping us feel and see how even a small addition of these fibres can transform a spinning experience and final yarn. Choosing this as our focus this year felt like an easy yes! Spinning Bast Fibres: Tow Tops & Bast Blends Community-Made ...
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Fibre Prep February: SweetGeorgia Explores Ramie & Bast Fibres 

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We love exploring spinning fibre and celebrate it each year with our Fibre Prep February Make-Along. This year, we highlighted bast fibres, inspired by lessons from the Spinning Bast Fibres: Tow Top & Bast Blends course at the School of SweetGeorgia. Each member of the SweetGeorgia team chose a bast fibre (and some chose to sample them all), and prepared multiple wool and bast blends. In this Taking Back Friday video, Felicia shares her explorations with ramie while highlighting the work from the SweetGeorgia Team! Getting to Know Ramie Ramie is a bast fibre taken from the inner bark of a plant stalk, placing it alongside flax, hemp, and jute. It belongs to the nettle family and is sometimes called vegetable silk because of its natural shine. Ramie is strong, absorbent, breathable, and quick drying. These qualities give it a cool, crisp feel, much like linen. It also grows quickly and can be harvested multiple times each year, which makes it an appealing fibre to explore from...
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Picnic Plaid Napkins for Sunny Summer Days at the Park

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Who doesn’t love a set of handwoven napkins? They catch the eye at dinner gatherings, feel special for everyday use, and are perfect for a relaxed picnic in the park. Kathryn Steely designed these stunning Picnic Plaid Napkins, and we are so excited to share them with everyone. Picnic Plaid Napkins woven in Gist 8/2 Beam Picnic Plaid Napkins This pattern creates four beautiful and generously-sized napkins, woven in a simple straight draw twill with a delicate fringe. The asymmetrical plaid brings each napkin to life with colour and interest, drawing you into the diagonal twill lines with subtle optical colour mixing throughout. Woven in Gist 8/2 Beam , these unmercerized organic cotton napkins are soft and amazingly absorbent. They feel so good in your hands, you may start dreaming about a matching scarf. Gist 8/2 Beam offers a beautiful range of vibrant colours, making it an easy and inspiring choice for your next weaving project. The Picnic Plaid Napkins are woven i...
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