Ok, it's been what, just a couple of months??? And here I am again....It looks like I really may need to do an updated family photo.
Let's call this one "Fourth Time's a Charm And The Accidental Grail"
Like some of my favorite scarves, this one did not start as a grail for me. I "liked" it (a lot) and casually hoped to add one to my scarf stash when a chance came up. Scroll back about two years or so to my first attempt on a 90cm scarf, which I hemmed and hawed on (as usual) and lost out on. As I discovered moussies more and read (obsessively) through this thread, I became more excited by it the more I studied it. Fast forward to last year and missing out on a GM moussie of it due to (yet again) my own indecisiveness.
This triggered more intense investigation and I began to "hunt" for it and research it extensively. Success looked SOOOOOOOO close a few weeks ago. I had my phone set to bid for me because I was going to be in dance class when the auction ended. I'm VERY sad to report my phone logged me out in the final minutes and I did not win and somebody got a nice deal.....and my eBay bucks went to something else....
However, this triggered a full on obsession where I stalked the web and the bay, hoping for coupons to use and even enlisted MrBcat's assistance in searching. And as luck would have it, I found what I wanted finally.
I'm pleased to present the end of my quietly obsessive search for Axis Mundi GM in CW 10 (Poudre Irise/Moutarde/Verte) and if you've read or participated in this thread through the years you will find that the general reaction to this particular scarf is an unusual and unconventional beauty. I'd have to agree. If you've read some of the original thoughts on this when it was released in 2012, you'll also know there was a lot of confusion about whether it is a changeant or not since the name Poudre Irise suggests it is. ( Some background discussion if you're interested:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/chiffon-mousseline-scarves.123698/page-179 ) I'm pleased to tell you we can lay that question to rest forever now. It is. I took an extreme close up of the beige and pale peach warp and weft.
Up close of the changeant. Since the changeant threads are in the same color family (warm and pale), it's no surprise it is hard to see. That shift from the pale cream on top of the fold down to glowy peach is what you get.
The warp and weft threads in cream and peach (poudre??? = powder pink???):
A couple of mod shots for it:
