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2021 Create a Shawl Challenge
Our guild challenge for 2021 is to create a shawl, be it prayer, meditation, or glitzy opera. It can be any material, any pattern, any technique. General size should be 20"X70", but final dimensions are the individual member's preference.
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Contact Emily Guilland-Larson with questions and submissions. Enjoy and be sure to share your creation.
Tracy Livernois
Shawl is woven plain weave with handspun/hand dyed Corriedale wool with active singles yarn for a crinkle affect. Warp is singles (one ply) at 8 epi, weft is singles in the middle of the piece then alternated singles and 2 ply at beginning and end (outer 2/3 s) so it spreads more in those areas and crinkles more in area around the neck. Weft is also at about 8 ppi
Emily Guilland-Larson
I wanted something casual that I could wear to a picnic or outdoor venue. I decided to weave it in 16/2 mercerized cotton, with a weave of huck lace mixed with plain weave. The warp was dyed in madder at one side, gradating to cochineal at the other side. The weft was a commercial dyed navy. Sett was 30 epi, woven dimension were 23”x79” the finished size is 21” x 72” with a 7” twisted fringe.
Karen Sieradski
This shawl is a parallel threading based on Linda Hartshorn's class. I used 10/2 tencel and a sett of 20. Finished, it measures approximately 17 by 71 inches. The warp colors are pink and marigold. The weft is coral. (The names of the colors on the cones may differ.) The three colors are fairly close in value and near neighbors on the color wheel. I was going for a bright coral effect, but with subtlety in the design. I’m happy with it. Now it needs to find a wearer who wears colors in the autumn palette!
Sarah Mostkoff
This shawl by was woven with a bamboo warp and bamboo and tencel weft with a sett of 24 epi. It has a lovely drape and iridescence.
Patricia Graver
This shawl is based on a palindrome article that I found in the Ralph Griswold archives several years ago. It is woven with 5/2 cotton sett at 16 ends per inch. The colors are various shades of blue and gold. I was able to empty a number of bobbins from previous projects for the warp. However, I used a single shade of each color for the weft.
It is an 8 shaft draft with a long repeat. It did require some concentration, and I found that sticking to a particular start/stop place helped me to never lose my place between weaving sessions.
The finished size after wet finishing is 19 inches by 78 inches plus twisted fringe.
It is an 8 shaft draft with a long repeat. It did require some concentration, and I found that sticking to a particular start/stop place helped me to never lose my place between weaving sessions.
The finished size after wet finishing is 19 inches by 78 inches plus twisted fringe.
Nancy Hoskins
My mother was a Lindsay and I wove this as a tribute to her Scottish heritage. It is a Lindsay tartan in 60/2 silk with the colors jazzed up in comparison to the traditional palette. My mother's antique doll is shown with the tartan.
John Morse
This shawl was woven as a sample for a neighbor girl for her bat-mitzphah in November 2021. It was woven in 8/2 tencel at 24 epi, finished dimensions are 72” x 20”. The pattern is overshot adapted from Marguerite Davidson “A Handweaver’s Pattern Book” Jacob’s Ladder p 131. The final shawl will be the same materials different colors and an adaption of Strickler’s #425.
John Morse
Here is the final version of the tallit (Jewish prayer shawl) I wove for our friend who will be having her bat-mitzphah next month. It is 20"x70", 25 epi, 8/2 tencel. I adapted the overshot twill design from Strickler #425. The pouch was made on the same warp using a different treadling.
Fata Padgitt
I joined a Prayer Shawl Weave-Along with members of my guild, led by Linda Borntrager back in August 2020. As I look back at the pics of my weaving in September I am reminded that this weave-along was the project which helped me out of the Covid doldrums and also served as a welcome distraction from the horrific wildfire smoke which plagued the Willamette Valley for several weeks. The photos of my weaving from that time are interspersed with screenshots from my weather APP showing a previously unknown Air Quality Index in the 400s.
I chose 8/2 bamboo in the color Bordeaux for warp and tabby weft, and 8/2 Rose for the pattern weft (purchased from ETC). I used a 12 dent reed sleyed at 2 per dent for 24 EPI. I played around with the beat a bit in my sample, but ended up just using a firm beat throughout which produced a sturdy fabric with a nice drape. Bamboo has a very nice sheen which I enjoyed throughout the process. I chose a pattern from Marguerite Davison's book called Honeysuckle Twill, page 132, #10, which was easily memorized, adding a meditative aspect to the weaving which was lovely.
A weave-along is a great way to share information and mentor one another. It's like weaving with a support group. I highly recommend it.
I chose 8/2 bamboo in the color Bordeaux for warp and tabby weft, and 8/2 Rose for the pattern weft (purchased from ETC). I used a 12 dent reed sleyed at 2 per dent for 24 EPI. I played around with the beat a bit in my sample, but ended up just using a firm beat throughout which produced a sturdy fabric with a nice drape. Bamboo has a very nice sheen which I enjoyed throughout the process. I chose a pattern from Marguerite Davison's book called Honeysuckle Twill, page 132, #10, which was easily memorized, adding a meditative aspect to the weaving which was lovely.
A weave-along is a great way to share information and mentor one another. It's like weaving with a support group. I highly recommend it.
Linda Borntrager
This shawl is woven on a dark green 8/2 tencel warp. The warp was sett at 24 epi in a Honeysuckle Twill pattern from Davison's green book on page 132. It is woven in pattern I. It is a 4 shaft pattern.
Linda Wolfe
I had always been intrigued by the prayer shawls the Rabbi's wore, but they were definitely not my style! I thought a group weave along for a prayer shawl was a great idea, we all needed something to focus on! I was considering several patterns until I saw Sarah Jackson's Prayer Shawl. It was love at first sight! This lovely Shadow Weave's flowing curves is like a waterfall. I used 8/2 Bamboo set at 20 EPI. After the magic of wet finishing, it is so soft!
Linda Borntrager
This shawl is woven on a dark green 8/2 tencel warp. The warp was sett at 24 epi in a Honeysuckle Twill pattern from Davison's green book on page 132. It is woven in pattern I. It is a 4 shaft pattern.
Krista Buckley
Linda Borntrager
This shawl is a Marian Powell shadow weave structure. It is an 8 shaft pattern woven in bamboo sett at 24epi.
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