I haven't been weaving as much recently but I have been working to reduce the volume of my stash. What better way to do that than making a shawl? I have been buying Mountain Colors yarns for several years and just admiring them. I decided to actually use the yarn - novel concept, I know. The nice thing about Mountain Colors yarn is that many of the yarns have colors in them that are found in other colorways or are complementary to other colorways.
I wasn't sure I had enough of any one yarn for the warp so I picked Ruby River 4/8's wool as the main body of the shawl warp and Goldrush 4/8's wool for two outer stripes of warp.
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| Warp |
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| Weft |
The warp was sett at 8 epi and threaded to a long point twill on 8 shafts. The tie-up is a 1-1-1-1-2-2 twill.
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| Drawdown |
The weft was mainly Alpaca Blend in Goldrush with Alpaca Blend (50% alpaca and 50% wool) in Ruby River. The shawl turned out to look pretty good. The large "point" and different color selvedges and large "point" design give it interest in addition to the color variegation.
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| Finished Shawl |
The shawl was machine washed on gentle cycle and laid flat to dry. When dry, the fringe was twisted with a hair twister.
The color of these pictures is pretty true, although these colors are very challenging for me to photograph. They often come out very orange.
I am planning to keep looking for ways to reduce my stockpile of yarn. This does seem to be a great way.
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