It's been a long eight months so far. I've taken the opportunity to use up some yarn. I usually think that shawls are the best way to really create empty spaces in the yarn tubs, but it doesn't seem to work out that way.
While I've woven several shawls this year during lock-down, there aren't as many as I thought I had. Most of these shawls are primarily wool. Some have nylon and others alpaca/silk blend. They are all woven on eight shafts in some sort of twill. The tie-up for all of these is a 2-2-1-1-1-1 twill.
The warp of this shawl is Mt Colors Mountain Goat in Hummingbird and Wilderness, alternated. The warp is a 70/30 alpaca silk from a local alpaca rancher. The design is an extended point twill.
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| Mt Colors Greens -Purples |
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| Mt Colors Greens -Purples - detail |
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| Mt Colors Gold - detail |
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| Mt Colors Gold |
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| Gray-Black Alpaca - detail |
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| Gray-Black Alpaca |
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For last year's County Fair, I wove a shawl inspired by the ground of our county. There was lots of gold taken out of the earth hereabouts. The warp and weft was yarn from Madeline Tosh: Tosh Sock in Ginger (merino wool) for the warp and Madeline Tosh Twist Light in Stephen Loves Tosh for the weft. It was woven in an extended point twill.
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| Nevada County Inspiration |
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| Nevada County Inspiration - detail |
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This colorful shawl was woven using Malabrigo Arroyo yarn (Camaleon 684) for the warp and Madeline Tosh DK (Mandala) for the weft. Malabrigo is interesting yarn. They have beautiful colors but each skein can look very different - all of the same colors but in different proportions. This shawl was woven as an undulating twill.
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| Green Chameleon Malabrigo - detail |
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| Green Chameleon Malabrigo |
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This very autumn colored shawl was woven using Berroco Ultra Alpaca in various browns and rusts for the warp and Ultra Alpaca Light for the weft. For this shawl, I chose a fancy point twill on eight shafts.
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| Alpaca Autumn - detail |
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| Alpaca Autumn |
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This last shawl is woven from Mountain Colors yarn - River Twist (Spring Creek) for the warp and Mountain Goat (Harmony Plum) for the weft. The 8-shaft twill was a very extended point twill.
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| Mt Colors Purple |
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| Mt Colors Purple - detail |
There are bound to be many more months of self-isolation this winter, and there is a lot more yarn. I will most likely be weaving more shawls.
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