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Just wanted to show off the wool shawl I'm working on

 
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So I'm making this shawl for my grandma on my Ashford Rigid Heddle Loom that My dad gave me for Christmas, and it's a very calming thing to do. I got the scissors from Japan Woodworker because I wanted to copy them in the smithy, but as it turns out they're very good scissors for cutting yarns without fraying them.

The shawl is unwashed wool that still has its natural oils. It wasn't dyed according to the manufacturer, this is the wool's natural color they say. I'm skeptical about the no dye claim, but I like the colors, and grandma loves the feel of the cloth.  
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Sheep come in a very wide range of colors.   Ranging from white to deep black and from off white to dark brown.  Your yarn looks like totally natural colored to me.  
 
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It is beautiful.  Is that a particular pattern?  I'm a knitter, not a weaver, so I know very little about how one would describe the method or pattern.  

Let us see a picture of the finished product too!
 
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worked with wool prior and looks natural to me, as they come in all different colors. That is an awesome loom to work on, looming is very peaceful as you know. Love your work, beautiful. I love the Japanese tool as well, what a fantastic use for.
 
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Nele Michele wrote:It is beautiful.  Is that a particular pattern?  I'm a knitter, not a weaver, so I know very little about how one would describe the method or pattern.  

Let us see a picture of the finished product too!



It's a solid warp (all one color) with a size 7.5 rigid heddle. The stripes are 8 rows in each color. It is a plain weave. (Rigid heddles can only do plain or basket weave.)
 
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