Hello friends and fellow weavers!
*This was originally posted in May of 2018, there was some recent confusion about the title so I thought I’d re-post it with this disclaimer:
DISCLAIMER: ***This pattern is woven on a RECTANGLE, NOT a TRIANGLE loom. Yes, I call it a tri-shawl because it forms a triangle point in the back, but it is made on a RECTANGLE loom.
I’m excited about this week’s pattern. Why? Well because it’s on a rectangle of course! I’m such a fan of the rectangles because they are just so much fun to weave. I think I’m bias though, because my first continuous strand loom experience was on the rectangle loom.
This week I chose to play on the large Mobius rectangle loom. I’m trying to get at least one pattern per loom currently and since I happen to have the Mobius rectangle and I haven’t posted a pattern, I thought it was time. Besides, from what I understand, more and more people are interested in the Mobius rectangle. YAY! Join the rectangle dark side! Also at many shows I have participated with Theresa, we have been asked repeatedly how we turn a rectangle into a shawl. What a great time to write it out and show you how we do it. Thus the Mud Puddle Mobius Tri-Shawl Pattern was born.
Without farther ado, how’d I come up with this pattern? Well I did not come up with the Mobius Tri-Shawl shape. (Click link for pictures of more examples of Mobius Tri-Shawls) That credit goes to Theresa Jewell of Stoney Meadows Alpacas and Stone Mountain Looms. The colors and pattern, however, is all me. I’ve noticed lately I’ve been posting a lot of blue, apparently I’m on a blue kick. I’ll try to use different colors for next week.
As always, I start my patterns in my yarn corner. Yay, my yarn bucket has now taken over an entire corner in the living room. I’m sure it will continue to eat into the room… Whoops. But she/he who dies with the most yarn wins. I need to keep growing my pile. Any who, I went to play in my yarn bucket and came across the Yarn Bee; Fireside; Niagara yarn. I have yet to weave with the homespun textured yarns from stores. I decided to be a glutton for punishment and snatched up the blue yarn. I’ve heard through the grape vine that the store bought homespun is a pain in the royal behind to weave with. Now that I have woven with it, I completely agree! It was rather frustrating the longer I wove. My magic wand (crochet hook for those who don’t know, it’s a magic wand. It helps you create something out of nothing, therefore magic) kept snagging on it giving me a hard time pulling the new yarn through. If you do use this type of yarn, take your time and lots of deep breaths. You will survive. The end result is very pretty and it feels great, so definitely worth the frustration.
After I have my main color, I start looking for good complimentary colors. Like the silver with sparkles in it and black to really define it. Then I debated between an oatmeal color or brown. I ended up going with brown because I have a lot of light colored (oatmeal) shawls and scarves already made.
Next up was setting my large adjustable loom to the Mobius rectangle size. *I used the Stone Mountain Looms Mobius Rectangle Loom nail count. Do not worry about the adjustable. I am currently writing a pros/cons of adjustable vs non-adjustable looms. I’ll hopefully have that published shortly.
After I was all set up, it was time to start weaving before my handsome man came home to find a huge loom in the middle of the room. At least when I have work on it, I can justify it’s location 🙂 It just makes our small apartment a little bit of an obstacle course.
What I have done on the loom in the picture above had taken me about 40 minutes to complete. I know I’m a speed demon when I have a good pandora radio station on and motivation to write a pattern for you. This is almost halfway woven, but remember the second half always takes longer than the first because you have A LOT more to weave than at the beginning. Take your time and enjoy. I actually wanted to find another book on CD (Currently re-listening to Kay Hooper’s Bishop series, really awesome psychic murder mysteries) but I was so hooked on weaving I never made it to my computer to download the audio book from the library. I ended up working on it all afternoon on and off and was pleasantly surprised when I finished it before bedtime.
And of course, as soon as I laid it on the floor to fringe, I had help. Peeta literally was pacing when he noticed me taking down the loom. I barely had it on the floor before he jumped on, the brat. He knows I like to have my loom laying flat to put the fringe on. Why? Because then I don’t need a clip to hold all my color changes up as I fringe. Instead, I can comb with my fingers all the color changes straight and see where I need to add fringe. It makes it easier for me to fringe. But that does not mean you can’t leave yours up on the stand to fringe. And besides, I can’t take away Peeta’s hammock.
I fringed that bad boy as quickly as I could and figured out how to kick Peeta off before I very carefully pulled it off the loom. That’s when the real fun began. I know how to put the Mobius shawl together, but how to write it out and photograph it so someone who doesn’t know can understand it. I ran around my apartment searching for something that’d help me explain. I almost gave up when I bumped into my yarn corner. YARN! I ended up tying bright random colors of yarn to the corners to help show you which corner goes where when you are attaching the woven piece to create the Mobius Tri-Shawl. I hope it will make more sense in the pattern.
When I finished crocheting it together I was very happy and satisfied with a good days work. The Mud Puddle Mobius Tri-Shawl Pattern was a lot of fun to make. I hope you enjoy it and get creative with your color and yarn choices!
Mud Puddle Mobius Tri-Shawl
Loom: Mobius Rectangle Loom
Yarn: Approx 500 yards
In this example:
Yarn Bee; Fireside; Niagara *DO NOT use this yarn or yarn like it (Ex. Lionsbrand; Homespun) if you are a beginner. It catches on your hook and can be very frustrating to someone learning.
Caron; Simply Soft Party; Platinum Sparkle
Patons; Worsted Wool; Black
Lionsbrand; Fisherman’s Wool; Brown
Difficulty: ****
This one can get a little confusing when assembling. I hope I’ve created an easy to follow and understand way of putting it together. Good luck!
Ready to get started? Click here to get the Mud Puddle Mobius Tri-Shawl Pattern!
Don’t own a 6in Square loom and now want one? You can purchase one at Stoney Meadows Alpacas and Stone Mountain Looms