This has been a busy year. Maintaining my blog while starting a full-time job has proven to be challenging. Fortunately, I did find the time to experiment with echo techniques on the 12-shaft loom that I got last year. I’m wrapping up 2022 with three projects in thin cotton.

To honor the Ukrainian people, I have used the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag and their national flower – the sunflower – as a basis for a weaving design.

When designing shadow weave, I often try to obtain smooth flowing shapes and curves. Recently, I learned that blocky shadow weaves lead to just as interesting designs.

As we are nearing the end of 2021, it is safe to conclude that my weaving year has revolved around echo threadings. I started using two parallel threadings in Turned Taquete, and tried out three echoes with the Corris effect. Next up were the echo-4 and echo-8 techniques of Marian Stubenitsky, for which I also became acquainted with network treadlings. I have had so much fun exploring echoes in this way.

One of the fun things of writing blogs about handwoven projects is that it encourages me to think about the story behind the project. Yet, sometimes a handwoven shawl is just what it is: a pretty shawl that was fun to weave.