One of the shawls, I created in the spring gave me a chance to play with woven shibori. For a few years now I have wanted to try this technique and was really pleased with the results. The warp was a fine worsted wool and the weft was a fine alpaca. 
The loom was threaded in a 4 shaft Monks Belt pattern and woven with 4 rows of plain weave inbetween each of the pattern picks. I used a spool of quilting thread that I had on hand from a quilt I made 30 years ago. It gathered up really nicely and was the correct weight so as not to disort the plain weave. Better yet I just placed the spool on the bobbin and wove away with out having to wind a single pirn or bobbin for the pattern thread. I could not believe how easy it was to weave up the shawl.
The shawl was for a silent auction for the Weekend to End Women's Cancers and so I decided to dye the shawl pink. Once dyed and the threads were removed, the shawl had a textured appearance from the pleating. I really liked this effect. If you did not want this you could steam press the fabric to make it lie flat.
At the moment, I am threading the loom for a shibori shawl but this time using tencel.
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