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Philography: Shawls

A photo gallery of Marcy's ideas made real

Some shawls have appeared in her Blogs, in the Pictionary, or were featured in a Right from the Start (RFTS) article in Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot (SS&D). (Some have yet to be so featured.)
Click on the link to see for yourself!

Ripples on Knoxville Lakes

  WV 20150714 20150824 Featured in
2022 Convergence® Leaders Exhibit and
August 2022 blog

18" x 87", sett at 30
warp:  Atlantic Moonglow
 - variegated purples and blues,dyed by my friend Margaret Pittman
weft: 20/2 lilac silk

 

Cannelé

  WV 20150714 20150824 This Cannelé is a
Pictionary entry 

10" x 68", sett at 24
ground: Just Our Yarn's 10/2 Tencel™ for the 2014 HGA Convergence®
warp:  Federal Sunrise
weft: Rhode Island Red
supplementary: Universal Yarn Charlotte - red ribbon with glitz

 

 Bamboo Shawl

  WV 20191112 20200228

Featured in
From Two to Four
or More
RFTS, SS&D #203, 2020

Swedish Lace
33" x 87", sett at 15
fingering weight yarns
warp: bamboo 4-ply
weft: alpaca wool blend

 

 Advancing Twill

  WV 20150622 20160130

Advancing Twill
40 Shafts

21 x 84", sett at 24

warp: bamboo 2600 yards/lb.
Dachele Enterprises
weft: 12/2 silk

 

California Wine Country

  WV 20111021 20120318 Featured in
Winter 2020:
A Glimmer of Hope
February 2021 Blog

Plain Weave
23" x 84"   sett at 8
silk bouclé
RedFish Dyeworks
2016 Long Beach
Convergence® Colors

 

Reno Sunrise

  WV 20200817 20210303 40 Shaft
Plaited Twill 

22" x 90"   sett at 24
10/2 Tencel™
dyed by Teresa Ruch for Convergence® 2018
warp:  Reno Sunrise
weft: Adobe

 

Broken Trail at High Noon

  WV 20201201 20211118 40 Shaft
Plaited Twill 

27" x 85"   sett at 24
10/2 Tencel™
dyed by Teresa Ruch for Convergence® 2018
warp:  Reno Sunrise
weft: adobe

 

Broken Trail at Sunset

  WV 20201201 20211106 40 Shaft
Plaited Twill 

26" x 85"   sett at 24
10/2 Tencel™
dyed by Teresa Ruch for Convergence® 2018
warp:  Reno Sunrise
weft: eggplant

 

Red in Reno

  WV 20170415 20180326 40 Shaft
Extended Twill 

16" x 90"
sett at 24
warp:  2 ply silk noil
weft: 20/2 silk
RedFish Dyeworks

 

 

Rust Hills

  WV 20180616 20190103 Trio of
12-Shaft Twills 

23" x 92"   sett at 24
Convergence® 2018
colors
warp:  20/2 silk
dyed by RedFish 
weft: 10/2 Tencel™
dyed by Teresa Ruch

 

Seasilk Shawl

  WV 20170124 20170528 40 Shaft
Plaited Twill

20" x 84"
sett at 12
warp: Seasilk sangria
(70% silk, 30% SeaCell®)
weft: 2/5 Gemstone Silk
rose gold

 

Salmon Plaited Twill Silk Shawl

  WV 20131013 20140614 10 Shaft
Plaited Twill

20" x 90"
12/2 silk sett at 18
warp: dark pink, dark salmon, rust
weft: light salmon

 

Angora Shawl

  WV 20170624 20170807 Long Rib Weave
on 4 shafts 

21" x 94"
sett at 24
warp: Jaggerspun Zephyr
ebony
(50:50 wool:silk)
weft: 100% natural angora
Plymouth Yarns

 

 

Onde

  WV 20191113 20190419 40 Shaft
Twill & Satin Hybrid 

11" x 60"   sett at 24
weft: thick-n-thin rayon
warp:  20/2 silk by RedFish Dyeworks

 

Deflected Doubleweave

  WV 20160405 20161010

Deflected Doubleweave 
8 Shafts

11" x 69"

warp & weft the same:
10/2 Tencel™  sett at 16
Just Our Yarn - Great Lakes Sunrise
20/2 silk  sett at 32
RedFish Dyeworks - blues

 

Sherbert

  WV 20141007 20152824_2

Networked twill
on 40 shafts,
treadled return twill 

21" x 82"

warp: 12/2 silk
weft: Vijay Fibers Mulberry Silk - Sherbert
sett at 24

 

Red Ruana

  WV 20140117 20140403

Broken twill
with clasped wefts,
& knitted hood and scarf

30" each side  x 80"
sett at 15
warp: silk noil by
Margaret Pittman
Cranberry Punch
weft: Majestic Mohair by
Joseph Galler
Red & Red Orange

 

Sangria

  WV 20141007 20152824_1

Networked twill
on 40 shafts,
treadled return twill 

21" x 88"

warp: 12/2 silk
weft: Vijay Fibers Mulberry Silk - Sangria
sett at 24