How to Weave Triangle Shawls
Shawls are versatile garments. They add elegance and style to any outfit, yet are warm and cozy wraps for adults and babies alike. Shawls can also serve as decoration.
Triangular shawls are woven on a triloom. This is a frame in the shape of a right-angled isosceles triangle with pegs spaced evenly all around it.
Instructions
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Weaving a Shawl
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Position the triloom with the right-angled point facing toward you. Tie one end of your yarn to the uppermost peg on the left-hand side.
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Run your yarn over to the uppermost peg on the right-hand side, around the peg and back around the second peg on the left-hand side.
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Use the crochet hook or afghan hook to pass a loop of yarn vertically over the horizontal threads and around the leftmost empty peg on the top of the loom.
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Run the yarn across to the next free peg on the right-hand side of the loom. Use the crochet hook to bring a loop of yarn up to the rightmost empty peg on the top.
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The work will consist of double strands of in-and-out weaving. Continue running the yarn from one side of the loom to the other, weaving a loop upward each time you get to the side.
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Finish the shawl by crocheting a chain all around it, catching in the loops from around the pegs. Darn in the ends.
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Tips & Warnings
To make a plaid shawl, change colors any time you are at the left-hand side of the weaving. Just break your yarn and tie on a new piece. Darn in the loose ends when you finish the work.
You can sew two triangles together to make a square or a larger triangle.
As you get more yarn on the triloom, the work will tighten up by itself.
If you find a mistake in your weaving, you can usually unpick just the row where the mistake is and reweave it instead of redoing the whole thing.
Wind the yarn carefully or it will slip off the pegs.
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