This intriguing moody weaving of Donegal Tweed has been on the loom for only a few days, made entirely from yarn I had in my drawers . . . in blues, greys, and brown. Oh, but I seriously LOVE the rectangle check! I warped it on Saturday, considering it might be a nice wide scarf for a possible gift, but now pulled off the two-plus yards, and it is a bit stiff from the loom tension I suppose, thus inevitably not perfect for neckwear, possibly not soft enough. Deja vu ! Honestly, it is the same sett and same brand wool as the previous Isager Donegal Tweed piece I finished a few weeks ago, and softened up wonderfully. I bought and used a temple on this one, striving for even width with no draw-in. With this one I was a little more intentional, calculating some finished lengths, yardage, but left a lot up to guessing and assuming as the other one ended up “soft” and lovely, that this one would be too, as it is made out of the same yarn. Yet it feels like the weave is just too tight, however, I realize too that this is still stiff off the loom and has not relaxed yet, I suppose I ought to just stop worrying about it. The photo shows all the ends of the yarn wefts, which I really should learn to lay in before weaving, but I’ll weave them in with a needle soon and post again all nicely finished ~~ watch this space.
JjD 
Gorgeous!! I love the color scheme. How fun…..looking forward to the next chapter!
Thank you for your encouragement always! xx
I really love the narrow long check pattern, wondering if I can even get away with calling it such a thing as ‘rectangle check’… what do you think?
Ditto what Sorcha said. Gorgeous!!! The colors are yummy!
Virginia, I am so happy you think so! I am making plans on weaving from handspun one of these days, wanting to go old-school with the textiles. xx
… that is, I’ll start weaving with handspun after I weave up all the knitting yarns taking up room in my stash! Weaving is a GREAT way to use up un-purposed and forgotten yarn.
Wow those colours are gorgeous! I find most of my weaving is stiff straight off the loom, but becomes more drapey after a good wash (I tend to be quite hands on washing my handwoven, moving it around a lot and scrunching the fabric so the fibres ‘full’ and loosen up).
Thank you for your advice, and I will wash it, and see how it transforms!