Our team did this in the Eastern States Expo. Th title of the artivle
was something like "## seconds to spare." And it truly was!
It requires 50 - 75% more warp.
Weave one arm of the shawl. Place a lease stick after the last weft shot
to preserve the warp order. Pull the warp forward enough for weaving
the intersection area and the fringe. CUT the WARP in front of the
beater. Tie back on to the front apron.
At this point we chose to weave the intersection area using the long
strings, tieing a loose knot in the side fringe every 8 shots. then fold
the already woven arm behind the intersected area. Then weave the rest
of the arm.
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intersection area
Tie off the fringe ends and you have a finished shawl.
The judges measured the insides of the arms, not the outside edge! So
the intersected area that we spent precious time on, didn't even count
for length.
In a contest, you need a very fast weaver for this. And to help with the
intersection one person had to separate out the next warp thread and
hand it to the weaver. So that took 2 teams members away from spinning
during that time.
What made the shawl great was the interesting plaid pattern of
intersecting warp threads in a striped warp. In a following year we
tried a twill block pattern in the same style, (even more nuts to do in
a contest but we did.)
Barbara C - eastern Mass.
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