shawl update and knitting machine projects

Making progress on my granddaughter's shawl. Its Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball in Pastel Pixie.  It took almost a whole ball,and there is one ball left,will probably make a scarf out of it.

 Hemstitching,then twisting the fringes. The yarn frays easily so that will protect the fringes.

You can see its smaller than the first 2. Didnt take measurements,and it's on it's way to Texas.

Back view. Just love working with this yarn,all the colors!

This is a baby afghan  started on the midgauge knitting machine. Yarn is Lion Brand Ice Cream in Strawberry.  A soft sport weight yarn. It's made up of 3 panels that are joined together with an edging that looks like a string of hearts. The edging will be in a paler pink.

Here is a pattern for the standard gauge machine. Have done the practice swatch and the gauge is right with Bernat baby sport in lavender.

Another finished shawl, weaving thoughts and loom history

Twisting the fringe.

Finished shawl in Lotus Flower. 

Close up of the front.

Back view

Here is the yarn for my granddaughters shawl,will post a photo when its finished. Got the loom warped and around 25% woven. Going to be pretty. A scarf would be nice in those colors,also.  Warped my larger loom for the shawl that was ordered from my Facebook post,have both of them set up in the sunporch. That was my superbowl party,warping the two looms.

Weaving in progress.  Our granddaughter  is 42 inches tall, and the measurements for a shawl are typically height, or wingspan (from fingertip to finger tip) which is sometimes the same measurements.  Had to figure out how much the piece would shrink when taken off the loom, called takeup.  Multiplied the length by 10 percent so the total length should be 46 inches, plus fringe.

This is a side view of the 29 inch loom. After asking on the rigid heddle Facebook group,found out it's a Sears Hearthside loom,made in the 40's.  All the parts are original except the heddle,which was missing.  The original heddle was metal,and had the slots and holes much closer together to use  finer yarn with it. One article I read talked about the loom was marketed as a rug loom for smaller spaces. The stand came with it,and makes it so much easier to weave on it.

The other side view,you.can see where the decal wore off and the wooden knobs to turn the beams.

Wooden pawl,it works pretty well until the weaving progresses then it gets a little harder to keep the same tension,but am able to use the top one to tighten also.

This was my view from the drive into work.  It was nice to see the sun,it was partially hidden by lake effect snow.