This shawl-as -table runner is more purple than it looks in the photos. i recently moved it -it's now hanging on the wall in the studio.

This is the purple shawl/table runner that i started in the summer, after a couple of individuals said they liked the gold and red weavings i had been working on, but would prefer , for themselves, something in lilac or violet. I decided to pretend that i had a commission, and made this cotton and wool warp. (The white is the cotton.) I was not terribly inspired, but created a striped warp, then wove it in plain weave with the purple (wool) yarn. Yesterday I completed the finishing, fringe and washing and it is now is sitting on a table in the dining room. It's destiny is to be a shawl for my mother in law. I learned that it is more enjoyable to work on a project that comes directly from my interests: colors, size, design. But also that I could probably do commisions if requested.