Weaving Prayer and Healing Shawls on the Cricket Loom
October 24, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under small loom weaving, weaving and handweaving and looms
Recently, I blogged about test driving the new Cricket Loom from Schacht Looms.
I gave The Cricket Loom a rave review and showed a bit of the healing/prayer shawl that I wove for my sister in law.
She’s been terribly ill and has scared the bejabbers out of us….. She had an abscess in her brain, which was life threatening and harrowing. She’s had surgery and it was successful.
Weaving a healing/prayer shawl for her was very soothing for me.
It allowed me to pour my love for her into every stitch…
I hope that it will bring her comfort. I love to think that she is wrapped in my offering….
She is surrounded by love, and we hope that she will soon recover.
To weave the healing / prayer shawl, I wove it twice as long as I wanted, then folded it in half and stitched a seam up the center.
I wove this one for one of my sister in law’s dearest friends.
I folded the ends into points instead of making fringes.
Remember that weaving on narrow looms doesn’t mean that you’ll just be able to make only narrow things.
Stitch the narrow sections together, and you’ve got something truly wonderful.
Weaving healing and/or prayer shawls is a meditative and contemplative process.
The shawls are healing, both for the weaver and for the person receiving them.
It’s also a lovely way to bless a loom!
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I don’t have the Cricket, but do have an Easy Weaver from Harrisville Designs, and I agree that these small looms are so versatile. I love the shawl, and just wanted to let you know that my eight-year-old daughter and I crocheted a shawl in just the same color design last year for my mother when my father was dying. It really was a lovely process, and I thank you for writing about it from your end. I enjoy your blog so much!
Thank you so much, Sligo!
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Small looms really are wonderful! I really love them.
My condolences on the passing of your father…..
Weaving, crocheting and knitting prayer and healing shawls is a powerful process, isn’t it? Profoundly soothing for the weaver and for the recipient, too, hopefully….