Playing with patterns: Log Cabin

The thing with a small loom like the Cricket is that you're kind of limited in what you can weave -- but then again, you're only limited by your imagination in what you can do with the narrow strips that come off of the loom. A thousand scarves? Stitch the strips together to make an afghan? Heck, weave them together, maybe? There's a carry bag for the Cricket that I've seen that's made with long strips cleverly arranged and sewn together that I hope to make when I can find suitable yarn at a decent price. I'd like to use linen for durability, but may settle for bright cotton.

In the meantime, I'm playing with patterns from The Weaver's Idea Book by Jane Patrick. It has dozens of patterns for rigid heddle looms, and I plan on playing with lots of them.

I warped the loom for a log cabin design, which was pretty simple, but took careful attention to the order of the colors as I wove, as well as twining the two colors together at the edges:

But the final scarf was worth the extra attention, I think:

The warp is:
1 dark
1 light
1 dark
1 light
1 dark
1 light
1 light
1 dark
1 light
1 dark
1 light
1 dark
repeated across. The order of colors when weaving is the same.

This scarf is another that's destined for the Pine Ridge Reservation. They often need things for men, and that looks pretty manly to me.