All manner of rectangles used to keep oneself warm and fashionable.The grey shawl is just a length of fabric, with the edges finished by some rough stitching in olive yarn. I have gotten an obscene amount of use out of this. There are dozens of ways to wrap and wear them, and I have shown my favorite here. Something else may, or may not, work better for you.
The striped scarf is actually hand woven, by me, on a small sample loom. It is the as large as could be fit on the loom, maybe a little more than would have been wise, in retrospect.