- Pattern is weaver’s choice. Choose any pattern/structure that you would like to study.
- Colors and fibers are also weaver’s choice
- You are encouraged to do something different with each towel. Try experimenting with tie-ups and treadlings.
- Finished size should be approximately 18″ x 30″ after hemming – give or take as needed to work with your chosen draft
- We will exchange 4 towels
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Janice
My draft was #246 from the Strickler book, “A Weaver’s Book of 8-Shaft Patterns”. I used 3 different yarns for my warp. I used an 8/2 Ringspun cotton warp dyed by Kathrin Weber (192 ends), some 8/2 cotton, tan (192 ends) and 6/2 cotton in Red/Violet (102 ends). My weft yarns were various colors of 8/2 cotton. |
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The pattern for these towels was the Lightweight Cotton Towel pattern from Yarn Barn’s 2021 Catalog (p 28). I loved the photo and was enamored with 16/2 unmercerized cotton, so I gave it a try and ordered the kit with natural and beige to start. The warp was sett at 30 epi and the treadling was woven with a tabby. The result was so pretty I made another set of 4 with a very light pink background and lilac pattern. |
Fiber: Lunatic Fringe’s Hemp, Lyte Hemp (2-ply) Fine, “Earthtone” and “Bright” collections. 1.5oz mini cones.
4 shaft, 4 treadles/12 dent reed
Warp 24 epi & Weft 24 ppi
The fun part of creating these towels was the weaving, I was able to play with the color as I wove, keeping notes to figure out where I wanted to repeat a color and how large.
It was a lot of fun watching the colors play with the structure and then introducing different colors in the horizontal bands when I ran out of a particular color.
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At Convergence 2 years ago, I dyed two 8/2 cotton warps under the supervision of Kathrin Weber. I used those 400 ends and 2 stripes of solid color to make a 500-end warp for these towels. The draft is a 4-block 16-harness turned twill. The warp was sett at 24 epi and measured 20.8” in the reed. For weft I used a variety of colors of 8/2 cotton, including golds, soft blue, and soft greens. The towels were woven at 18-19 ppi with 2 different treadlings – one creating boxes, the other more of a traditional turned twill.
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Jane
After taking Kelly Walsh’s class, Overshot as Inlay, last August at TFAC, I wanted to use the techniques I learned for the towels we were exchanging in our study group. The draft I chose was the Trellis pattern from Weaving Designs by Bertha Gray Hayes, Miniature Overshot Patterns, pg. 150. Inlay is a fun technique with endless possibilities and I find it to be easier to use than pick-up. |
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Sharon
I used 8/2 cottolin, changing yarn colors. The directions give 3 different treadlings. I had about 7% shrinkage. II used a pattern called “Moscow Nights Tea Towels” from Handwoven (March/April 2015). It is a snowflake twill with point twill treadlings. I used 8/2 cottolin sett at 24 epi. I used several different weft colors and each of the three treadlings I had about 7% shrinkage. |
Traditional Monk’s Belt Kitchen Towels, inspired by an article by Deedee Woodbury, Handwoven Magazine, Design Collection 18.
I used 10/2 cotton, natural for warp and plain weave and 8/2 cotton, in various colors for pattern. Sett 24 in a 12-dent reed, ~22” weaving width
