Pattern from Handwoven May / June 2020Tom Knisely Huck Lace Napkins adapted to make towel8/2 cotton warp/weft 578warp ends sett at 24 EPI. 2/ dent in a 12 dent reedHand stitched hems...

RIC RAC STRIPE TOWEL Number of warp ends per colorRoyal – 160 ends (includes a floating selvage thread not shown on draft)Flax – 229 endsBlack – 8 ends MEASUREMENTSWarp in reed = 20”On-loom = 18.5” x 33”Off-loom = 18” x 31.5”Hemmed and washed = 17.25”...

The warp is a randomly arranged assortment of yarns in the brown and tan family with a black weft. Warp measured in groups of 6 and then threaded randomly through the heddles. 504 ends....

There are roughly 18 picks per inch. I chose a slightly warp faced weave in order to show the warp colors a bit more than a balanced weave would. The broken twill ground was threaded on harnesses 1-4, and the point twill stripes were on...

This design is a combination of the well-known tumbling blocks on sixteen shafts and a pattern I designed for the “other” eight shafts since I was working with a 24 shaft point on the loom for several other purposes.And yes, I was pushing the deadline...

The folded portion of the hem was woven as plain weave without the pattern weft to reduce the bulk of the hem section. The tabby pick of the warp yarn between each pattern pick is used to help create stable fabric with longer end floats...

I was intrigued by this pattern and I call it “Bubbles”. It doesn’t look like the pattern pictured in the magazine – probably because I chose to use a ground weft in between each pattern weft. Using a variegated royal blue, gold and aqua for...

188 Warp Ends; remember when following Dixon’s patterns that the draft does show the threading needed to “balance” the stripes....

I made 4 towels, each with a different color weft. The warp was 19″ wide x 160″ long on the loom with 384 ends (4 floating selvedge threads). The finished towels were 16″ x 25″ hemmed. I lost 3″ in width and 6″ in length...

This draft was fun to weave and I love the texture of the finished towel (machine washed and dried). I wove some on this warp with 8/4 cotton as well, the squares were bigger, but they were nice as well....

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I expanded the 8 shaft original draft to 24 shafts to balance my loom better. Results should be identical with the 8 shaft version....

Initial cut at 8-shaft Ms & Os. Enjoyed the color play of the variegated warp against the dark weft. Hand – hemmed, 398 ends....

I always use floating selvedges with kitchen towels for less pull in and maintaining some durability and size consistency on the loom-personal choice is enter over, exit underI’ve enclosed my general instructions as I published in Heddlecraft–one has lots of freedom with block sizes and...

I designed this towel using a the traditional blooming leaf profile draft. I then used (432); (321);(214); and (143) as the blocks 4,3,2,1 respectively to substitute into the profile draft. I used 486 ends plus two floating selvages....

This towel has 408 ends in the warp and was woven to 31 inches long. I began with a 9.5 yard long warp and wove 10 towels. It is my belief that a long warp gives the weaver a large variety of places to play....

Finished towel is 18.5″, (22″ on loom) x 26″. The 2″ plain weave at the start and finish is used for the hem.12 dent reed used, sleighed 2121. Atwater Bronson is heavy on shaft 1 with 198 threads on shaft 1, 74 on shaft 2,...

There are 456 ends in this towel. It measures 19″ wide in the reed.The pattern changes do not line up with the colors. In the draft I used a solid purple to represent the multi-colored areas. 72 green24 cream 72 ends in a variety of...

This is the fourth project I have done with this draft. I have enjoyed the interplay between the colors. The weave is designated to be ten pattern repeats – I have done eight at a time, except in the persimmon weft – then I did...

Adding a quarter inch of plain weave at each selvage makes weaving this a lot easier. you don’t have to worry about floating selvages and oddness at the edge because of floats. Same goes for the plain weave at the ends. It’s much easier to...

I began with a traditional 4 shaft rosepath threading and then added some basic twill threadings for different stripes in the warp. The final combination is my own design. In total, 461 ends were threaded so it is important to count heddles before starting to...

I used the draw down from Handweaving.net number 61229. I used a 15 dent reed sett 20 epi. Warped 444 threads 442 for the pattern and 2 for floating selvedge. In the loom they were 22 inches wide and 30 inches long. After wash and...

This is an adaptation of an antique towel in my collection, from Germany and dating between 1890 and 1918. It has purple and yellow stripes that are evenly spaced, but out of sync with the twill pattern. I reverse engineered the pattern and adjusted it...

This towel is based on Erica de Ruiter’s Shadow Towels. I have added 12 warps ends on each side to improve the selvedges. Veronique Perrot and Lisa Hill have also been valuable for information for this project. This can be woven on a 2 shaft...

This towel was adapted from a Colour-and-Weave Baby Blanket that I designed for a study group project.It is log cabin colour-and-weave overlaid on broken twill blocks – with the colour order of the blocks being LDLD DLDL. I wove three towels – one tromp-as-writ; one...