Broken Twill

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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 using natural weft; and one using rose weft. Each of the single weft colour towels was woven with a straight twill treadling.
I chose the tromp-as-writ towel for the exchange.

Towel uses two colours – one dark and one light – for this towel I chose rose and natural.
408 ends plus 1 floating selvedge each side = 410 ends total
Finished size: 17″x26″

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Delightful Weave. Fantastic fabric. Total number of ends: 498. Increased EPI at selvedges. Serged and Hemmed.

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Scottish Meadow Towels
I created this pattern while watching the series Outlander. It’s a very easy draft to weave and goes very quickly.
Warp Threads: 282 (7 pattern repeats + 2 selvedge threads))
Warp End Color Sequence: Maysville Navy Blue 20 ends + 1 floating end
Maurice Brassard Mauve 40 ends
Maurice Brassard Olive Fonce 40 ends
Maysville Spanish Blue 80 ends
Maurice Brassard Olive Fonce 40 ends
Maurice Brassard Mauve 40 Ends
Maysville Navy Blue 20 ends + 1 floating end
Pattern Weft Picks: 360 (9 pattern repeats)
Weft Pick Color Sequence: Maysville Colonial Blue 20 picks
Maurice Brassard Lilac 40 picks
Maysville Colonial Green 40 picks
Maysville Chalk160 picks
Maysville Colonial Green 40 picks
Maurice Brassard Lilac 40 picks
Maysville Colonial Blue 20 picks
Notes:
Hems: 1-1/2 inch plain weave in Colonial Blue before and after the 9 pattern repeats
Loom Width: 23″ (allowing for 20% shrinkage)
Loom Length: 34″ (allowing for 20% shrinkage and hem)
Finishing: Washed with laundry detergent, dried in dryer, pressed then machine hemmed.
Finished Width: 19″
Finished Length: 27″

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I made a few small changes to the draft (especially the tie-up, so I could walk the treadling) but none of my changes alter the result in any significant way and credit for this design belongs fully with Ms. Hall.

This towel used 368 ends and was woven on a Glimåkra Standard. It was 143 grammes after hemming but before wet finishing. I wove with the weft threads wetted.

In the reed it was 15 .25″.
Off the loom it was 15″ and trimmed to 33″ in length. After hemming it was 15″ x 31.5″
After wet finishing it is 14.5″ x 30.75″