Linen warp bobbins had to be very wet to prevent loops in the selvedge. Tension was a problem throughout and I helped that by spraying the threads. The yarn seems too coarse to make a really nice towel.
Purpose: Towels
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I wove this at 25 epi so it would fit on my workshop loom. If width had not been an issue, I would have woven it at 24 epi.
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The hand-painted stripes were dyed using Procion MX Fiber Reactive dyes.
I used a different color weft for each towel.
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We are big tea lovers in the family – so this towel in Handwoven S/O 2003 caught my eye. I have used this draft numerous times over the years – in various colours and weights of fibre – for towels and as material for tray mats, tea cozies, market bags, etc.
For this set of towels, I returned to colours similar to those in the original article:
warp – brun moyen, rouille & orange brule
weft – magenta, brun moyen (pattern), orange brule (tabby)
Warped at 18 epi, wove at 36 ppi.
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I like to choose a threading that can provide several patterns. Then I play…use one for the hem, another for the body, intersperse plain weave.
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The yarn was predominantly unmercerized cotton. The goal was to use yarns from dark to light so that the light warps would stand out. The colors were chosen as I wound the warp. Occasionally perle cotton was used if the color sequence required it and I ran out of other options.
