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...

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

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....

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...

452 ends I put on a long warp and regretted it later; with the color changes it was slow weaving. I was unable to find an attractive way to carry the colors along a selvage. I liked the use of two shafts to create a...

455 ends – 1 end 6/2 and 2 ends 20/2 per dent in 8 dent reed. Warp: white thick, white thin Weft: blue thick, white thin Used Bluegrass Mills 6/2 cotton from Woolery for thick warp and weft and UKI 20/2 for thin warp and...

I like towels as usable samples of structures that are new to me because even a failure will probably still dry dishes. Diversified Plain Weave (using Madelyn Van der Hoogt’s “new DPW threading and treadling” see Weaver’s Summer 1997) is a really fun structure I...

I did notice that my warp drew in more for the point twill than the plain weave. Next time I will use a temple for that part. Warp color is white. Weft colors- -plain weave is pale yellow, point twill chevron is orange and point...