Turquoise Dish Towels

Pattern/Technique: Followed warping instructions from Gist Beginner Cotton Towels by Sara Resnick, then improvised on the weft.

Warp: 8/4 Brassard Cotton; using the number of ends specified in the Beginner Cotton Towels patter, alternated Peacock, Denim, Peacock, Denim, Peacock

Weft: Used combination of peacock, sage, denim in various patterns. Wove each towel to 26” on loom. Wove 2 picks of contrast color between towels.

Materials: Maurice Brassard 8/4 Cotton in Peacock, Sage, Denim

12 dent reed

Stick Shuttle

Lessons/Notes: After weaving to desired length on loom, I zigzag stitched the front and back end of the cloth on a sewing machine, washed the cloth in the washing machine, then zig zag stitched 2x at the split between towels.

I folded each end under 2x and straight stitched to secure the hem.

Care: Machine wash, tumble dry

Weaving Class Sampler 02

I made this sampler while practicing the techniques I learned in an Introduction to Rigid Heddle Weaving class.

Materials:

• Reed size: 10 dent

• Warp: Harrisville Designs Highland in White

• Weft: Harrisville Designs Highland in White, Silver Mist, Charcoal

New skills: Brooks bouquet, spanish lace, clasped weft, danish medallions, soumak, looped pile

Lessons: Selvedges continue to be an area of practice - I’m still working on dialling in my weft angle.

Clasped weft is a really cool technique and I envision using it to encode messages into weaving in the future.

What I'd do differently: Keep practicing!

Care: n/a - hand wash cold, lay flat to dry