I realized that it has been quite a while since I posted on this blog. I have been weaving, but since what I'm weaving is similar, I haven't thought there was much to say. But I am still weaving towels. A friend ask me if I wasn't tired of towels yet, and I guess I'm not.
Since the last published towels, I have woven several sets of towels, still exploring color as I go along. I took a short break from color to weave some 4-shaft twill towels using 12/2 unmercerized cotton in a natural color. The pattern is a fancy twill and the resulting towels are soft and subtle. I also wove a few of these with 10/2 cotton.
All of the other towels have been various combinations of colors. They are all woven using 10/2 mercerized cotton in warp and weft, sett at 30 epi. They are threaded to a variety of 8-shaft point twills and the tie-up is a 2-2-1-1-1-1 twill.
It is fun to combine different colors for these towels. I typically use a picture as inspiration, but not always.
The next set of towels on the loom are in shades of blue.
Since the last published towels, I have woven several sets of towels, still exploring color as I go along. I took a short break from color to weave some 4-shaft twill towels using 12/2 unmercerized cotton in a natural color. The pattern is a fancy twill and the resulting towels are soft and subtle. I also wove a few of these with 10/2 cotton.
All of the other towels have been various combinations of colors. They are all woven using 10/2 mercerized cotton in warp and weft, sett at 30 epi. They are threaded to a variety of 8-shaft point twills and the tie-up is a 2-2-1-1-1-1 twill.
It is fun to combine different colors for these towels. I typically use a picture as inspiration, but not always.
The next set of towels on the loom are in shades of blue.
