I'm still weaving towels, but just not as much recently. I got inspired by this magazine ad in colors that are definitely not my colors. Working with colors that I don't particularly appeal to me is a good challenge.
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| Color Inspiration |
I played around with what colors to use and decided on six. I didn't have just the right orange, so I decided on a red and a couple of olivey greens to go with the navy and melon.
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| Yarn Colors |
This is 10/2 mercerized cotton, sett at 30 epi. These were threaded as an 8-shaft variable point and treadled with a 2-2-1-1-1-1 twill tie-up.
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| Full Drawdown |
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| Drawdown Detail |
I wove ten towels with weft colors that were the same as the warp colors. The treadling was mostly an 8-point twill but I used other variations of point twills.
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| Finished Towels |
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| Details with Yellow Weft |
Because I named these Mother Nature Towels, to match the ad information, I kept hearing the Beatle's song, "Mother Nature's Son" so I'll leave you a link so that you can hear it too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZJMaRMbRro
2 comments:
I'm not the only one of my friends who loves your towels! One of my SJ friends has absolutely worn hers out and needs a new one. Any of these for sale? They're gorgeous--as always!
These are lovely Ingrid - rich colours!
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