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Thursday, September 26, 2013

A towel a day keeps the..........

I recently bought a hand dyed warp from a fabulous lady I found on Facebook (don't ask me how) and started following her group. Yes, I am aware that I could do it myself, but what fun is that? Not to mention the fact that I love to support the fiber community!
 
The color is bold rainbow
 
 
The warps come in standard sizes, lengths and widths. This one is 8/2 cotton 7.5 yards with 400 threads. I decided to make kitchen towels
 
 
 
The first draft I picked didn't work out so well.  It was Huck Lace diamonds, and to get the diamonds in an even shape, I had to beat VERY lightly. Too lightly for towels I thought. So I cut out almost 15" of weaving and started over. I did not want to have to rethread 400 heddles so I started playing with weaving software. I changed the tie-up to that of draft  in the same book and changed the treadling some.
 
 
 
I will probably change the treadling again for a towel or two, but I love these so far.

1 comment:

  1. So beautiful! Great photos, too. Thank you for sharing a Link to Blazing Shuttles Warp of the Month Club! Can't wait to see more photos as the colors progress!

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