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TOWEL & WASHCLOTH -- WOVEN xx TOWEL & WASHCLOTH xx WEAVING An assortment of fine hand towels to weave in cotton with six different borders in overshot. Striped cotton and linen aprons for mother and daughter, plus a matching tea towel, are woven in plain weave. Requires a 24" wide 2 harness loom. An old fashioned roller towel woven in cotton huckweave. Requires 4 harness loom with minimum width of 16". Pure linen overshot towels to weave. Requires 4 harness loom of 20" width. "Five Kisses" silk towel woven on a 4-harness loom of 21" width. Chenille bath towel is woven on a 26" wide 2-harness loom. French knots are added for accent. Linen fingertip towels with borders are woven in three overshot patterns (star, poinsettia, summer & winter). A sauna towel is woven in linen using a honeycomb weave. Choosing end finishes for woven towels and table linens. Absorbant cotton weaves for the bath. (1) Japanese hippari bathrobe. (2) Linen back scrubber. (3) Bath mitt. (4) Deep cotton pile rug. (5) Cotton twill bath towel. Drafts for eight cotton dish towels to weave. Five linen Shaker face towels to weave. How to weave Swedish cottolin hand towels which feature a herringbone twill pattern. White bath towel woven from unmercerized cotton and lightweight cotton crepe. Country towel. Stripped towel woven with cotton warp and linen weft. Fingertip towel in plain weave linen with a pink lattice design in one corner and bullion knot rosebuds. End is finished with hemstitching and drawnwork. Weave a set of cotton fingertip towels in plain weave with honeycomb variation and Hoosier lace style borders on a four shaft loom. Weave linen towels in plain weave with waffle variations on a four shaft loom. Weave a soft and absorbent towel in a huck variation on a four shaft loom. Weave soft guest towels in a rosepath overshot border on a four shaft loom. Dukagang, a Swedish weft inlay pictoral technique. Includes instructions for a guest towel. Project is woven on four harnesses. Weaving projects for the kitchen. (1) Summer-and-winter kitchen towels. (2) Plaid napkins in plain weave. (3) Linen placemats in a four-harness plain weave and warp-float blocks with weft loops at the selvages There is a row of Spanish lace between the plain weave borders and the pattern weave. A hemstitched towel for the laundry room. Towel is woven in three-thread herringbone. Each end is finished with rows of hemstitching that set off a band of weft floats in a contrasting color. Finishing touches for handwoven household linens. "Display" towel reproduces the old-time Swedish custom of hanging a fine handwoven towel from a rod as a decorative element, rather than for use. Towel is woven in Upphamta. Instructions are given for weaving it on either a ten-shaft drawloom or on a four-shaft regular loom and using a weaving sword to pick up the pattern. Lessons in profile drafting. Includes instructions for tea towels in three weaves: Summer & Winter, block twill and Bronson lace. Towels woven on four shafts feature tiny pattern blocks that provide a subtle, all-over texture that is accentuated by a slight variation in warp and weft color and checks created by colorful warp and weft stripes. Eight-shaft summer-and-winter weave towels. Border patterns for flowers, hearts, a sailboat and berries (or cherries) are included. Simple country towels, 14"x25". Instructions for a set of eight dish towels in plain weave. Two linen hand towels. Both towels are woven in huck weave with plain-weave borders that are hemstitched. One version is monogrammed. Two sauna towels in linen are woven on the same warp, threaded to a herringbone twill and woven with a straight twill treadling. Two Shaker reproduction dish towels based on originals found at the Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts. (1) Shaker towel woven in M's and O's. (2) Huck towel with a cross-stitched monogram. Striped hand towels in plain weave. Striped hand and bath towel set in waffle weave. How to weave alphabet letters, numbers and small designs in Bronson Lace. Includes instructions for linen dish towel and an alphabet sampler strip. Whimsical "sheep" hand towels are woven in plain weave. An inlay on summer and winter threading is used to create the sheep motifs. "Quilt Block" dish towels (18"x27") and matching curtains in plain weave and summer & winter are an adaptation of an Atwater pattern. Two styles of towels are woven, one with an all-over pattern and the other in plain weave with just a border of pattern weave. Curtains are woven twice the width of the window with a pattern border across the bottom. Flax spinning for weaving, a first-time experience. Advice on fiber selection, spinning preparations, spinning, finishing the yarn and weaving. Includes instructions for weaving an eight-shaft dish towel. Cottolin twill towels (13"x24") are woven on eight shafts in three twill variations. Towels on a striped warp. Four-shaft Rose Valley overshot threading which produces five different towels (21"x30") by varying the weft and treadling. (1) Plaid. (2) Plain weave with plaid border. (3) Plain weave with overshot border. (4) Repeated bands of overshot and plain weave. (5) Overshot. Christmas Rosepath bands of evergreens and santas accent plain-weave towels and serve as Christmas card inserts. They are woven in eight-shaft overshot. Calendar towel, with the colors of its stripes inspired by a print in an art and engagement book, is woven in 3/1 twill on four shafts. Colorful striped towels (21"x31")are handwoven in 2/2 twill with basket-weave accents. Includes advice on planning color stripe sequences. Towels, a rigid heddle weaving project. Includes instructions on using two rigid heddles to double a sett. Instructions for two towels, a plaid towel in plain weave and a checked towel that alternates blocks of plain weave and Atwater-Bronson lace. Plaid dish towel is woven in a four-shaft diamond rosepath. Barleycorn towels (17"x25") are woven in a barleycorn four-shaft pattern. Holiday tea towels, woven in four-shaft plain weave, have a twill inlay tree motif. Three varieties of handwoven towels. (1) Three-end twill block woven on four shafts. (2) Four-shaft crackle-weave set with colors, blocks and treadling sequences varied. (3) Twill color-and-weave-effect border design edging a windowpane background. "White Rabbit" tea towels are woven in four-shaft mock satin damask. Rabbit and heart motifs are woven using pick-up technique. Christmas holly towels are woven on six shafts. The main body of the red and green hand towels are woven in broken twill with a plain weave border. Towels for entertaining. Striped and plaid towels, in four-shaft twill, are woven on the same warp. Monk's belt bath set. Cotton bath towel and rug are both woven on four shafts in the same monk's belt threading. Summer & Winter dish towels (17"x 25") are woven in four-shaft summer & winter weave with plain-weave hems on each end. Nel Smulder's tea towels draft and brief instructions for weaving the towels in an eight-shaft false damask block weave. (Photo of towels appeared in Jan/Feb 1996 issue, p. 9) Tartan towel exchange. Color order and weaving guidelines for 11 tartans (Ancient Stewart, Anderson, Borthwick, Fraser of Lovat, Kennedy, Lindsay, MacBeth, MacCallum, MacGregor, MacKay, MacKenzie, MacLaren, MacLean, Napier and Stewart Dress [Victoria]). A series of fingertip towels woven in linen. (1) Plain weave towels (13"x18") are woven in 8-shaft point-twill floral motifs woven in overshot to create rows of pastel flowers that embellish the border. (2) Lace Bronson towels {14"x20"). (3) Plaited twill towels (15"x20") have alternating warp- and weft-faced diamond. Each end is finished with a plain-weave hem. Handwoven washcloths and bath mitts in a four-shaft overshot pattern with crocheted edging. Kitchen roller towel (endless towel) with warp stripes is woven on four-shaft twill. Cottonwood Leaf towels (16"x25") in an eight-shaft undulating twill with straight twill borders. Striped dish towels (21"x26") and plaid napkins (20" square) are woven in two- or four-shaft plain weave. Blue, white and gold napkins (19" square) are woven in two- or four-shaft plain weave. Dish towels could be woven by extending the central white-and-blue checked area. Chenille hand towels (15"x30") are woven in four-shaft plain weave with basket-weave stripes. Thousand Flowers hand towels (14"x16") are woven on four shafts in plain weave. Bands woven in overshot resemble rows of tiny flowers. Striped guest towels (19"x24") woven in two-shaft plain weave, have an absorbent cotton chenille warp and sewing-thread weft. Rib block weave. Four blocks and more are woven on four shafts. Includes instructions for towels in three variations, woven in the 3/1 rib block weave. Red Snowflakes motif for a Christmas card insert and a hand towel (19"x21") are woven on eight shafts in plain weave with supplementary weft border woven in rosepath. Twill and crepe towels. A study of eight-shaft twill treadlings results in a series of eight coordinated towels (Shaded Cord, Reflections, Four-Fold Twill, Irish Poplin, Ogee Curves, Basketry, Zigzag and Furrows). Diamonds in diamonds hand towel to weave in 16-shaft twill. Plain weave hand towel with intersecting zigzag border woven in summer and winter weave on eight shafts. Hand towel woven in 5-thread huck lace on four shafts. Plain weave hand towel with overshot border is woven on four shafts. Refined twill hand towel woven on four shafts. Seaside guest towels are woven on eight shafts in networked twill with advanced twill treadling. Kitchen towel and placemat set in plain weave is a project for beginning weavers. A novelty yarn with slubs is used for the weft. Lace Bronson tea towels woven on four shafts. Girl's jumper is sewn from handwoven summer and winter fabric. Hem and pocket are embellished with rows of frogs and turtles. Jumper is sewn from a commercial pattern. An alternative project is dish towels with the turtle motifs woven on the end. Chair seat fabric and handtowels are woven in unbalanced broken twill (Swedish "cross") using three different stripe sequences. Wild strawberries and bilberries hand towel is woven on four shafts in "Halvdrall" weave. Features striped bands of color across each end and four narrow bands dividing the white center of the towel into fifths. Handtowel and tablecloth are woven in the "Halvdrall" technique using four shafts. There are two pattern blocks that create a pattern of stripes within larger checks. Simple basket-liner/towel is woven in tabby in a large plaid and has fringed edges. Pine tree Christmas towels. Shaker textiles at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes draft and instructions for a blanket and checked linen hand towel. Weaving for a picnic. Instructions for weaving a plaid picnic basket liner, blanket, towels, napkins and inkle bands to act as cover hinges. Handspun linen towels. Includes instructions for sizing the yarn before weaving and "beetling" the cloth to soften it. Colorful striped linen towels to weave. How to weave plaited twills. Includes suggestions for upholstery fabric and linen towels. A look at Shaker weaving. Instructions for replicating a linen towel woven in an M's and O's design, and then modifying the pattern to weave the fabric for a lampshade. Weaving towels as a means of learning the basic four-shaft weaves: bronson, summer and winter, overshot, rosepath, lace blocks, huck, monk's belt, M's and O's and crackle. Six Shaker towel replicas. (1) Blue-and-white check plain weave. (2) Six-harness dimity. (3) Four-harness Bronson. (4) Four-harness huck. (5) Ms & Os. (6) Five-harness Bronson. Sauna towels, woven in soft, absorbent tow linen in a 2/2 twill weave. Twilled cottolin towels. Two blocks, broken and straight twill, and a striped warp provide a variety of weave options. Project is designed to be completed in a weekend. | |||||||||
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