Valley Yarns #298 Spring Rain Towels PDF

Wide stripes of turned twill bordered with thin stripes of broken twill woven in a subtle, subdued palette of greys and purple in Valley Yarns 8/2 Cotton creates a thirsty set of towels for your kitchen or your gift pile. Four different treadlings make each towel distinct, so weave up all four or pick your favorite! 

Weave Structure: Turned twill with broken twill

Equipment: 8-shaft loom with minimum 24” weaving width, 1 shuttle (5 shuttles preferred), 5 bobbins

Warp Yarns: Valley Yarns 8/2 Cotton (100% unmercerized cotton, 3360 yds/lb), #8990 Black 730 yds, #8799 Pearl Grey 480 yds, #8540 Shale 480 yds, #8001 White 480 yds, #6974 Grayed Lavender 480 yds

Weft Yarns: Valley Yarns 8/2 Cotton (100% unmercerized cotton, 3360 yds/lb), #8990 Black 698 yds, #8799 Pearl Grey 150 yds, #8540 Shale 565 yds, #8001 White 150 yds, #6974 Grayed Lavender 150 yds

Warp Length: 5 yds of 530 ends, includes floating selvedges

Sett: 24 epi (2/dent in a 12-dent reed), 18 ppi

Width in reed: 22”

Finished Dimensions: 18” x 29”. Makes 4.