Specifications
| Brand: | Valley Yarns |
| Craft: | Weaving |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 4 |
| Pages: | 9 |
| Finished Size: | ~25" x 16" |
| Techniques and Construction: | Stripes |
Product Description
This charming set of tea towels is the perfect project to try out some new techniques on your rigid heddle! With one long warp, this pattern introduces you to clasped weft, pick-up lace, Danish medallions, and more intermediate rigid heddle techniques to expand your weaving capabilities. Four towels woven with our absorbent Valley Yarns 8/2 Cotton and Universal Yarns Bamboo Pop will liven up your kitchen in no time!
Equipment: Rigid Heddle loom with a minimum 20” weaving width, 10-dent heddle, 4 shuttles/bobbins, 2 pick-up sticks 22” or longer, coordinating sewing thread, crochet hook
Warp Yarn: 1,782 yards Valley Yarns 8/2 Cotton (100% Unmercerized cotton, 3360 yds/lb, sold on 1 lb cones), shown in #2859 Admiral Blue Note: Warp info is for all 4 towels
Weft Yarn: Valley Yarns 8/2 Cotton (100% Unmercerized cotton, 3360 yds/lb, sold on 1 lb cones), shown in #2859 Admiral Blue, #1089 Alabaster, #5767 Emerald
Universal Yarns Bamboo Pop (50% cotton, 50% Bamboo, 292 yds/ball), shown in #139 Sundae, #106 Turquoise
See individual towel descriptions for weft yarns amounts needed for each towel
Warp Length: 4.5 yards of 198 ends (doubled, 396 ends total)
Note that the warp is doubled, there will be 2 threads in each slot and hole, each of the 2 threads count as 1 end.
Width in reed: 19 8/10”
Sett: 10 epi (with 2 doubled ends per dent in a 10-dent reed), see individual towel descriptions for ppi
Finished Dimensions: Each finished and hemmed towel is ~25” x 16.” Makes four different towels.