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February – A Month of Love
Ah, sweet February, a short month that brings us days that grow increasingly longer. As winter slowly releases its grip, and with Valentine’s Day smack in the middle, I found time to reflect on the loves in my life. These … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, hand weaving, handwoven, love, Summer and Winter weave, tea towels, towel of the month, turned Summer and Winter, Valentine's Day, Warp, Weaving, Weft, yarn
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Swedish Lace Towels Draft and Instructions
For those of you who asked, I am including here the full draft and instructions for weaving the Swedish Lace Towels. I wanted to use traditional Swedish Lace to the fullest on four shafts, so I worked out a profile … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Loom, Swedish Lace Weaving, tea towels, towel of the month
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January – A Time for Swedish Lace
Yes, I know it’s late, but here we go anyway. For January, I decided to make some towels in Swedish Lace. I worked up a simple two block profile draft and then used traditional Swedish Lace threading to make the … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Loom, Summer and Winter weave, Swedish Lace Weaving, tea towels, towel of the month
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September Towels At Last
The September towels are such a great representation of Autumn. Easy weaving, in Turned Monk’s Belt, since all the work is in the warping. Once on the loom they wove up quickly and it was an easy pattern to … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, colour, Craft, hand weaving, handwoven, Roving, Spinning, tea towels, towel of the month, Turned Monk's Belt, Warp, woven, yarn
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September Towel – Turned Monk’s Belt
With Turned Monk’s Belt both the background and the pattern threads are contained in the warp and this weave thus requires only one shuttle to weave the weft. The pattern will appear as vertical stripes in the finished towels. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Loom, Monk's Belt, tea towels, towel of the month, Turned Monk's Belt
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August Towels Completed at Last
August was a month of travelling as well as hot, hot, dry days with severe watering restrictions that destroyed my lawn and garden. Then the last three days brought in a strong and windy storm that knocked over trees with … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, huck lace, huck weave, Loom, tea towels, towel of the month, Warp, Weaving, Weft, woven
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August Towels
The towels for August are based on Huck Lace. Using a design layout similar to the towels for June, this gives me a great opportunity to investigate the differences between Atwater Bronson Lace and Huck Lace. And I will also … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, Handweaving, huck lace, huck weave, tea towels, towel of the month, Warp, Weaving, Weft
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July Towels Finished
Despite being away from home on an awesome camping trip down the Oregon coast, then on to California and Arizona, I managed to finish the July towels. Three distinct towels on the same 4 yard warp. Following Jane Stafford’s rule … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Weaving
Tagged cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Nehalem Bay, Oregon coast, Textile, towel of the month, twill, Weaving
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June Towels – Washed, Pressed, Hemmed
The June towels are hot off the loom, and washed, pressed and hemmed. I really like the elegance of the little lace squares, the ladder hemstitching and the naturally coloured cotton. I wish you could touch them. They have … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Atwater-Bronson Lace, camping, cotton, Cultus Lake, hand weaving, handwoven, mini-vacation, tea towels, towel of the month, Warp, Weaving, woven
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June Towels Underway
The June towels are on the loom and underway. I have a shorter warp this month, 4 yards, which should allow me to make three towels. I have about six inches of the first towel woven so far, and it … Continue reading
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Tagged Atwater-Bronson Lace, colour, cotton, hand weaving, handwoven, Loom, Repp Weave, tea towels, towel of the month, Warp
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