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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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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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May Towels Completed
After the warp was finally on the loom correctly the weaving itself was fairly quick and easy. For the first towel, the decorative threads were 2/8 cotton in dark green. The design showed up as lengthwise lace threads in the … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, cotton, DMC floss, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Loom, tea towels, Textile, towel of the month, Warp, Weaving
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May Towel Finally on the Loom
I finally have the “May Towel of the Month on the loom after a couple of false starts. I made the choice to use 2/8 cotton in natural colour for the body of the towel, and a very pretty cable … Continue reading
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Tagged Atwater-Bronson Lace, cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Loom, towel of the month, Warp, Weaving, woven
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