Striped Spring Towels Weaving Pattern

Striped Spring Towels

by Robyn Spady

4-Shaft Project

"When I first looked at Pantone’s Spring 2011 color collection “An Exotic Journey,” I was intrigued by the joy of the colors, especially appealing during a dark and dreary Northwest winter. Dish towels, always a favorite project of mine, seemed like just the right canvas for this palette! I planned ten twill stripes and eleven basketweave stripes across the width of a 22" towel. The relationship between the twill and basketweave stripe widths is determined by the Golden Ratio (twill stripe width is .618 times the basketweave stripe width; see Resources). The point-twill direction in alternate stripes is reversed, creating a subtle difference between them." -Robyn Spady

STRUCTURE 2/2 twill and basketweave

FINISHED DIMENSIONS Three hemmed towels, 21" × 32" each

YARNS Warp: 10/2 pearl cotton at 4,200 yd/lb, UKI), 1,592 yd Deep Lavender #93, 320 yd Gold #10, 120 yd each of Bermuda Blue #109, Light Orange #67, Periwinkle #146, Dark Fuchsia #56, and Scarab #53. Weft: 10/2 pearl cotton, 2,087 yd Deep Lavender #93

NOTIONS 4-shaft loom, 23" weaving width; 12-dent reed; 1 shuttle

WARP ENDS 628

WARP LENGTH 108" (36" per towel), measured under tension on the loom

SETTS EPI: 28 PPI: 28

WIDTH IN THE REED 221⁄2"

TAKE-UP & SHRINKAGE 7% in width and length

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