Turned Twill Towels

I recently finished another run of 6 twill towels in a turned twill.  Twill towels seem to be my summer go to project in getting ready for holiday present giving.  However, these have only been off the loom a week and 3 are already gone.  Two for house gifts and one for a birthday present for our niece.  So much for getting Christmas presents done early this year.

I do not have a 12 dent reed in Montana and so used a 10 dent reed -2-2-3, to get close to 24 epi, resulted in a pretty good weight for the towels.   I used both 10/2 mercerized and 8/2 unmercerized in the weft and once I wet finished them, I like the look and feel of the 10/2 better than the 8/2. They still seem to be pretty absorbent due to the 8/2 cotton in the weft.

Date Finished    September 2014

Loom      Baby Wolf

Weave Structure  Turned Twill

Reed   10, 23 epi

Warp     Fiber  cotton

              Count  8/2

              Color  yellow

              Mfr   Valley

              Source    Webs

Warp     Width in Reed  21"

              Ends  484

              Length  6 yds

Weft      Fiber  cotton

              Count  8/2and 10/2

              Color

              Mfr

              Source

Beat                       50/50                     

Size

Notes  I like the 10/2 cotton better

Shadow Weave in Bamboo

Georgia Yarns had a special on bamboo yarns and I couldn't resist.  The yarn is fairly heavy, comparable to a 3/2 or a 5/2.  I had some natural bamboo in my stash so weaving a two color cloth made sense.  The pattern was published in Handwoven March/April 2005 for a scarf and the larger yarn and the looser set meant the structure would work well for a shawl.

Date Finished  May 2014

Loom  Baby Wolf

Weave Structure  Shadow Weave

Reed

Warp     Fiber  Bamboo

              Count  5.2/4

              Color  blue

              Mfr

              Source  Georgia Yarn

Warp     Fiber  Bamboo

              Count  5/2

              Color  white  

              Mfr

              Source  WEBS

Warp     Width in Reed

              Ends  349

              Length  3 yds

Weft     Same as weft

Beat                       50/50                     

Size

Notes