Towel exchange

I joined a Towel Exchange this summer that I found through a weaving group on Facebook.  I joined primarily cause I had such a great expereience with our Weaving Guild's napkin exchange.  This exchange had very few requirements, other than getting the towels completed by the end of August.  We used the three photos above for color inspiration, and each of the participants could pick one of the three as the basis for selecting yarn.

I sent off 4 towels and received these four gorgeous towels back from members of the group, with 4 very different structures" Bumbaret, Ms & Ws, Summer and Winter and Shadow Weave blocks.  I received towels from, British Columbia, Indiana, Florida and Michigan.

I wove towels in Turned Twill, using purple, pink and orange in the warp and weft colors of navy, green or light blue.  I made 6 towels on this warp, so was able to keep 2 towels.

Date Finished August 2015

Loom  Baby Wolf

Weave Structure  Turned Twill

Reed 10, 23 epi

Warp     Fiber cotton

              Count 8/2

              Color purple, pink yellow

              Mfr UKI

              Source  Georgia Cotton

Warp     Width in Reed  20

              Ends  444

              Length  6 yds

Weft      Fiber  cotton

              Count 9/2 and 10/2

              Color navy, green, light blue

              Mfr

              Source

Beat                       50/50                     

Notes

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