Category: absorbency
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Decisions, Decisions
Playing around with more options for the upcoming warps, I think I will be going with this one. The warp will be 2/16 unmercerized cotton, the weft 2/20 mercerized cotton. The play between the shiny and mat yarns should make this an interesting textile. These will be ‘proper’ tea towels. The yarns are light…
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Talkin’ bout Towels
I’m really pleased with how the current warp is weaving up – subtle! Some people wonder why I don’t promote linen more as a towel yarn. Why do I promote cotton? Well, actually, what I promote is a very specific yarn combination, one that includes linen. Why do I call this combination of 2/16 cotton…
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The Perfect Towel
It’s always heartening when I hear of weavers continuing to explore after I’ve taught a workshop: In 2009 the Central Ohio Weavers Guild hosted a workshop with Laura Fry, author of Magic in the Water. Laura presented our guild with what she refers to as the forumula for the Perfect Towel using specific warp, weft,…
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Absorbency
Towel woven of 2/16 cotton for warp and a cotton slub for weft. In August of 2007, I finally did something I’d been wanting to do for a long time – a test of absorbency of different textiles. The following is a report I shared with members of a study group. “I’ve just finished a…