Spectrum Towels

Posted on | September 10, 2009 |

The newest towels are off the loom and finished. These will be a Christmas gift for my DIL (who does not read blogs!). The yarn came in a kit from Halcyon Yarns, a 4 harness waffle weave in the Spectrum colorway. I really love the bright colors. It was interesting comparing the 4 harness waffle weave to the 7 harness draft. They are both nice, the 7 harness towels are thicker feeling and have deeper squares. I think they are my favorite.

Particulars:
8/2 unmercerized cotton, 20 EPI, 402 ends with 2 FS
three towels on the warp, warp color was red
weft color different for each one - orange, blue, yellow

On Loom: 33 x 18.25
Off Loom, hemmed: 30.5 x 18
Off Loom, hemmed, washed & dried: 25.5 x 14.5
Shrinkage: 23% length, 21% width

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Comments

2 Responses to “Spectrum Towels”

Cindy in FL
September 11th, 2009 @ 5:56 am

They look so orange/blue on my monitor–makes me want to yell, “Go ‘Gators!” Love them! (the towels)
Life Looms Large
September 11th, 2009 @ 12:46 pm

They’re beautiful!!! Interesting that you could really tell the difference between the 4 shaft and 8 shaft versions!

Sue