Towel Weaving Pattern for 4-shaft Looms // Design by Felicia Lo The Bitmap Towels pattern weaves this beautiful block-weave structure in four full-size kitchen towels. With this summer & winter design, Felicia wanted to experiment with colour mixing and blending with each block while working with a minimalist colour palette. In these towels, we use a complementary colour combination (yellow and purple are complementary colours) with a neutral (white), available at our Bitmap Towels Yarn Set. The weaving drafts explore treadling variations for summer & winter, including singles, paired O's, and dukagång. The pattern is free for School of SweetGeorgia members. Skill Level Intermediate Yarn Warp & Weft: 5 tubes Maurice Brassard 8/2 Unmercerized Cotton (1680 yd / 1530 m per 8 oz / 227 g tube; 3360 ypp/ 6775 mpkg; 100% cotton); 2 tubes in Blanchi 101 (White), 1 tube each in Mauve Foncé 4273 (Dark Purple), Mauve Pâle 5120 (Light Purple), Jaune Or 3161 (Gold). See pattern notes for Option 2 colourway. Equipment & Tools Loom: 4-shaft loom with 6 treadles at least 26" / 66 cm wide Tools: 8-dent (sleyed 2 per dent) or 12-dent reed (sleyed 1-1-2), (4) boat or stick shuttles, bobbins and bobbin winder, reed hook, paper or warp sticks for beaming the warp, scissors, measuring tape, yarn needle Structure Weave Structure: Summer & Winter Warp Length: 5 yd / 4.6 m (includes 40" / 101.6 cm for sampling, loom waste, take-up, and shrinkage) to weave 4 towels Warp Ends: 400 ends, plus 2 floating selvedges = 402 Warp Sett: 16 epi / 6.3 epcm Weft Sett: Approximately 29 ppi / 11.4 ppcm for Singles, to 32 ppi / 12.6 ppcm for Paired and Dukagång, 16 ppi / 6.3 ppcm for plain weave hems Width in Reed: 25 1/8" / 63.8 cm Woven Length: 35" / 88.9 cm for each towel = 140" / 355.6 cm total length — 4 towels total Finished Measurements Each towel measures approximately 21 1/2" / 54.6 cm wide x 31 1/2" / 80 cm long This pattern is available for download in the School of SweetGeorgia Pattern Library. Not yet an SOS member? Visit the School of SweetGeorgia for online fibre arts workshops and resources to help expand your skills and discover new techniques, including Felicia's Weaving Summer & Winter on 4-Shafts online course.
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