Handwoven Towels

I finished the first two towels from the loom. I still have many yards to go but want to vary the color and the texture a little. I love the pattern. It's circa 1654. It comes from the canvas of the Earl of Mar. The pattern is called a Gebrochene twill and has been around for a very long time. Most likely before this listing but there isn't any proof of it before then. At least currently available.

It is a very versatile weave structure and I did a sampler first which is the larger weave made of bulky cotton yarn as the weft and 5/2 pearl cotton as the warp. It is too bulky for a nice towel but it shows a few of the possible patterns well. I then chose one and used the same yarn in the weft as the warp and the second set of photos shows the finished towels that I cut of the loom, hemmed and washed and dried and ironed. I wrapped and shipped them off to my mother for Mother's Day.

I still have many more yards to weave and plan to vary the yarn of the weft at least one more time. I am going to use a finer cotton for the weft and see what I get. So stay posted and I put those pictures up as soon as they are finished.