Broken Stripe Towels
Finished
April 14, 2023
May 7, 2023

Broken Stripe Towels

Project info
Handwoven Magazine May/June 2022 pp 47-8
Broken Stripe Towel by Patty Crane
Weaving
CleaningTowel
442 ends
Tools and equipment
David III
Yarn
20 epi x 20 ppi
14,280 yards
Bluegrass Mills 6/2 cotton
1 skein = 2520.0 yards (2304.3 meters), 453 grams
The Woolery in Frankfort, Kentucky
Maurice Brassard et Fils Inc. 8/2 Unmercerized Cotton
1 ball = 1680.0 yards (1536.2 meters), 227 grams
The Woolery in Frankfort, Kentucky
Maurice Brassard et Fils Inc. 8/2 Unmercerized Cotton
1 ball = 1680.0 yards (1536.2 meters), 227 grams
The Woolery in Frankfort, Kentucky
Maurice Brassard et Fils Inc. 8/2 Unmercerized Cotton
1 ball = 1680.0 yards (1536.2 meters), 227 grams
The Woolery in Frankfort, Kentucky
Maurice Brassard et Fils Inc. 8/2 Unmercerized Cotton
1 ball = 1680.0 yards (1536.2 meters), 227 grams
The Woolery in Frankfort, Kentucky
Maurice Brassard et Fils Inc. 8/2 Unmercerized Cotton
3 balls = 5040.0 yards (4608.6 meters), 681 grams
The Woolery in Frankfort, Kentucky
Notes

I wanted my towels to be bigger than the draft calls for, so I added 40 ends (2 pattern repeats) to the center. I wound a 6-yard warp on my warping mill and beamed it back to front using crank and yank and beaming sticks. The David III loom is sooooo easy to warp and dress.

Towels #1 and 2

I followed the draft except that I wove 24 inches of pecan instead of 20 inches.

Towels #3 and 4

3 ½ inches pecan for hem and border; 10 picks lime; 10 picks pecan; 10 picks marine; 10 picks pecan; 10 picks orange; 10 picks pecan; 10 picks olive--20 inches pecan--then reverse

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Finished
April 14, 2023
May 7, 2023
About this yarn
by Maurice Brassard et Fils Inc.
Thread, size
100% Cotton
1680 yards / 227 grams

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About this yarn
by Bluegrass Mills
Fingering
100% Cotton
2520 yards / 453 grams

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  • Project created: April 17, 2023
  • Updated: May 7, 2023
  • Progress updates: 2 updates