158 ends, 23” per towel, 69”x 80 black, 69” x 78 purple haze, plus loom take up waste… approximately 155.3yd black & 151.5” ombre including waste for warp, plus additional ~33.6yd black and 26.9yd purple haze ombre for weft.
10 picks of white #10 cotton crochet thread as hem before and after each 20” towel, separated by a removable single pick of thin contrasting color yarn or embroidery floss, to remove before or after zig zag stitching at the edge of each towel before cutting them apart.
After towels have been cut with ends trimmed, handwash a few times in detergent with color catchers, then add white vinegar and detergent to a soak before rinsing out and machine washing and drying, then iron, fold hems and stitch with 2 thin lines of zig zag stitching before washing again a few times to shed lint/excess dye and to allow cotton to contract/full and close gaps between stitches. Iron and gift or use.
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Towel #1 of 3, Purple Haze Chaotic Houndstooth
Warp is:
2 ends Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in Black
2 ends Bernat Handicrafter Ombre yarn in Purple Haze
repeated for 20”, ending with 2 Black
Weft is also:
2 ends Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in Black
2 ends Bernat Handicrafter Ombre yarn in Purple Haze
repeated for 20”, ending with 2 Black
Towel #2 of 3, Spa Day:
Warp is:
2 ends Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in Black
2 ends Bernat Handicrafter Ombre yarn in Purple Haze
repeated for 20”, ending with 2 Black
Weft is:
10 picks Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in Soft Violet
2 picks Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in Grape
2 pick Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in White
2 picks Grape
2 picks White
2 picks Grape
Soft Violet until 16.5” long
2 picks Grape
2 picks White
2 picks Grape
2 picks White
2 picks Grape
10 picks Soft Violet
Towel #3 of 3, Bands of Purple:
Warp is:
2 ends Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in Black
2 ends Bernat Handicrafter Ombre yarn in Purple Haze
repeated for 20”, ending with 2 Black
Weft is:
8 picks Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in Soft Violet
8 picks Loops & Threads Classic Cotton yarn in Iris
8 picks Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in Grape
8 picks Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn in Black Current
repeated for 20”
(will add yardage approximation and end count soon, for now above figures represent weft grams count for 1 each of 3 lavender based designs)
Wifs+ at https://treadl.com/neithj/lavender-fields-towel-set-rhl