Artisan Apron & Towels: Contrasting Colors, Timeless Traditions

Artisan Apron & Towels: Contrasting Colors, Timeless Traditions

This month, we’re bringing timeless tradition to our loom with an apron and towel set designed for handmade living.

Our Artisan Apron & Towels showcase the classic charm of houndstooth in a color gamp design, woven with six colors of our Aurora Earth 100% cotton yarn. The result is a project full of contrast, softness, and lasting character — perfect for cozy days in the kitchen or holiday gatherings around the table.

Artisan Apron in Caramel Apple Colors

This duo is available as individual kits or bundled together, so you can choose whether to weave an apron or towel set, or both! With five seasonal Aurora Earth kit bundles to choose from — Caramel Apple, Fall Festival, Gingersnap, Favorite Flannel, and Vintage Cotton — you’ll find the perfect colorway to fit your style.

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Woven in 100% cotton, these pieces are as durable as they are beautiful. The apron is sturdy enough to become your favorite companion in the kitchen, at the loom, or in the garden. It's the perfect accessory anytime you need an extra pocket. Your handwoven towels will be more than just beautiful, they're incredibly useful too! A towel woven in 100% cotton is highly absorbent, and durable for our everyday tasks. Both the handwoven apron and towels will bring both function and charm to your daily life, making even simple chores feel a little more special.

The apron isn’t just for the kitchen! Woven entirely in cotton, it’s soft, reusable, and built to last — a wearable piece of handmade art that reminds you of the joy of creating. With its handy pocket, this apron is perfect for use in all your creative spaces, and a wonderful way to wear something handmade while enjoying your hobbies through every season.

• Weaving & fiber arts – keep your bobbins, shuttles, needles, scissors, and yarn within easy reach in the apron’s handy pocket while you work at the loom.

• Painting & printmaking – protect your clothes against spills and splatters.

• Gardening – carry tools in the pockets and stay tidy while tending your plants.

• Cooking & baking – let this apron remind you of the joy in making, from cozy breakfasts to festive holiday feasts.

• Crafting & DIY projects –your companion for hands-on projects, keeping tools close and inspiration even closer.

• Holiday prep & entertaining – let your apron be a cheerful companion while you cook, decorate, and make the season merry.

Artisan Towel in Caramel Apple Colors

Exploring Houndstooth and Color Gamp

At the heart of this project is a houndstooth color gamp design, a technique that’s as fun and easy to weave as it is beautiful to behold. By alternating threads in six carefully chosen colors of Aurora Earth cotton, this method allows you to blend colors and watch them interact across the fabric.

As you weave, you’ll notice how subtle shifts in color create depth, movement, and visual interest — turning even simple blocks of pattern into a rich, lively fabric. The houndstooth design offers contrast at every turn, highlighting the interplay of light and dark, warm and cool, bold and neutral tones.

This technique not only creates a striking fabric, it’s also an opportunity to explore color relationships, experiment with combinations, and see firsthand how your choices shape the look and feel of your weaving. Every pass of the shuttle brings your colors to life, making the process as rewarding as the final apron and towels themselves.

Let's Get Weaving!

• Gather your supplies: You will need a rigid heddle or multi shaft loom; 23" weaving width, 10-dent reed, and 8 shuttles or 2 boat shuttles and 8 bobbins.
• We make it easy!  Our Artisan Towel and Apron Kits make gathering your supplies easy! The kits include all the Aurora Earth 8/2 Cottons that are needed to make your Artisan Apron or Towels.  Plus, you will receive the PDF Pattern by email with kit purchase. The conveniently wound tubes of yarn that are included in the kit make winding your shuttles a breeze. Click Here for Kit Information.
• Just the Pattern? The Artisan Towel Pattern is shown below in this blog. The apron and towel patterns can also be purchased as PDF's, or they are included at no extra charge with kit purchase.  Click Here for Pattern Downloads.
• Join the Cotton Clouds Weaving Community on Facebook so that you can share your questions, pictures and accomplishments. 
  
• Let's Weave together!  I hope you enjoy weaving your very own Artisan Apron and Towels in this houndstooth color gamp! 

Artisan Towel Pattern

Free Pattern Download!

I hope you enjoy weaving your Artisan Towels and Apron! I will be using my towels this holiday season and weave several sets for friends and family. I've already found so many uses for my apron and love the super-sized pocket!

They make great holiday gifts. Surprise your friends and family with their own Artisan Apron and Towels!

Please share your pictures in our Cotton Clouds Weaving Community on Facebook so that others can see what colors you are weaving!

Thank you for weaving with Cotton Clouds!

Jodi and Jessica 

Cotton Clouds, Inc

All yarns for this design are available from Cotton Clouds Inc. If you have any questions while weaving this poncho, don’t hesitate to send an email to jodi@cottonclouds.com and I will guide you along the way!