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Waffle Weave Towels on my Rigid Heddle Loom

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Waffle Weave Towels on my Rigid Heddle Loom

I love weaving on my Rigid Heddle Loom and I love making towels! Stripes, plaid, checkered and now waffle weave! You can’t imagine how excited I was when I realized that waffle weave can be achieved on a 2 shaft loom, using plain weave and just one pick-up stick. Aurora Earth 8/2 cotton is the basic yarn used in these towels.  Two strands are held together to warp 400 ends in a 10 dent reed. I used for the warp Aurora Earth Solid  and Aurora Earth Variegated for the weft. It was amazing to see the textured squares form with an easy pick up stick sequence. Here...

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