Circles & Checks Towels
Weave circles to your heart’s delight. Turned taqueté is a great structure for weaving a circle shape.
For these towels, stripes of six colors in the warp contrast highly with off-white (natural). Each towel is woven with a different warp color with three treadling variations.
Fabric Description: Turned taqueté
Yarns: Aurora Earth 8/2 unmercerized cotton
Note: Maurice Brassard 8/2 cottons in pattern have been substituted with similar colors in Aurora Earth 8/2 cottons.
Equipment needed: 8-shaft loom, 20" weaving width; 12-dent reed; 1 boat shuttle; temple (optional)
Finished Size: six towels 16½" x 25" each hemmed
Instructions needed: Handwoven May/June 2019 magazine for complete instructions.
Designed by Susan Poague
Check out Susan Horton's Handwoven Magazine article about these Circles & Checks towels!