Ripsmatta Kitchen Towels
Ripsmatta Kitchen Towels Weaving Kit
Designed by Joanne Tallarovic for Long Thread Media. Joanne is a leading ripsmatta expert and these towels bring her expertise and eye for design straight to your loom.
Ripsmatta is a Scandinavian term meaning rep mat. The more you design and weave this warp-faced structure, the more excited you will get, and the more possible uses will occur to you.
Warp rep is a block weave in which two shafts are required for each block, one shaft for the pattern color, one shaft for the background color. A thick pick is inserted with one of the shafts raised, followed by a thin pick with the other shaft raised. The warp color raised for the thick pick dominates on the face of the cloth, the other color on the back.
Yarns: 8/2 Aurora Earth cottons and Ecocot Organic in natural. The Ecocot can be used in place of the sewing thread that is called for in this pattern, or you can purchase the thinner thread separately (sewing thread—Mettler metrosene or Guttermann) as indicated in the directions.
Equipment needed: 4 shaft loom; 10 dent reed; 20” weaving width
Instructions: You will need Handwoven March/April 2002 available from Long Thread Media. Pattern is sold separately from this kit.
You can also find instructions for these towels in Best of Handwoven: Yarn Series-A Dozen Projects in 8/2 Cotton (eBook) from Long Thread Media for complete warping and weaving instructions.
This kit includes all the yarns needed to weave these towels. The pattern can be found in the magazine noted above. You will need to purchase this magazine if you don't already own a copy.