Comments

Sat, 09/22/2012 - 07:52

ReedGuy

Nice looking work.

What size reed did you use? Would 8 dent with 3 threads per dent work ok? So you used a tabby weave? I'm going to be experimenting with a hybrid that has a tighter wpi than epi by a factor of two. Don't know what mess I'll create. LOL :)

Sat, 09/22/2012 - 08:22

tomrsey (not verified)

However, and eight dent reed would also work.  

Glad you liked them.  thanks for looking and commenting.  I will be looking for picts of your project.

It seems to be cut off in the above description, but  - the tabby and the warp were 10/2 while the pattern weft was 3/2.

Sat, 09/22/2012 - 18:31

sally orgren

I learned a lot more about him at the Complex Weavers Seminars this year. There is a Bateman Study group, and their samples are out-of-this-world! (If you are a member, you can check out the sample study books and have them shipped to you.)

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 05:57

tomrsey (not verified)

Thanks Sally, I will look into checking out the sample book.  The other set of towels I just posted were designed from one of the articles from the CW Bateman study group.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 17:52

repweaver (not verified)

These are another nice group of towels. Interesting details on the hems are very nice.

RepWeaver

Tue, 09/25/2012 - 09:00

tomrsey (not verified)

RepWeaver,

I am glad you liked them.  The color on the  hems was something new I tried with these towels.  The couple that don't look like they have color in the hem, actually have a stripe of a different weave pattern, but that doesn't show up in the picture.   You can see them when they are "in hand".  I did those first, then went with color.

Tue, 09/25/2012 - 09:56

ReedGuy

Now, my mother doesn't care for heavy dish towels. Set in her ways to. I know this because of comments she had made about some hand wovens at a market. To me they looked like excellent work. Trouble is around here, no one is going to buy many $15 towels because of the Walmarts of the world hiring sweat shops to fill their stores. Me, I like a heavier weight towel, doesn't soak the towel half way through dish wiping. 

And no, I don't live with her. :D LOL

Tue, 09/25/2012 - 10:27

tomrsey (not verified)

I also know people who prefer the lighter weight towels.  I actually prefer the thicker ones, and they just get better with use.  Our Guild Sale is coming up soon (Oct. 5-6 at Mission Mill, Salem OR - couldn't resist putting in a plug) so I will see how they do.  In previous years the thicker towels have sold well.  I am hoping that is the case again this year.

Tue, 09/25/2012 - 11:09

ReedGuy

I hope you do well to. As they say, location, location, location. ;)

Thu, 09/27/2012 - 12:59

janellew

The towels are beautiful! Would you mind telling me how you finished the edges? I am a beginning weaver so my knowledge base is limited. Are the patterns for the towels original to you? They are interesting to look at! Thanks!

Thu, 09/27/2012 - 17:22

tomrsey (not verified)

 

janellew,

Thank you for the nice comments.  The tie up and threading is Bateman's Park Weave on Opposites, Draft #90. so that is not mine, and is the same for all the towels.   The treadling variations for each towel are my idea (although I am sure that somewhere out there others have done the same thing, I just hadn't seen it.)

The edges are quite simple.  The two with the color stripe were made by inserting  three picks of the pattern weft in plain weave that is otherwise tabby weft plain weave.  The second from the top is all plain weave tabby weft with a quarter inch of treadling from the pattern inserted about a quarter of an inch down from the body of the towel.   The top one, with the short border is .....because I couldn't squeeze enough out of the warp to make it long enough to finish as I did the rest.   So near, but yet so far....

The bottom is just rolled and machine sewn.

Finished Length Unit
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Finished Width Unit
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Notes

All four done with same tie up, just changed the treadling for the different designs.  More fun playing with colors.

Number of Shafts
8
Number of Treadles
8
Project Status
Finished
Sett Unit
epi
Width off Loom Unit
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Width on Loom Unit
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