Ten Year Towels

Woodstock Weavers Guild Challenge 2007: Tenth anniversary of the guild, do something based on the number ten.

These towels are woven from a name draft on the word "tenyears", using a cotton flake warp and handspun cotton weft in blues and pinks. The finished size is about 15x23 inches for each towel. The warp was 3 yards plus allowance for loom waste and made four towels.

I've been using these in my kitchen for two years and they are still holding up well, in spite of the handspun weft. Cotton flake is very absorbent, moreso than the usual 10/2 or 8/2 cottons used for towels.