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How, they are nice towels.
How, they are nice towels. I'm surprises at only 15 % shrinkage though, did you use 4 lines of stitching maybe? :)
When I wove with 2 lines of stitchers they shrunk 40 %. But when I did 4 shaft waffle, they only shrunk 10-12%. Used cotton yarn. :)
Three Ends Plain Weave
Hi, Reed Guy
The slight degree of shrinkage surprised me, too. No doubt it was due to a dense sett (36 e.p.i. and 36 p.p.i.) as well as three ends plain weave inbetween each waffle cell. The draft is my own version of #388 from the Strickler 8-Shaft book. Check my blog, linked above, for further details.
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Yep, the stitchers will
Yep, the stitchers will definitely make a big difference. That must be it. :)
The set really wouldn't be out of the ordinary for such a floaty weave.
Waffle Sett
The 36 e.p.i. sett is dense for the 16/2 cotton plain weave areas, thus preventing the waffle cells from cozying (is that a proper word?) up together resulting in greater shrinkage. In any case, this cloth is light but absorbant and very satisfying both to weave and to use.
Happy New Year!
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Yes, set possibly incluenced
Yes, set possibly incluenced it somewhat, but I have woven 7-shaft waffle with 8/4 cotton at a closer set as well (18 epi, instead of 15), and still had 40% shrinkage with 2 rows of stitchers. But, it is certainly all relevent. However, the longer the floats the more deflection and shrinkage. :)
That being said, if I use an open set with 20/2 cotton for the ground cloth and tabby in overshot, which is often 24 epi. It will wet finish to 36 epi in the background areas. 8/2 pattern. So it is certainly relevent. But oh, such soft fabric. :D