Thank you for talking through your process - a lot of common-sense approaches and solutions to weaving and finishing towels. I especially like the "look" of double stitched hems, reminding me of how denim garments are finished - it looks less like a hem and more like a design statement.
Its 1:00 pm est. From MA. Loved your video and glad to see how you finished it with a serger and sewing machine. I have 8/4 and glad you used it, now i know how the towels will look. Thanks again. Looking forward to more videos.
You show an interesting way of machine stitching the hems. I usually hem my towels by hand because I don't like the way the machine stitching looks on the handwoven fabric. But yours looks very neat and flat!
Enjoyed your video and your towels look beautiful. I really like how you finished them. I am weaving dish cloths (not towels) as Christmas gifts and will try finishing some of them your way.
For these towels i used a 15 dpi, however i made some lovely towels in the past with the sugar and cream cotton yarn with the 7.5 dpi!They will be heavier weight but still nice and soft!
I want to start making dish towels, but what is a good Cotton? I've knitted and crocheted towels, but was never happy with the cotton I used because the towel didn't really work, they didn't absorb water at all, just spread it around. Is it because the yarn was too thick , would it work better woven rather than knitted?
I think you might have used mercerized cotton, maybe, was it a bit shiny?mercerized cotton (like classic crochet cotton thread) does not absorb water, unmercerized cotton is matte and works very well for towels, i woven some with sugar and cream yarn (thicker and works well with knit and crochet) and they were good towels!
You could try, could be the different dye too, i tried two different colors and they felt different..the one i use now for weaving is much thinner but works great, it’s natural untreated cotton thread
What a wonderful and clear demonstration. I’m new to rigid heddle weaving and am excited to try weaving dish towels according to your video. Did you warp and weave with the 8/4 cotton? I was thinking of warping with 8/4 but weaving with 8/2 cotton. What’s your advice? Also, what loom are you weaving on? Thank you so much for a great visual demonstration. Suzette
Thank you so much!Yes, i used 8/4 for both (mostly for speed) but you can defined use 8/2 for the weft!It’s a slightly different look, but it works well..If you prefer you can also use 8/2 for both but doubling it for the warp, getting a similar slightly more closed weave!My loom is an ashford 80cm (32”) that i stained, since I wasn’t a fan of the standard colour ☺️
When you cut over your sewing machine, threads fall down into the machine works. This will cause your machine to jam unless you constantly clean out the threads.
You are a gooood weaver AND sewer. thanks for the hemming tips.
I have made a number of dish towels using 8/4 cotton and a 12 dent heddle. Yours are beautiful. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
Thank you so much! Too kind!
Thank you for talking through your process - a lot of common-sense approaches and solutions to weaving and finishing towels. I especially like the "look" of double stitched hems, reminding me of how denim garments are finished - it looks less like a hem and more like a design statement.
Thank you so much!I’m happy you appreciated it!
Its 1:00 pm est. From MA. Loved your video and glad to see how you finished it with a serger and sewing machine. I have 8/4 and glad you used it, now i know how the towels will look. Thanks again. Looking forward to more videos.
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!
I like your idea of just making random width stripes. Since the color combination is just two colors the towels will all match just fine. 👍👍👍
They do! Initially i did that because i was too lazy to measure every stripe 😂 but in the end i liked the result more!!
These are beautiful!! Absolutely
I loved how you put a long warp on and wove it all to separate later. Good Thinking!
Thank you! I couldn’t be bothered weaving one at a time 😂 i like the look of the hem on a towel anyway, so I thought that would work!
I love this video, so clear and very helpful 👌 thank you very much for sharing! I can't wait to make some.
Thank you so much!
Very nice! Thank you for sharing your lovely work and process. 🙏🏽
Thank you so much!!
You show an interesting way of machine stitching the hems. I usually hem my towels by hand because I don't like the way the machine stitching looks on the handwoven fabric. But yours looks very neat and flat!
Thank you!!
Enjoyed your video and your towels look beautiful. I really like how you finished them. I am weaving dish cloths (not towels) as Christmas gifts and will try finishing some of them your way.
Thank you so much!!let me know how you like it!
Beautiful.
Thank you!!!
Once you start using handwoven towels, it’s hard to use anything else. Yours are lovely!
They’re so much better right?thank you so much!!
Hello Alberto. What cotton company did you use for this?
I got them from Campolmi filati, an Italian mill from Florence
What is the dpi of your reed? I am new to weaving and am trying to figure out how to weave dishtowels on my SampleIt loom. My reed is only 7.5dpi 😬
For these towels i used a 15 dpi, however i made some lovely towels in the past with the sugar and cream cotton yarn with the 7.5 dpi!They will be heavier weight but still nice and soft!
I want to start making dish towels, but what is a good Cotton? I've knitted and crocheted towels, but was never happy with the cotton I used because the towel didn't really work, they didn't absorb water at all, just spread it around. Is it because the yarn was too thick , would it work better woven rather than knitted?
I think you might have used mercerized cotton, maybe, was it a bit shiny?mercerized cotton (like classic crochet cotton thread) does not absorb water, unmercerized cotton is matte and works very well for towels, i woven some with sugar and cream yarn (thicker and works well with knit and crochet) and they were good towels!
@@albertoaisu No, it wasn't mercerized cotton. One of the brands I used was sugar and cream. Maybe I needed to wash it first?
You could try, could be the different dye too, i tried two different colors and they felt different..the one i use now for weaving is much thinner but works great, it’s natural untreated cotton thread
What a wonderful and clear demonstration. I’m new to rigid heddle weaving and am excited to try weaving dish towels according to your video. Did you warp and weave with the 8/4 cotton? I was thinking of warping with 8/4 but weaving with 8/2 cotton. What’s your advice? Also, what loom are you weaving on? Thank you so much for a great visual demonstration. Suzette
Thank you so much!Yes, i used 8/4 for both (mostly for speed) but you can defined use 8/2 for the weft!It’s a slightly different look, but it works well..If you prefer you can also use 8/2 for both but doubling it for the warp, getting a similar slightly more closed weave!My loom is an ashford 80cm (32”) that i stained, since I wasn’t a fan of the standard colour ☺️
@@albertoaisu thank you!
what's the dpi please? x@@albertoaisu
Is it possible to know the size of your towels please thanks
Sure! The finished size is around 43cm in width and 50cm in lenght.
When you cut over your sewing machine, threads fall down into the machine works. This will cause your machine to jam unless you constantly clean out the threads.
Thanks! I do clean it regularly..But i never found many residues or threads inside, mostly dust and small particles!