CM Class Towels
Finished
December 31, 2020
February 14, 2021

CM Class Towels

Project info
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Gudrun's Towel
Weaving
CleaningTowel
Tools and equipment
Varpa - 60"
Yarn
24 epi x 24 ppi
Bockens Cotton 8/2
none left in stash
2 balls = 3554.2 yards (3250.0 meters), 500 grams
1637
Natural/Undyed
Comfort Cloth Weaving
Notes

My friend, Gudrun, sent our weave study group a picture of a dish towel that a friend had made for her many years ago. She was wondering if anyone wanted to attempt to decode the draft from the picture. I tried it and I think that I got pretty close.

I had planned to weave this towel on my jack loom. But when I discovered Joanne Hall’s countermarch class I decided to weave it on my CM loom instead. I will weave a few towels in this draft and then switch to something else that uses this very versatile threading.

I ran out of warp at the very end, so the last towel was a few inches short. I needed a new cloth for my bread basket so all is well.

Heddles
Shaft12345678
Count132133254848484824

Shafts 3&8 currently have 20 heddles on them. I will have to shuffle some.

Warp EndsCalculation
    Finished width   18.00”
+ Shrinkage (7.00%)+ 1.26”
+ Take-up (10.00%)+ 1.93”
= Width at reed= 21.19”
× Warp Sett× 24.00 epi
= Warp ends= 508 ends
+ Adjustment for pattern−2
+ Floating selvedge+2
Warp LengthCalculation
    Finished length   27.00”
+ Shrinkage (7.00%)+ 1.89”
+ Take-up (10.00%)+ 2.90”
= Length to weave (relaxed)= 29.00”
= Length to weave (under tension)= 32.00”
+ Fringe+ 0.00”
= Length of item= 32.00”
× Item count× 8.00
= Length of weaving= 256.00”
+ Loom waste+ 32.00”
= Total warp length= 288.00”
= 8 yards 0”
= 732 cm
YarnAmount
    Total warp ends   508 ends
× Total warp length× 288.00”
= Total warp yarn required= 4064 yards
    Actual width at reed   21.17”
× Picks per inch× 24.00 ppi
× Length to weave× 31.90”
× Item count× 8.00
= Total weft yarn required= 3613 yards
= Total yarn required= 7677 yards

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Finished
December 31, 2020
February 14, 2021
About this yarn
by Bockens
Thread, size 2
100% Cotton
1777 yards / 250 grams

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  • Project created: January 2, 2021
  • Finished: February 14, 2021
  • Updated: February 16, 2021