I have it on the loom, but I am stuck. towel 1
I What am I suppose to do? Are there clear directions somewhere? I would love to get these done before Christmas. But all I can do is stare at the loom. Please help
Hi Rosemarie, these towels will make great Christmas gifts!
For towel 1, the first x3 which are A,B,C,D using both your 8/2 cotton alternating tabby picks and the 8/4 cotton pattern pick:
So start with weaving with one pick of tabby in 8/2 cotton followed by your A treadle with 8/4 cotton which is the pattern pick. Weave the other tabby with 8/2 cotton then another A treadle. Weave this until you’ve woven 6 As in total with alternating tabbies.
Then weave the same for your B 6 times, then C 6 times and finally D 6 times, always making sure you are alternating both your 8/2 and 8/4 cotton.
Once you’ve woven ABCD, you repeat it 2 more times for a total of 3 times.
On this video, Jane weaves towel 1 right at the beginning around the 2:00 timestamp
One more video that might help is where Jane shows us the towels and the PDF around the 4:40 timestamp she’s showing towel 1.
Are you using holiday colours for your towels? Would love to see them when they are off the loom!
Let us know if this helps :)
oops almost forgot, your hems should be woven using your 't' tabby treadles for 1 and half inches.