Thursday, February 21, 2008

Five Red Warp Dishtowels

The last M's & O's dishtowel is off the loom, washed, and hemmed. Adding it to the other four, I now have a set of five M's & O's dishtowels.

Project particulars:

Structure - M's and O's
Draft - "M's & O's Three by Three Plaid," page 64 of
A Handweaver's Pattern Book by Marguarite Porter Davison
Warp - 8/2 unmercerized cotton in red
Weft - 8/s unmercerized cotton in a variety of colors
Sett - 20 epi
Picks per inch - 20
Number of warp ends - 380
Size on loom - 19 by 24 inches
Size after washing and drying - 15 by 22.5

I've really enjoyed the color play involved with these. In fact, it's given me an idea for my next weaving project.

Posted 21 Feb. 2008 at http://leighsfiberjournal.blogspot.com

Related Posts:
M's & O's Dishtowels
M's & O's: The Basics
M's & O's - Weaving Observations

Labels: dishtowels, M's and O's, weaving

12 Comments:

Those are great! I especially like the yellow and orange wefts.

By Sue, At February 21, 2008 12:12 AM
Ha ha and I was going to say I like the deeper purplely looking colors. Isn't it amazing how one color change make the whole thing look different?

By Woven ~N~ Spun, At February 21, 2008 7:33 AM
Ha ha and I was going to say I like the deeper purplely looking colors. Isn't it amazing how one color change make the whole thing look different?

By Woven ~N~ Spun, At February 21, 2008 7:33 AM
Lovely! And nice colors for a grey winter day :)

By Sara, At February 21, 2008 9:26 AM
Fabulous! I love the yellow, orange and red. Also thank's for the project information.

By bspinner, At February 21, 2008 9:39 AM
Beautiful! I love the progression of colors :-)

By Kristi aka Fiber Fool, At February 21, 2008 10:04 AM
I am so glad that you like the color play and that doing this has given you some ideas for your next project. I think that when a weaving gives you an idea for a next weaving, that is the best possible thing to happen.

By Peg in South Carolina, At February 21, 2008 1:17 PM
I think I'd call that sampling with a usable results~

By Sharon, At February 21, 2008 1:47 PM
Just lovely. I'm not a weaver but I love the results of weaving which makes me wish I liked doing it more:(

By Beth, At February 22, 2008 8:15 AM
I thought you'd like M's & O's. One of the most striking shawls I've woven was a shawl of cotton and rayon I dyed with indigo before weaving. The warp was cotton, the weft was a cotton with a rayon ply that took the inigo beautifully and sparkled in the shawl. The towels are lovely. Way to go, Leigh!

By Kathy, At February 23, 2008 2:02 PM
Well no wonder you did not have time to do the sketchbook project! These are gorgeous- if they were mine I think they would be on the wall. I like the orangy one the best.

By Helen, At February 23, 2008 6:14 PM
Lovely, Leigh. Thanks for the inspiration. Although I'm using more muted colors, I'm very excited about them.

By Charleen, At February 23, 2008 8:45 PM

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: Name: Leigh; Location: Southern Appalachia, United States

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