tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post83953812056780925..comments2024-03-22T17:30:05.579-07:00Comments on Weaving a Life: Waffle TowelsLaura Fryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06599868570350256631noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-13012158063757552372011-12-13T07:10:23.296-08:002011-12-13T07:10:23.296-08:00I'm not a big fan of chenille for towels. Wha...I'm not a big fan of chenille for towels. What I have done with cotton chenille is used it as the outline thread in honeycomb to make a great jacket. The warp is 2/16 cotton, the weft cotton chenille and 2/20 merc. cotton. Details are in Magic in the Water. The jacket has been shoved in more overhead compartments than I can shake a stick at and it simply does not crease! I may have to make more fabric like it when the jacket wears out. :)<br /><br />I would not probably use cotton chenille in waffle because the fabric would be extremely thick (used as warp and weft) and I don't know that it would wear very well. I haven't done any sampling so could not say for sure.<br /><br />If you have a lot of the yarn and you want to use it warp and weft you will want to sample some before you commit to a large project. I'd start with 16 epi for plain weave.<br /><br />One way to make a thinner fabric is to use a very fine warp with the chenille as weft. <br /><br />cheers,<br />Laura<br />email me if you have further questions laura and laurafry dot comLaura Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599868570350256631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-25357049979641896232011-12-13T06:26:55.828-08:002011-12-13T06:26:55.828-08:00I've recently acquired some large cones of co...I've recently acquired some large cones of cotton chenille (1450 ypp). Can you offer suggestions for using it in towels or other cloth? I'm limited to my 8 shaft loom and 14 yd warping board. But I'd very much like to experiment with it in a variety of ways. Thanks!<br />Leslielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564952734840045666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-138701400541982642011-03-26T12:35:02.712-07:002011-03-26T12:35:02.712-07:00Hello Laura
How nice that you've already woven...Hello Laura<br />How nice that you've already woven with which I am still thinking. I have been walking around a few weeks with an idea in my head about my first waffle towels. I already gotthe required headache from it.<br />A few weeks ago I got my first waffle weave from the loom. With a plain weave at the beginning and end of the towel. Of course, the plaine weave is not shrunk as much as the waffle. As a solution, I thought of alternating the waffle with a twill. Actually, I would make blocks. Twill surrounds the waffle and thus captures the shrinkage differential in the towel so it stays pretty square.<br />The big problem for me is that I now what I want but the problem is that I can not translate it into a pattern. Could this be done on 8 shafts? I have a towel(did not weave it my self) in which it is applied and the edges still exist just in plain weave so you can easily finish. <br />I hope you can help me.<br />Sorry for the bad englisch<br /><br />Greetings Jolandaschotanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982824813202283429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-51453601365721700792011-03-16T07:34:46.211-07:002011-03-16T07:34:46.211-07:00I don't use plain weave because the shrinkage ...I don't use plain weave because the shrinkage differential is just too great. Once these are done I'll post pictures. :)<br />cheers,<br />LauraLaura Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599868570350256631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-43871587740972740422011-03-16T04:51:32.527-07:002011-03-16T04:51:32.527-07:00Interesting - waffle and twill alternated! I'l...Interesting - waffle and twill alternated! I'll bet that's a great textural feature. Must weave some!DebbieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508692845369401119noreply@blogger.com