Touch of Spring Towels

One way to add cheer to dreary winter days is to put something colorful on your loom. In addition to having wonderful visual and tactile texture, these towels are thick, absorbent, and easy to weave with just one shuttle.

This weaving kit includes all the yarns needed to weave these Touch of Spring Towels that were designed by Lynda Friedel for Long Thread Media.

Weave structure: plain-weave 

Yarns: 8/2 Aurora Earth yarn (used double) and Monte Cristo Boucle cotton for added texture.

Equipment needed: 4-shaft loom; 17" weaving width; 12 dent reed

Finished size: 13.5" x 25" each towel

Instructions needed: Winning-Towels-Handwovens-21st-Century-Towel-Contest available from Long Thread Media for warping and weaving instructions.

This kit includes all yarns needed to weave these towels.  The pattern can be found in the E-Book noted above.  You will need to purchase this magazine if you don't already own a copy.

Photos by Joe Coca