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Weave a cotton or linen hand towel - PEP BB textiles.straw.weave.handtowel

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Textiles.

For this BB, you will weave a cotton or linen hand towel!

To complete this BB, the requirements are:
- weave at least one hand towel
- yarn or thread will be cotton or linen
- finished size should be at least 16” x 20”

To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (less than two minutes):
- Post a before picture of your loom and materials.
- Describe your weaving technique.
- Post a picture of weaving the hand towel.
- Post a picture of your finished hand towel.

Related Article:
Rigid Heddle Dish Towels Pattern

Related Video:
Hand woven cotton towels on a rigid heddle loom
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For this BB, I wove a cotton hand towel on a table loom. I chose to weave it as a twill gamp, rotating three different twill threadings and a 8 different treadlings, rotating the colors in the warp.

My loom, tools and equipment, and my yarns.


Measuring the warp.


Threading the loom.


Weaving the hand towel.


Wet finishing.


Finished hand towel on a handy wall hook.


Finished dimensions, 16 inches wide and 21.25 inches long.

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I used my poster board loom for the weft-faced textile project. I've detailed its simple construction in a previous bb submission.  It worked well enough, but about 3/4 of the way through weaving, my kids stepped on it and bent it, which cause me some frustration with keeping the warp threads tight enough. But I engineered a fire-poker-tightener and finished before the loom gave out.

I used cotton yarn and thread for this project. Using a handmade heddle and shuttle, I did a plain Jane over-under weave.

Any idea how well such a textile will hold up? Should I probably only hand wash it?
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Loom and materials before project
Loom and materials before project
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Close up of cotton yarn label
Close up of cotton yarn label
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The loom with warp
The loom with warp
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Part way through the weaving
Part way through the weaving
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Using a hair comb to keep weft tension
Using a hair comb to keep weft tension
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The bent loom
The bent loom
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Finished towel, 20 inches long
Finished towel, 20 inches long
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16 inches wide
16 inches wide

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