A finished project, at last! The kitchen towels from earlier this summer, hemmed and washed. The two on the left are twill and the two on the right are plain weave, all from the same warp. I seem to be compelled to pursue more complicated patterns, but I really enjoy simple treadlings when I can lose myself in the rhythm of the weaving.

Here’s the first huckaback towel I just took off the loom. You can see the long floats that I’m unhappy with. I’m in the process of rethreading this warp and hopefully I’ll come up with a treadling I like that will avoid this problem. I like the huckaback texture between the vertical stripes.

The new pattern is not much different from the old in threading. The first treadling will echo the huckaback threading and the tie-up is straight twill.

The second treadling, since I’ll be ready for simplicity by then, will be a straight twill.

(Tabby on these tie-ups would be 1-2 and 3-4.)

I’ll probably have enough warp left for another towel, and I’ll experiment more with this WeaveDesign program. It is available as shareware for a donation from Pike’s Peak Weavers Guild. So far I like it a lot and I plan to send my donation now that I know that I’ll be using it. Unlike another freebie demo program I tried, I appreciate that this is true shareware and that I had a chance to work and experiment with it without time limits or limited capacity. This was very generous on their part!

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