Mary's towels, invent your own

Our warps make classy absorbent towels to enchant your friends and family. Purchase a warp all ready to beam onto your loom at home. No need to worry about the math, simply choose a colorway and let us do the rest.

Mary Beebee was a Vävstuga apprentice in 2012, and she was a delight to have on board. She and Becky developed this towel for our Basics alumni as Mary's special project. It is an adaptation of the very same towel design that Becky wove at Sätergläntan in January of 1981, the first project there that she set up all on her own. Many of our Basics students have enjoyed this classic towel over the years, and now you can enjoy it as well. Meet Mary in person as she describes our Padded bench with tilt adjustment from AK:s Snickeri in Sweden.

How to invent your own colorway:

Email your color choices to orders@vavstuga.com when you place your order.

1. Explore our new Vävstuga Design interactive tool to customize this winding.
2. Note that our Yarn-in-a-Jar design tool gives more accurate color representation than your screen.
3. Use this handy PDF chart to keep track of your cottolin color names and numbers. Tow linen weft includes 3 tubes in your choice of 1 to 3 colors. (If any of your chosen colors are out of stock, we will contact you so that you can choose a substitute.)
4. Email your color choices to orders@vavstuga.com at the time you place your order.

Included:

• Warp chain - 22/2 cottolin, colors as shown or choose your own colors
• Instruction sheets for plainweave, pointed twill, broken twill, straight twill and rick-rack (3 treadle weave)

Optional:

• Weft pack - 22/2 cottolin, the same colors as your chosen warp
• Weft pack - linen, three (250gr) tubes of 8/1 tow linen in your choice of color/s

Project details:

• All warps are wound with 2 or 4 ends in hand ready for beaming, as described in our "Flippy" book.
• Twill - 50cm warp width (50 dent reed)
• Plain weave - 62.5 cm warp width (40 dent reed), makes a small tablecloth
• 2 or 4 shafts, 2 or 4 treadles
• Heddles required: 500