Easy Breezey Towel Kit
Soft and lively as a desert breeze, these towels are as fun to weave as they are to look at. Who knew you could get so much pattern from just 4 colors! Weaving stripes in both the warp and weft will create these amazing plaid towels. Choose your favorite colorway and either the Rigid Heddle or 4-Shaft Loom version.
Chameleon Ombre Scarf Kit
Changing Colors! Blend three colors of yarn across the warp and weft to make a lovely scarf that gently shifts color from one edge to the other. These scarves are designed to give you this fun color experience on either your Rigid Heddle or 4-shaft Loom! Have fun and change color!
This kit has three 1 ½ ounce cones of each of three analogous colors from our own Tubular Spectrum color wheel in 10/2 Mercerized Cotton.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Advanced Beginner (Two fish)
Diamonds and Rust Scarf Yarn Collection
We have assembled the 10/2 American Maid naturally colored cotton yarns to make Rachel Simmons Diamonds & Rust scarf as shown in Handwoven’s Lookbook: Loom Theory: Rigid Heddle Scarf Collection 2019 from Long Thread Media. We have collected the yarns you will need to make the scarf…you will need to purchase the instructions from Long Thread Media. Click Here for the instructions: Loom Theory: Rigid Heddle Scarf Collection 2019 from Long Thread Media.
The instructions as written make 1 scarf. We have assembled the yarn for either 1 or 2 scarves.
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Photos by Good Folk Photography, courtesy of Long Thread Media.
Skipping Rocks Scarf Yarn Collection
We have assembled the yarns to make Cynthia Newman’s Skipping Rocks Scarf as shown in Handwoven’s Lookbook: Loom Theory: Four Shaft Scarf Collection 2019 from Long Thread Media. We have collected the yarns you will need to make the scarf…you will need to purchase the instructions from Long Thread Media. Click Here for the instructions: Loom Theory: Four Shaft Scarf Collection 2019 from Long Thread Media
The Weaver’s Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid Heddle Loom
Want to learn about Leno, Brooks bouquet, Soumak, and Embroidery on fabric? This book by Jane Patrick presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. Each chapter contains weaving patterns along with swatches illustrating the techniques, accompanied by step-by-step photography. Spiral bound and hard cover.
Basket Weave Towel Instructions- 2 Towel- Rigid Heddle
Want a Color Gamp that is both functional and beautiful? This is it! Finished towels are approximately 12.5” x 24”. The 5/2 yarn is doubled in each dent and doubled when weaving to make a balanced basket weave structure.
You can find instructions for the 4 towel variation HERE
To view more pictures or to purchase the kit, click HERE!
Essential Towels Instructions
Weave two completely different and stunning towels from the same warp on your 4-shaft loom. Pattern spots are interspersed with sections of plain weave for maximum color blending. We have included instructions to make two striped towels using our 5/2 Tubular Spectrum™ yarns. The finished sizes of the towels are approximately 15.5” x 24”. Thank you to Deb Essen for the wonderful design!
To view more pictures, or to purchase the kit, please click HERE!
Chasing Rainbows Napkin Kit
I love Chasing Rainbows – the reward at the end of the rain! This kit from DJE Handwovens features 6 colors of our Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn and makes 4 napkins. The napkins are fun color play and can be woven on rigid heddle (need two 8 dent heddles) or 2-shaft table and floor looms. With the warp already wound, this is a fast and easy weave for all experience levels. Can’t bring yourself to use the napkins? It can be a lovely table runner or set of 2 placements or towels.
3/2 American Maid Washcloth Instructions
Looking for a quick project to use the wonderful 3/2 American Maid™ yarns? How about a simple pattern to make ten soft washcloths? These instructions work on either a rigid heddle loom or a 4-shaft loom. The washcloths are made with natural white unmercerized cotton yarn as the warp, and naturally grown cotton yarns for the weft. We give you detailed instructions to make one wash cloth, and then you get to choose how to weave the others…there is enough yarn to weave 10 washcloths. The finished sizes of the washcloths are approximately 9” x 10”.
The instructions are designed with the naturally colored cotton yarns from an 3/2 American Maid™ sampler kit, one 8 oz cone of 3/2 American Maid™ natural white and one 1.5 oz cone of 6/2 American Maid natural white for the hems.
Popping Purple Scarf — Instructions
Looking for a quick project to use the wonderful cotton yarns in your stash? How about two soft, wonderfully textured scarves? These instructions will guide you to make two scarves, using either a rigid heddle loom or a 4-shaft floor loom and approximately 1,200 yards of 5/2 mercerized cotton yarn. The finished size of each scarf is approximately 8” x 60” plus 4” fringe on either end.
Gray Matter Scarves
Make two scarves, one for you, and one for a friend. All the mercerized yarn and instructions to make two scarves that shift through 7 shades of gray from white to black. The finished size of each scarf is approximately 8” x 60” plus 4” fringe on either end. The texture of the scarves is made by using a 3-shaft pattern (with use of a pickup stick if you have a rigid heddle loom), and the scarves are very soft and supple.
Gray Matter Scarf – Instructions
Looking for a quick project to use the wonderful cotton yarns in your 5/2 Gray Matter kit? How about two soft, wonderfully textured scarves? These instructions will guide you to make two scarves, using either a rigid heddle loom or a 4-shaft loom. The finished size of each scarf is approximately 8” x 60” plus 4” fringe on either end.
8/2 American Maid Cotton Towel 4-shaft Loom Instructions- “Serenity Towels”
Instructions for these “Serenity Towels” make three soft and fluffy towels from your 4-shaft loom in just a few hours. These instructions make quick work out of 8/2 cotton yarn. The instructions are for one plaid towel, one warp striped towel woven with the natural white, and one more towel of your own design. The instructions are designed with the naturally colored cotton yarns from an 8/2 American Maid™ sampler kit and one 8 oz cone of 8/2 American Maid™ Natural White unmercerized cotton yarn.
10/2 American Maid Cotton Towel Rigid Heddle Instructions
Instructions for two soft and fluffy towels from your rigid heddle loom in just a few hours. These instructions make quick work out of 10/2 cotton yarn: one plaid and one light green and white. The instructions are designed with the naturally colored cotton yarns from an 10/2 American Maid™ sampler kit.
8/2 American Maid Cotton Towel Rigid Heddle Instructions
Instructions for two soft and fluffy towels from your rigid heddle loom in just a few hours. These instructions make quick work out of 8/2 cotton yarn: one plaid and one light green and white. The instructions are designed with the naturally colored cotton yarns from an 8/2 American Maid™ sampler kit.
Seaside Towels
We have used the wonderful color palette of the Maurice Brassard unmercerized cotton yarns to dream up the colorways for these soft towels.
RIGID HEDDLE KIT: Included with the kit are instructions to make two plaid towels using a rigid heddle loom: one woven in plain weave, and one woven in a soft pickup pattern. The finished sizes of the towels are approximately 12.5” x 20”.
4 SHAFT KIT: Enough yarn to make 4 delightful plaid towels: two woven in plain weave, and two woven in rosepath pattern. Includes 4 shaft instructions. The finished sizes of the towels are approximately 18” x 26”.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level for this kit is Advanced Beginner (Two fish).
Au Natural Placemat Kit
This placemat kit from DJE Handwovens features our American Maid™ naturally color cotton yarn. The kit contains enough yarn to weave four placemats. As with all DJE Handwoven kits, the warp is prewound ready to go directly on your loom. Choose either green or brown yarns to suit your tastes.