Best of Both World Towel WIF files
These WIF files are for the Best of Both World Towel Kits. Use them in your computer software to start weaving right away!
We have the files available for each of the colorways. With each colorway, will receive 2 WIF files: one for the 4-shaft draft, and one for the 8-shaft draft. If you would like the yarn and instructions to make these towels click here for the Best of Both World (50% cotton, 50% hemp) towels. These WIF files show the complete towel including the hems.
You can also use these WIF files to make the 100% cotton Master’s Towels. Click here to see those towels.
Sweetheart Towels
Oh, the heart’s desire! You’re going to fall in LOVE with these towels!
Weave four beautiful heart towels on your 8-shaft loom. The advancing twill pattern provides the heart borders, and then the body of the towel is woven with a fancy twill that creates a “sweet” texture. We have included yarn and instructions to make two pink towels and two red towels using our 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarns. The finished sizes of the towels are approximately 16” x 24”.
Heart pattern from Weaver’s Design Collection Twill Thrills page 52-54. The heart pattern was originally designed by Kim Marie Bunke for Weaver’s Magazine.
Star Spangled Towel Instructions/WIF
Just in time for your summer picnic! These instructions will help you weave four towels that are as American as apple pie on your 8-shaft loom! The overshot pattern is a modified “Star of Bethlehem”. The finished sizes of the towels are approximately 16” x 29”.
You can choose just the instructions or include the WIF files too. For this project, there are two WIF files for towels with two blue stripes and towels with 3 blue stripes. All picks are included in the WIF files.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level is Intermediate to Advanced (Three fish). If you would like more information about our Listen to the Loon rating system, click here.
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Masters Towel Kit
Taking our inspiration from our favorite artists (Anni Albers, Ansel Adams, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, and Pierre-August Renoir) we designed this fun towel kit for 4 generous, towels with 3 colors of 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ yarn. And you can choose your favorite colorway. Woven in 2 blocks to create a visually complex towel that is fun and easy to weave. Finished towels are approximately 18″ x 28″. Kit includes instructions for both 4 and 8-shaft looms.
Now you can also make these towels with hemp weft! Click here.
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Masters Towel WIF files
These WIF files are for the Master’s Towel Kits. We have the files available for each of the colorways. With each colorway, will receive 2 wif files: one for the 4-shaft draft, and one for the 8-shaft draft. The WIF files work for either the 100% cotton towels or the Best of Both Worlds hemp and cotton towels. If you would like the yarn and instructions to make these towels click here for the 100% cotton version, or click here for the Best of Both World (50% cotton, 50% hemp) towels.
These WIF files show the complete towel including the hems.
Best of Both Worlds – Masters Towel Kit with Hemp
The best of both worlds. Mercerized Cotton Warp and Hemp weft! This kit makes 3 generous towels using 3 colors of 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn, and 3 colors of Bold Lyte Hemp™ yarn. You can choose your favorite colorway: Anni Albers, Ansel Adams, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, and Pierre-August Renoir. Woven in 2 blocks to create a visually complex towel that is fun and easy to weave. Finished towels are approximately 17″ x 29″. Kit includes instructions for both 4 and 8-shaft looms. These towels are breathtakingly inspired by our 100% cotton Masters Towels in the same colorways.
We have instructions for both 4 and 8-shaft looms! Scroll down for further information.
Enchanted Windowpane Towels
Combine a hemp warp with 5 colors of 10/2 American Maid™ naturally colored cotton to weave 5 lovely fingertip towels (finished size approximately 13” x 24”). The hemp yarn is our Bold Lyte™ Hemp yarn, and we make the American Maid™ yarns from cotton grown here in the American west and spun in the US. When you wash the finished towels with baking soda, the color of the naturally colored cotton yarns will deepen. The green cotton is especially affected by the alkalinity of the wash water. And, the colors will deepen over time.
Master Weaver–Shadow Play Towel Instructions
Instructions to make the ShadowPlay Towels. Designed by Master Weaver, Rebecca Winter, these towels use 10 colors of Tubular Spectrum™ to make colorful and exquisitely patterned towels. The Shadow weave offers a wonderfully study drape for these colorful towels, and the blend of plain weave and feather stitching creates a fabulous texture. 3 different treadlings allow you to create 3 unique towels. Available in Original and Northern Lights Colorway.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level is Intermediate to Advanced (Two fish). This is an Eight harness Project.
Autumn Equinox Towel Instructions
Use 7 cozy colors of 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn to make these towels to warm your hearth. This one-shuttle Turned Taquete (aka Jin) weave structure makes towels to match the season. This kit comes with enough yarn to make four dishtowels. With this 8-shaft pattern, you can make both the towels with the circles and the towels with the blocks. Thanks to Susan Poague who designed the circle draft. Her original towels can be found in Handwoven May/June 2019. Choose either 4 or 8-shaft instructions.
If you would like both drafts and all the yarns to make the kit, click here.
Master Weaver–Shadow Play Towels
These towels use 10 colors of Tubular Spectrum™ to make colorful and exquisitely patterned towels. Designed by Master Weaver, Rebecca Winter, you can create 3 different towels with the yarn in this kit. The Shadow weave offers a wonderfully sturdy drape for these colorful towels, and the blend of plain weave and feather stitching creates a fabulous texture. Available in Original and Northern Lights Colorway.
Listen to the Loon! Difficulty level is Intermediate to Advanced (Two fish). This is an Eight harness kit.
Tide Pool Treasure Towel Instructions
Instructions to make the Tide Pool Treasure Towels. Thirsty Lyte™ Bold Hemp yarn and 10/2 Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarns combine to make 6 lovely hand towels that remind us of the colors of a Pacific Ocean tide pool on a warm summer day. With a 4-shaft draft and a white hemp warp, the brilliant colors of the mercerized cotton will warm up your summer. Finished size of the towels is approximately 15” x 21”. Instructions are for the Sky Blue colorway.
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Masters Towel Instructions
Taking our inspiration from our favorite artists (Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, Pierre-August Renoir and Ansel Adams) we designed this fun project for 4 generous, masterful towels with 3 colors of Tubular Spectrum ™ yarn. And you can choose your favorite colorway.
Woven in 2 blocks of broken twill to create a visually complex towel that is fun and easy to weave. Finished towels are approximately 18″ x 28″. We have updated the instructions to include 4 and 8-shaft patterns.
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Basket Weave 4 Towel Instructions
Want 4 Hand towels that are both functional and beautiful? This is it! 8 colors from around our Tubular Spectrum™ Mercerized cotton plus enough white yarn to make 4 beautiful and functional basket weave (or other twill patterned dishtowels. Finished towels are approximately 12.5” x 24”. We include several treadling variations to make weaving fun! Weave these on either a 4-shaft or a Rigid Heddle loom.
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Basketweave Towels
Want to make Hand towels that are both functional and beautiful? This is it! 8 colors from around our Tubular Spectrum ™ Mercerized cotton plus enough white yarn to make either 2 or 4 beautiful and functional basket weave dishtowels. Now available in Tones, Tints or Brights! Scroll down for more information.
Surprise! Shadow Weave Towel Collection
These amazing shadow-weave towels in the current issue of Handwoven Magazine by Deb Essen takes full advantage of our Tubular Spectrum™ Tints and Tones!
We have assembled the yarns to make Deb Essen’s “Surprise! Shadow-Weave Towels” as shown in the November/December 2020 edition of Handwoven Magazine from Long Thread Media. You will find the instructions on page 44. If you do not have a current subscription, you can purchase the magazine here: Handwoven Magazine
“Au Natural” 4 Napkin Kit
The newest member of the “Au Natural” kits line from DJE Handwovens–a set of 4 napkins. This kit again features the soft American Maid cotton yarns. There is enough yarn for 4 napkins or 2 towels.
The napkins have 2 color and weave patterns-one for the border and one for the body. Instructions are included to change the combinations.
Two colorways: Natural/Brown and Natural/Green.
“Colorplay” 2 Towel Kit
Play with color in this 8-shaft false Damask 2 towel kit featuring 4 colors of our Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarn. The towels are woven on the same warp, just change the weft color for the large blocks on the second towel. The false damask creates blocks of color that appear to be woven together! And with the warp already wound, it’s a fun, fast, easy weave.
Another beautiful kit from DJE Handwovens.
Farmhouse Chic Towels
These 3 thick waffle weave towels are a wonderful kitchen or bath coordinate. The designer’s granddaughter’s first apartment with its beautiful gray interior design inspired these classic hand towels. Instructions are included to help make your weaving a success.
If you want to coordinate these towels with your setting, you can substitute your own accent color for the red yarn to match your decor. Select the “Choose your Accent Color” option and let us know the accent color that you want in the comments section of your order. View all the Maurice Brassard color options here!
Designed by Lois Scarbrough.