You will be able to turn eight brilliant colors from the Tubular Spectrum™ into these beautiful towels using either your Rigid Heddle loom or 4-shaft loom.  All the yarn and instructions you will need for 4 towels is included in the kit.  Yarn is all 5/2 mercerized cotton dyed with fiber reactive dyes to minimize fading and bleeding of the colors.  You will not have to worry about the red yarns bleeding into the white.

Project Description:

• • 4 Towels approximately 12.5” x 24” finished.
  • 15” wide in reed.
  • Rigid Heddle looms: 8 doubled epi, 8 doubled ppi
  • 4-shaft looms: 16 epi, 8 doubled ppi (basket weave), 16 ppi for other twills
  • In the 4-shaft loom instructions, there are 5 different treadlings.  You can see pictures of the fabrics created by those treadlings in the photo gallery.

Equipment Needed:

• A 15” (or wider) Rigid Heddle Loom or 4-Shaft Loom
• 8-dent reed
• Boat shuttle and at least 2 bobbins, or two stick shuttles
• A sewing machine or a needle and thread

Contents of Kit:

• 1- 1.5 oz each 5/2 Tubular Spectrum mercerized Cotton Yarn:  in 8 colors
• 2-8 oz cones of 5/2 Tubular Spectrum Bleach White (brights and tints) or Natural White (tones)

Listen to the Loon! This project is a Two Fish, Advanced Beginner rating.   If you would like more information about our Listen to the Loon rating system, click here.

For more information on how to care for these yarns, please go to YARN CARE