Circles & Checks Towels in Turned Taquete

摘要

HANDWOVEN DISH TOWELS are a weaver's staple and a perfect long-warp project. They are welcome gifts, sturdy and thirsty, and they last forever. For some time now, turned taquete has been my structure of choice for dish towels. Conventional taquete is threaded exactly like summer and winter, but turning the draft 90 degrees so the threading and treadling orders switch places creates turned taquete. It becomes a one-shuttle weave, with tie-down picks that alternate with pattern picks. Using highly contrasting colors in the warp makes shapes appear as if by magic as you treadle.