#cottolin

[julochka365]

29/5.2025 - working on color palettes for the next tea towel warps

[textillianfiber]

Packing up the kitchen and found a good use for my old worn handwoven kitchen towels, wrapping items for packing away so they don't get damaged or damage other items.

[kahika-atelier]

2020.2.11. E.Sさん キッチンクロスが織り終わり、機からおろしました。そしてミシンで端を縫った後、間に織り込んだボール紙とボール紙の間をカット。

緯糸の入れ方をかえて、全部で5枚のキッチンクロスが完成しました。

[saraayoungart]

Finally threaded and sleyed with a little bit woven! #sarayoungart #craft #loom #weaving #louet #hollandia #handwoven #woven #cottolin #sectionalbeam #albertacraft #art #fabric #cloth https://www.instagram.com/p/B-dV9YzpOPq/?igshid=1b5wlsafd005y

[tangledwebweaver]

Anatomy of a bad warp, a weaving fail! (part 1)

Like most things that go bad, they start off looking really good and beautiful, but somewhere along the way the heartache begins.

The photo above shows a hopelessly damaged warp with multiple broken threads (clearly visible) and entire 1 inch section already cut out of the raddle--see the empty slot on the left between the pink and teal sections.  The next section is rust, and that is the jam of threads you see over the raddle.

Here’s how the warp began its life.  Nice, eh?

Oh so neat, orderly and pretty. Not a hint of trouble.  This is just 1/3 of the full warp as it must be wound in 3 6 inch sections at 24 epi.  

I always have some tangle issues when winding on a new warp, but all of my other fibers to date could handle a bit of combing and detangling.  The unmercerized cotton and cottolin could not, but I wouldn’t know that for several more hours...

What I didn’t realize was the fibers of this yarn were pretty clingy and were thus binding up as I wound on.  So, instead of stopping and assessing the situation, I just added more torque to the winding to push the yarn through.  

Oops, do not do that!

Eventually it would go no further and breakage occurred. Lots of breakage.

By the time I cut out one full section of the warp hoping to just skip it or tie on new yarn out the back, I was already doomed, but still hoping I could salvage the rest of the warp.  As soon as a second section also broke, I knew it was useless.

I also noticed that the yarn was easily break apart in my hand just a light tug. I’d worn it out trying to detangle it.

Rather than waste more time on a lost cause, I tossed out the yarn completely and had to start over, but this time i would not repeat the same mistakes.

Fortunately, this story does have a happy ending, and I’ll tell you all about in the next post!

Until then, Happy Weaving!

See what’s for sale on Etsy

Follow me on Twitter or Instagram

[lladyllamafiberco]

Tea towels are off the loom and ready for finishing! 1st picture coming off the loom. 2nd and 5th front of the loom state twill fabric. 3rd and 4th pictures are of the backside. #weaversofinstagram #cottolin #teatowels #handwoventowels #weaverfever

[saraayoungart]

Still threading #sarayoungart #craft #art #fabric #loom #weaving #louet #hollandia #handwoven #woven #cottolin #sectionalbeam #albertacraft https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VKR_rJ2gI/?igshid=3gm9ihbo34en

[lladyllamafiberco]

Taking some time to weave and enjoy a little quiet. Cottolin Tea Towels 1/3 Twill Using double 12 dent rigid heddles on my Kromski Harp and my beloved Bluster Bay Super Slim boat shuttle. #handweaversofinstagram #weaversofinstagram #rigidheddleweaving #rigidheddleloom #weaverfever #teatowels #linen #cottolin #twillbedone