Vermont Weaving Online/Project #2: Summer Towels

  • $24

Project #2: Summer Towels

  • 24 Lessons

Rigid Heddle weavers explore hand-manipulated lace. Four- and eight-shaft weavers explore bird's eye twills.

WEAVING PROJECT

What's Included

(for Rigid Heddle and Shaft Looms)

The Project

Overview
Preview
Alternate Colors
Preview
Share Your Work, Ask Questions
Purchase Yarn for Project

Weaving: Floor Looms

Walking Your Treadles: Four-Shaft Looms
Alternate Treadlings: Four-Shaft Looms
Walking Your Treadles: Eight-Shaft Looms
Alternate Treadlings: Eight-Shaft Looms

Finishing Your Project

Finishing and Long-Term Care

Digging Deeper: Hand-Manipulated Lace Techniques

Hand-Manipulated Lace Techniques
Hand-Manipulated Lace: Leno (video)
Hand-Manipulated Lace: Brooks Bouquet (video)
Hand-Manipulated Lace: Hemstitch at Top of Fabric (video)
Hand-Manipulated Lace: Danish Medallion (video)

Digging Deeper: Twills

Exploring Twills
Twills #1 (video)
Twills #2 (video)
Twills #3 (video)
Twills #4 (video)

Full Patterns

Summer Towels – Rigid Heddle Pattern
Summer Towels – Four-Shaft Pattern
Summer Towels – Eight-Shaft Pattern

WIFs

In this area you'll find the .wif files for this project. A .wif file is the type of file used for weaving patterns. They need specific types of weaving software to open them. If you don't have weaving software, you will not be able to open these files.

summer2021 4 shaft.wif
summer2021 8 v2.wif

Want All of Our Patterns and Lessons?

This weaving project is included in our all-access Online Weaving Club annual memberships. To start this project, join today!

  • $119/yr

Online Weaving Club

Vermont Weaving Online gives you full access to all content including patterns, supplements, videos and wifs. Each project unit takes a central theme and includes patterns for rigid-heddle, four-shaft, and eight-shaft looms. To see a preview of content, scroll down and click on any of the a la carte projects. At launch there are eight complete projects that include 21 in depth patterns plus units on warping, ergonomics, understanding weave structures, basic weaving theory, how to read drafts, and more.

  • $169/yr

Online+ Weaving Club

Online+ includes all content from the Online Club plus access to Zoom meetings with Dena. • meetings are scheduled at different times and days to accommodate weavers in different time zones on different schedules • all levels of experience meet together • all loom types meet together Meetings are casual and friendly. Topics discussed are varied and determined by the needs of participants. We take the time to go into great depth on topics of interest and work with weavers to strategize specific issues. Questions about anything weaving related are welcome.