Herringbone Twill Towels

This weaving kit includes all the yarns needed to weave these Herringbone Twill Towels that were designed by Ardis Arahood for Handwoven's Winning Towels of the 21st Century Contest, pages 17–18. The inspiration for these towels came from a vintage piece of Fiesta-ware pottery. This pattern is an enlarged version of a herringbone-twill plaid from A Handweaver's Pattern Book by Marguerite Porter Davison. Yarns Aurora Earth 8/2 cotton (original design was woven in Cottolin) Equipment needed: 4-shaft loom, 10 dent reed; 20" weaving width; 10-dent reed; 4 shuttles Finished size: four towels 16.5" x 24" each Instructions needed: Winning-Towels-Handwovens-21st-Century-Towel-Contest available from Long Thread Media. Note:  This kit includes all yarns needed to weave these towels.  The pattern can be found in the Handwoven magazine noted above.  You will need to purchase this magazine if you don't already own a copy. Photos by Joe Coca