These cotton boucle towels are a perennial favorite with recipients and are a fun and easy way to use up odds and ends of stash. I usually put on as long a warp as I can for these because they weave up quickly and it seems I never have enough of them. I don’t stress over color combos either. Colors change like magic based on the weft colors, so those you thought you would never use may end up being some of your favorite combos!
Level of Difficulty - Intermediate
Structure - Plain Weave
What’s Needed?
2- or 4-Shaft loom (or rigid heddle loom) with a 24"+ weaving width
12-dent reed
1 shuttle and a handful of bobbins
Finished Size -18-1/2” x 27”, including 1/2” folded hems. This pattern will make 4 towels.
Yarn
Warp & Weft -Cotton Boucle, M.Brassard, 8oz, 1150 yd. cones (available at Yarnorama). 8 colors.
Warp requirements by colors:
Color 1 (2 outside stripes): 171 yds
Colors 2-7: 152 yds each.
Color 8: 171 yds
For weft, you will need approximately 270 yds of any colors you choose from stash.
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