January 2025: 8-Shaft Turned Twill

Finished towels.

Woven by Mimi Dillman

These towels were so much fun to weave! I took them to Germany for hostess gifts when I went this summer, and the recipients really liked them. I found it fun to offset the color changes from the structural (threading and treadling) stripes to create extra color interlacements. The result was kind of busy, so I found I didn’t mind or worry about the lack of squareness to the beat-- no one that I was weaving for knows or cares about 45-degree twill angles!

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Structure: 8-shaft turned twill

Pattern Source:

“Test Drive Twill Towels” by Yoriko Oki with Vicki Robinson, published in Handwoven Magazine, Nov/Dec 2013 issue, pages 38-39

Yarns:

8/2 Cotton by Brassard (colors) and Georgia Yarn Company (Natural)

Sett:     

24 epi, 22 ppi (pattern called for 18 ppi)

Finishing:

Warm water wash, tumble dry, and press. Shrinkage 12.5%

Loom:

Louet Spring I 8-shaft

Downloads:
Drawdown (.PDF)
WIF

Sample detail

Drawdown

Bio:

Mimi Dillman has been multi-shaft weaving since 2017 when she had her first lessons with Karen Chabinsky. She says: “I’m not sure why I came to it so late, because all my life, my interests have always been about yarn and thread: knitting, tatting, bobbin lace, spinning. Maybe I was just working my way up? The best part of all this is that I have met many fun and talented folks in the guilds devoted to these crafts. Then inspired by their work, I get to play with my various accumulations of string and tools.”