Weaving Dishcloths on a Rigid Heddle Loom/Beginning Weaving Project/Weaving Cotton/Dish Towels

Welcome Back! I'm so glad to see you and have you weave along with me. I'm going to warp for dishcloths out on the deck, show you some of the dyeing I've been doing, give an update on Lorenzo the Lemon Tree and hang out today! I'm glad to be back in the swing of things!
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[@janetholley1004]

Those turned out beautiful, love the colors!

[@patyoung9412]

I love how real you are. Thank you for your great tips. I’m just getting back into weaving. I have a loom I got in high school. 1976. OMG where did time go.

[@EveChan1804]

I watched the whole video to find out that the diagonal lines are just visual and not textured 😂 I want to make some textured dish clothes and kind of hoped to see a pattern. But I am not disappointed, I had fun watching and your peg “board” is awesome !

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Well tracking is textured, but just completely random. Texture with a rhl is very challenging. It usually means either another heddle, or string heddles or maybe a pickup stick

[@EveChan1804]

​@FiberLoveDiary Thank you for explaining! ❤ I am about getting evrxrhng together to get my small loom warped tomorrow latest 😅

[@theehappyhousewife3346]

So beautiful

[@altheawgn]

That mylar tip is absolutely GENIUS! Thank you for sharing ❤

[@katerinakemble4861]

So want to learn to weave now!

[@gerryivkovich1857]

I love watching creative things happening! I know how to do these, but I MUST watch every time. Pretty colors. Blessings.

[@lisasmith5437]

Love these colors!!

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Thank you!

[@carrietreder8474]

What a beautiful day! I’m glad you warped your loom on the porch so we could see the sunshine and hear the birds. Plus, Lorenzo looks amazing! Very cool dish cloths. I reeeeeally need to finish the practice dish towel on my loom so I can try other things. Have a wonderful week!

[@FiberLoveDiary]

It was so nice, but eventually it got windy!

[@taniamitchell604]

I miss the sunshine, it's winter here and winter in my area is miserable. I will weave towels one day... soon 😁

[@FiberLoveDiary]

I'm sorry, but I totally get it! I hate the cold, wet, dark winter 😕

[@bonniemcgee6648]

Beautiful dishcloths thank you for your podcast. 🥰🧶

[@FiberLoveDiary]

🥰

[@jessicawright1656]

Thanks for talking about dishcloths and showing how that style hem is holding up. One of my sisters requested more towels and dishcloths. I haven't woven dishcloths before...

[@FiberLoveDiary]

I wasn't sure how it would do, so I figured I should show it. It's a little hard to believe how well they're doing.

[@runtsgal]

I love the purple/green complimentary colour combination.

[@FiberLoveDiary]

I've always liked those colors together.

[@Which-Craft]

I have forgotten to hemstitch before, and I LOVE THIS SOLUTION!

[@FiberLoveDiary]

I'm so glad that too might help you! This was my first time forgetting, but I hear it all the time!

[@CrazyMountain_Fiberworks]

Very pretty 😍

[@michelezunker5029]

I love that you name plants also...we have a fig tree named Figgy Smalls. People think I am crazy but oh well.

[@karenbroussard2641]

Love the dishcloths, Trish! Thanks for bringing us along as you made them!

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Glad you like them!

[@heatherarnold92]

You are so cute!! A lemon tree for your birthday that's what I want for Mothers Day next year Lol. I enjoy your videos so much!

[@donnalougher9059]

Love to see the weaving. I was excited for a minute when I saw the new video, thought the new PF box came. But I'm always excited to see you and what you are doing.

[@FiberLoveDiary]

It should be here soon!

[@LDSVenus]

your dish cloths turned our very well. When you were showing us your lemon tree I started singing the Lemon Tree song and now I can’t get it out of my head 😂.

[@sadiesspincraft6319]

I absolutely love how these turned out I think I need to get me some cotton and make me some dish clothes and tea towels they truly are gorgeous 😍

[@FiberLoveDiary]

I hope you do! They're fun to make.

[@margaritagoble1194]

❤️❤️❤️ I can’t afford another craft. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@estellethomson9048]

Although I'm sure I haven't watched ALL of your videos, I find your weaving videos informative & inspiring. Wish we were neighbors so we could weave together ;)

[@melaniereising5661]

I just made some dishcloths but didn’t even think about hem stitching. I already washed them. I hope they last!

[@elizabethernest]

Ironic that you released a dishcloth weaving video today, as I am in the black hole of warping a scarf on my RH loom today as well. Before I started I thought about switching it and doing dishcloths but decided to stick with my original plan for the scarf and have been wishing I'd listened to my instinct for the last couple of hours as I un-warp the giant mess I made.🤦‍♀️Yours look great though❤️, I'm definitely doing dishcloths after this gets corrected, woven and off the loom🤞😆😆

[@jdieselette]

You have such a good sense of color, they look great.

[@avalontampsett5023]

I love your dish clothes. Given me an idea for my husband to weave. Will,are great gifts. Thank you for showing us this way of hemming the edges.

[@candyquilt]

Beautiful dishcloths, wish I still had that type of loom.

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Sorry, Candy!

[@erinpersinger]

I love your weaving videos! ❤️

[@teresac.m.355]

They turned out great!

[@angelajholden]

Such a cool video! I love your weaving content. I enjoy ALL of your content, but the weaving especially. Cheers! xoxo

[@amy4smiles]

these towels are beautiful!! I love watching the whole process and how you think out things. ❤

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@katlynkoester]

So pretty! Great color.

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Thank you! 😊

[@Rowanstarr]

What lovely weaving. Thank you for walking us through your process.

[@QuzieSuzieQ]

Lorenzo looks great!

[@lizchilders4154]

Love weaving dishcloths. Thanks for new ideas. I have woven shorter dishcloths when running near the last of the warp and I really really like those half sizes too. So now, I deliberately make more of the half ones as well. All make great gifts….in this case Christmas!

[@tracybarger7822]

I love watching the weaving….. but I promised myself I can’t have another fiber/yarn obsession

[@FiberLoveDiary]

I promised myself the same thing for years!

[@lorim.8136]

Perfect day for weaving outside 😃

[@Karla-yz4qd]

Awesome Video Trish! Lorenzo looks amazing!!

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Thanks! Lorenzo has a bud now. He's going to be a lemon dad!!

[@Karla-yz4qd]

@@FiberLoveDiary HaHaHa!! Just in time for Father's Day!! 🍋 🍋 🍋 🍋

[@torithompson1779]

I really love your videos, I am a new weaver and have learned so much from watching you. Do you possibly have a video that shows how you hem the last dish cloth? To me, because there is no gap, I just can't see it and can't seem to get the pattern straight in my head.

[@danielleh5911]

Looking forward to the build a batt! Love the dishcloths. You make me want to bite the bullet and buy a loom!

[@kalakgirl]

The dish clothes and tea Towers are gorgeous 😍👍

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Thank you!

[@TheFroggie66]

This video is what prompted this 25 year knitter to take some weaving lessons. 🥰🧶❤️ Yesterday I bought a 25” Schacht loom!!! I’m super excited to make all of my own woven fabrics! Dishcloths and dish towels are first. I’m heading to Walmart to get some Sugar and Cream cones as soon as the oiling of my new loom is cured! Yippee!

[@ritaorr766]

One day I hope to be caught up enough on other projects to do dish cloths and towels. 🙃

[@shadowcat5889]

I love watching your weaving videos even though I don't weave lol

[@teacat55]

Don’t you just love the secondary texture pattern that happens with this thickness cotton after washings?! It caught me by surprise last year. Nice tutorial.

[@beverleylawton6899]

Another wonderful video- thank you. I made dishcloths after I saw your last video on them and we love them - they are so perfect for what we want and they wear soo well! You are always an inspiration 🙏😊

[@lorainew4281]

They turned out great Trish! I totally agree with you, my hand woven dish towels and dishcloths are tons better than anything I’ve ever bought at the store! And they wash up beautifully as well! What a lovely gift for your son!

[@seekingtoremain]

😍 so pretty! And definitely no ironing, on camera it almost looks like you’ve got a patterned weft instead of plain weave. Gorgeous! Edit to add: commenting while watching means you answer me - the tracking looks very cool 😀

[@FiberLoveDiary]

I like the tracking too, but some people get all upset.

[@craftylady2019]

They're beautiful! Now I want to make a batch. :)

[@FiberLoveDiary]

I hope you do. They are so handy to have around

[@kimbryan2014]

I do not have a ridged heddle loom stand and from this video I think it would be beneficial for me. Great tutorial

[@kathleentibble5707]

The dish cloths look amazing. Would make nice looking tea towels or maybe placemats.

[@candygrubisic]

I'm all about the chartreuse too...especially with the other colors you've been using with it. I do like the other one too. Seems like I have something similar from the shop. So funny...didn't remember but as soon as I saw it I thought...lemon tree. Nice dish cloths as always. Always like seeing how they fill in after washing.

[@raysunshine830]

Springtime beautiful! My son is also about to move out and I have plans to make some dishcloths for him. I also want to make some accent pillow covers. And upholster some antique chair cushions for him. :) empty nest projects.

[@kellyfazekas7831]

If I could warp that fast I'd weave a lot more lol.

[@carolyndavis6657]

My Walmart doesn’t carry a very good selection of sugar n cream so my Joanne shopping cart just got filled. Yours are so pretty I need to make some myself!

[@CarrieMtn]

Lovely- based on your suggestion I did some dish cloths like this but my vintage machine doesn’t do zig zag- I did a straight stitch- together with the hem stitch it is more than enough. I also got some if that “tracking” after washing. I thought it was my mistake. Thanks for sharing. Gracias

[@redmonika10]

Peaches n Creme from Walmart is a different diameter than Sugar n Cream. I noticed it on a project of towels/washcloths I did that were white and brown/multicolor for my mom. It came out okie in the end, I'll probably be the only one that notices the difference. She uses the towels every day and enjoys them. I like your finishing technique better than what I did. I did not like the bulky turn over and sew. I have a serger, but I don't like serged edges on wash cloths. Thank you for the instructions! ❤

[@teresac.m.355]

You make it so hard not to buy a loom.

[@Which-Craft]

Lorenzo is lovely, and I bet he smells wonderful! Did you know citrus leaves are great to throw on the coals when grilling? They add a lovely mild citrusy zest flavor to whatever you're cooking. Not sure I'd recommend it on a gas grill if that's what you have...

[@FiberLoveDiary]

We have an infrared grill, but we could try it sometime when we're camping. He has a bud now! 🤭

[@Which-Craft]

@@FiberLoveDiary oh do try! it's yummy!

[@rockinrobin1975]

Those turned out beautiful! Thinking I might make my grandaughter some as she is moving into her own apt. on her own. I always wondered what yarn you used for these. Question answered! Thanks for going thru the whole process with us!

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Thanks, Robin! I did put a link to it in the description box!

[@sandrahageman9955]

I have warped my knitter’s loom with cotton for dishcloths and it is traveling with me to Colorado Springs for a visit with my mother-in-law. I am planning on showing her how to weave so she has a project while I knit.

[@FiberLoveDiary]

Great idea! They're perfect for a newer weaver

[@kellywest2820]

I haven’t tried that thread while weaving. I’ve used 8/2 cotton for dish towels which is much finer and takes longer to finish. Think I’ll try that next time.

[@FiberLoveDiary]

I still like 8/2 for towels 🥰

[@MikeDan-TV]

Do you have the pattern somewhere or can you provide the ends per inch width and the length of each dish cloth. And then the dimensions after they’ve been wet finished. Thanks so much love your videos.

[@juliewindham5808]

I really enjoyed your video, thank you. I am new at weaving and made my first wash cloth yesterday. When I took the ends off the loom, I tied four strings together in a knot all the way across. I was planning on leaving small tassels on it, but the washing machine did not like that idea lol. The ends matted up pretty bad. So, I trimmed them up some. What is your opinion on knotting the ends instead of sewing them, will the knots stay?

[@Jett1n]

Hello! I'm a new subscriber here and I just got done taking a 3 day weaving course so I've been bitten by the weaving bug! Sooo I have a couple questions as I really want to primarily make dishcloths 😊 one is where'd you get your loom and how did you decide on it? Any good ones for beginners? Oh and the a warping board- do you have any to recommend? Thank you, thank you!

[@debbierini3257]

Could I skip the hem stitching and leave them connected and go right to zig zagging on sewing machine and then cut apart? Thanks Trish❣️

[@maryannroths2434]

In the KZbin you are using a warping bar?? Where do you find them?

[@trevoroneill4588]

Can you use a cardboard loom for dishcloth’s

[@JimmyVasquez1]

What size dpi reed did you use???

[@csqueaksc]

How long was your warp?

[@katiepaquette5498]

for dish towels. what size comb did you use on the loom

[@FiberLoveDiary]

This is a 7.5. An 8 works well too.

[@simonebourque1061]

They are so fab...it just seems like weaving is so intricate. I dont think I will try it.

[@FiberLoveDiary]

It's a lot of learning in the beginning, but the actual weaving is pretty simple.

[@nancyskinner5207]

Isn’t it fun to try to verbalize what you’re doing?

[@dawanariley4183]

Lol you make it look so easy. I love ❤️ to dye washcloths are beautiful