How I Wet Finish my Handwoven Kitchen Towels

[@kasandramckenna3250]

Hello! Indie dyer here! I use textile detergent from Dharma Trading which is formulated to bind to unset dye particles and suspend them in the water until it's drained. With fiber reactive (cotton/cellulose) dyes there are some dyes that bleed worse, these are primary reds or Fuschia and Turquoise and therefore many shades of reds, purples and blues can bleed excessively so anything I make with these colors get washed in the same detergent 3 times if I am keeping it and 2 times if it is going to another person.

[@Afterhoursangel55]

I really enjoy your videos, you are always so peppy makes it fun watching them. I recognize the Qc accent also as I live there myself. My dad gave me my mom's yarn earlier this year as she passed away last year, so I too do not really know what yarn they are as most have no labels. I started using round looms, tried long looms also. But bought a rigid heddle loom 2 week ago and am preferring this. The round loom items I too washed them seperately as I did not know if they would bleed colors. Now I have loads of yarn I have to find things to do with. Most are acrylic I learned a little since Feb by trying a few of her yarns to make items. I have never knitted before Feb this year, so I am new to all of this. But I truly wanted to buy a floor loom so i had bought a toy 6 inch table loom and loved it. But the true floor looms are quite expensive so I decided to try rigid heddle, I have the Sample it, just waiting for 2nd reeds to arrive to get double width and possibly make fabric with tencil yarn I bought earlier this year. I just finished 2 single pannels of a blanket 8 foot long, need 1 or 2 more pannels as I am using # 6 acrylic yarn. I am wondering if I should wash them all before hand sewing (with darning needle and # 6 yarn) or do I wait till all pannels are together which might required the bathtub to wet finish them. I was thinking 1 pannel at a time would be easier, I do have a spin dryer I put in my bathtub to hand wash delicate items or items i have round loom knitted in the past. Still learning. My ultimate goal is to try and make skirts for myself, hence will try double read for double width. I have learned so much from your videos. I find the head tilting in frame from time to time so cute, makes me laugh, your smile is infectious. Sometimes I listen to your videos without headphones on and my spouse once said "oh a French Canadian" lol. By the way where do you take your weaving or textile classes ? Being retired now if can take courses, from home is easier for me as I am caregiver to my adult autistic step son, so cannot leave him home alone he is dependant on us. hence watching videos on you tube. I always use vinegar to clean fruits or veggies, let them soak 5 to 15 min or they become soggy, vinegar = the best non toxic cleaner, use it often to clean other stuff also. Thanks again for your videos and helpful hints and tricks.

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

Thank you so much for your comment and for sharing your experience 🥰 I'm glad you are enjoying rigid heddle loom weaving! It's so much fun! You talked about trying double width on your loom. I just tried it a few weeks and it was fun 😄 I have made two videos about if you are curious to learn more. To answer you, my school is in Québec city and it's called La Maison des métiers d'arts de Québec (MMAQ). The program I'm in is with the Cegep, but they also offer night and weekend classes to the general public. Althought I don't think that they give online course.

[@gerryivkovich1857]

Before you weave, sew, knit you take a wet white cloth and rub it against your wet red fiber. If there will be bleeding, you will see it at this time. If not, you will not have a problem. Hope this helps in the future. Blessings from Pennsylvania, USA

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

What an awesome tip! Thank you! I will definitelly do that in the future 🥰

[@peterivkovich2314]

from Gerry- I call them dish towels. I live in Pennsylvania, USA. Such good information. Blessings

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

Thank you! ❤️

[@miketheweaver923]

Thank you as always for the share

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

You are welcome! 😊

[@avrilp317]

Hi, Thank you for another great video. I just love your enthusiasm and honesty. I washed my first towels straight off the loom but there was no red ……. fully understand your reticence. I wasn’t brave enough to put them into the washing machine on their own, so I put them into a laundry bag to make sure if anything went wrong, the ‘mess’ would all be contained 😂. I used the program on the machine that I would use when washing them normally. Luckily, they came out fine 🥲.

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

That's awesome! Washing our first project is so scary, I understand you! I'm glad your towels came out fine 😊

[@AnneloesF]

Thank you for the tips! (I call them tea towels, but in Dutch.)

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

How insteresting 😊 thank you for sharing!

[@o6662]

Did you machine wash your towels in hot, medium, or cold water? And what temperature in the dryer? Thank you.

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

I washed them in cold water (I actually wash all of my clothes and towels in cold water). For the dryer, I just used the default temperature. I want my towels to get the same treatment on their first wash that they will have for the rest of their life.

[@QuietWoodsWovenandKnit]

Thank you for another helpful video! Are you able to recommend any helpful references for doubling the warp on a rigid heddle? For instance, when using 8/2 cotton with a 12 dent reed, requiring 24 epi. I imagine the process will be obvious to me once I learn how it's different from how I normally loop the threads when warping, 😅 but I'm having an embarrassingly difficult time visualizing how, or finding any tutorials online.

[@QuietWoodsWovenandKnit]

I just found your tutorial on your Spring Scarf video! 🤪😅 Thank you, so much. I will be binging all of your past videos.

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

That's good 😁 I was just about to refer you to this video hahah! Also, I'm working on a new video in which I will show another way to double the threads in the heddles while warping! Stay tune 😊

[@hollywilson6019]

I call them dish towels unless they are that super thin single layer cotton like material then I call a tea towel. Not sure if anybody else does this.

[@IceWeirdo]

Moi, j'appelle ça des linges à vaisselle 😁

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

Moi aussi! 😂

[@PaulineDanleyCox]

We call them dish towels

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

Awesome, thanks 😊