Weaving dish cloths on the rigid heddle loom

[@gerryivkovich1857]

I have made a number of dish towels using 8/4 cotton and a 12 dent heddle. Yours are beautiful. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you so much! Too kind!

[@mastinomama8939]

You are a gooood weaver AND sewer. thanks for the hemming tips.

[@o6662]

Thank you for talking through your process - a lot of common-sense approaches and solutions to weaving and finishing towels. I especially like the "look" of double stitched hems, reminding me of how denim garments are finished - it looks less like a hem and more like a design statement.

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you so much!I’m happy you appreciated it!

[@debwingert7439]

I loved how you put a long warp on and wove it all to separate later. Good Thinking!

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you! I couldn’t be bothered weaving one at a time 😂 i like the look of the hem on a towel anyway, so I thought that would work!

[@diegaah]

These are beautiful!! Absolutely

[@marinamartinez6886]

I like your idea of just making random width stripes. Since the color combination is just two colors the towels will all match just fine. 👍👍👍

[@albertoaisu]

They do! Initially i did that because i was too lazy to measure every stripe 😂 but in the end i liked the result more!!

[@patriciaclough2463]

Its 1:00 pm est. From MA. Loved your video and glad to see how you finished it with a serger and sewing machine. I have 8/4 and glad you used it, now i know how the towels will look. Thanks again. Looking forward to more videos.

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!

[@anne-mariescheffer4691]

I love this video, so clear and very helpful 👌 thank you very much for sharing! I can't wait to make some.

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you so much!

[@tinathecrafter]

You show an interesting way of machine stitching the hems. I usually hem my towels by hand because I don't like the way the machine stitching looks on the handwoven fabric. But yours looks very neat and flat!

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you!!

[@JCAM-z9r]

Very nice! Thank you for sharing your lovely work and process. 🙏🏽

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you so much!!

[@annespun]

Once you start using handwoven towels, it’s hard to use anything else. Yours are lovely!

[@albertoaisu]

They’re so much better right?thank you so much!!

[@lizchilders4154]

Enjoyed your video and your towels look beautiful. I really like how you finished them. I am weaving dish cloths (not towels) as Christmas gifts and will try finishing some of them your way.

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you so much!!let me know how you like it!

[@winterwoodcottage3657]

Beautiful.

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you!!!

[@elwiturus]

Hello Alberto. What cotton company did you use for this?

[@albertoaisu]

I got them from Campolmi filati, an Italian mill from Florence

[@rodohc]

What is the dpi of your reed? I am new to weaving and am trying to figure out how to weave dishtowels on my SampleIt loom. My reed is only 7.5dpi 😬

[@albertoaisu]

For these towels i used a 15 dpi, however i made some lovely towels in the past with the sugar and cream cotton yarn with the 7.5 dpi!They will be heavier weight but still nice and soft!

[@BeccainHawaii]

I want to start making dish towels, but what is a good Cotton? I've knitted and crocheted towels, but was never happy with the cotton I used because the towel didn't really work, they didn't absorb water at all, just spread it around. Is it because the yarn was too thick , would it work better woven rather than knitted?

[@albertoaisu]

I think you might have used mercerized cotton, maybe, was it a bit shiny?mercerized cotton (like classic crochet cotton thread) does not absorb water, unmercerized cotton is matte and works very well for towels, i woven some with sugar and cream yarn (thicker and works well with knit and crochet) and they were good towels!

[@BeccainHawaii]

@@albertoaisu No, it wasn't mercerized cotton. One of the brands I used was sugar and cream. Maybe I needed to wash it first?

[@albertoaisu]

You could try, could be the different dye too, i tried two different colors and they felt different..the one i use now for weaving is much thinner but works great, it’s natural untreated cotton thread

[@youngbloodsuz]

What a wonderful and clear demonstration. I’m new to rigid heddle weaving and am excited to try weaving dish towels according to your video. Did you warp and weave with the 8/4 cotton? I was thinking of warping with 8/4 but weaving with 8/2 cotton. What’s your advice? Also, what loom are you weaving on? Thank you so much for a great visual demonstration. Suzette

[@albertoaisu]

Thank you so much!Yes, i used 8/4 for both (mostly for speed) but you can defined use 8/2 for the weft!It’s a slightly different look, but it works well..If you prefer you can also use 8/2 for both but doubling it for the warp, getting a similar slightly more closed weave!My loom is an ashford 80cm (32”) that i stained, since I wasn’t a fan of the standard colour ☺️

[@youngbloodsuz]

@@albertoaisu thank you!

[@alchemicalmagician]

what's the dpi please? x@@albertoaisu

[@chanoucocker]

Is it possible to know the size of your towels please thanks

[@albertoaisu]

Sure! The finished size is around 43cm in width and 50cm in lenght.

[@sandymorrison1400]

When you cut over your sewing machine, threads fall down into the machine works. This will cause your machine to jam unless you constantly clean out the threads.

[@albertoaisu]

Thanks! I do clean it regularly..But i never found many residues or threads inside, mostly dust and small particles!