Weaving Tea Towels

[@E_LithaBeth]

I enjoyed watching you work here so much. Your very natural way of showing us around, how you take notes as you go, get disappointed when you forget to, register pleasure at the surprise loveliness of the last towel, it all was like having a visit with you. Nice. I will be back!

[@KariFellWeaves]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@lizhargreaves2363]

Thank you so much for this! As a newbie I appreciate the step by step explanation from start to finish.

[@4hubby971]

Beautiful!

[@susannekalejaiye4351]

These are so beautiful. Makes me want to clear my loom and start a similar project. Absolutely fascinating that so many patterns from one thread up, depending on the treadle patterns. I need to explore the possibilities too!

[@stonistoneriver6007]

❤❤❤I love you Video and you work. Thank you for your very nice Inspiration. 😊👍👍👍

[@JustinDOehlke]

I was captivated from the start! Thank you for sharing.

[@KariFellWeaves]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@elizabethsielaff3414]

The repeat treadle tie up trick is brilliant! Thanks

[@chefdebschneider]

Late to the game here, but this is so inspiring! Thanks!

[@cherylcallahan9261]

This is exactly what I needed to see before making my first set of towels! Thank you

[@loriledford5389]

I'm so excited to find someone that uses a counterbalance loom! I revived an old Leclerc "M" series that was built prior to 1945 and I am eager to learn! Thank you!!!

[@conniepeterson122]

I just found you! Awesome towels. I use either a triple zigzag or a small, tight zigzag to stitch the ends. I love your color combinations.

[@Jill4Today]

I really like the black yarn as the weft -- it really accentuates the weave pattern. I'm very surprised to see you using cardboard on your fabric take-up beam. I use it on the warp in the back beam but never saw it being used up front. I would worry it would build up and eventually get in my way of treadling. Also, regarding measuring -- I use a strip of brown paper measured to what my needs are (towel being 20", I make a 20" strip of paper and continue to pin it to the towel as I weave along.) It's pretty quick and easy. I'm loving your videos. Thanks!

[@KariFellWeaves]

Thank you. I am glad you enjoy the videos. I use cardboard for the first round on the cloth beam. It covers the knots and keeps it from getting bumpy. After that, I let the cloth build up smoothly without cardboard. Occasionally, when changing weft yarns, the cloth may weave up wider than the previous towel. To prevent the cloth from overhanging on the sides and messing up selvedge tension, I may add a piece of cardboard for one round again. It supports this latest towel at the edges. I never use the cardboard throughout a project, as yes, it builds up too much. Hope this explanation clears things up.

[@biaberg3448]

So beautiful towels! First I thought you were Norwegian because Kari is the most Norwegian female name there is. And Fell is a Norwegian word meaning a whole animal skin with the hair/ wool still on.

[@KariFellWeaves]

I'm glad you like the towels! I am Canadian, but have some Danish ancestry (my brother's name is Nils). Fell is my married name and has English origins. I did not know of its Norwegian meaning. Interesting!

[@biaberg3448]

@@KariFellWeaves 😊 Nils is also a very Danish and Norwegian name. So nice to see these names used elsewhere 😊 Fell is a very old word, from old Norse . The original meaning was “a cover “, like a bed cover. But since people long ago used animal skins with the wool on as covers, the word changed meaning.

[@gorden4319]

It’s soooo good and beautiful

[@KariFellWeaves]

Thank you!

[@diannemcgee7997]

I wonder if what you were told by your friend was a cotton chenille towel was really rayon chenille and that’s why hers wasn’t very absorbent.

[@stonistoneriver6007]

In the Video you cut off the chinesischen for a New chain. Is there also the video on how to bring the new chain to the loom? Thank you 😊

[@adamakaru2683]

WOW Kari, you are something for sure. You were woven 13, Meter & 72Cm how long it looks you?. Wonderful & so beautiful thank you.

[@rcolcord3845]

Would you share your draft, especially the towel with the black weft. Thanks

[@KnittingsAndSewings]

Where do you get those cool little tags to tell your warp chain? Thanks for the link to your Davison green book pattern. I have that book!! I loved this video. I'm trying to get back to weaving again after a year long hiatis. I'm always challenged to do the warping part. I weave so infrequently that each warp is a challenge. I often have threading errors. The idea of an 11 dent reed is intriguing. Janet Dawson's idea about 22 ends per inch is interesting. I like the way you combine your leftover cones to make such lovely towels!

[@sandraeasthope3010]

I have made the boucle tea towels and they absorb more then the cotton

[@KariFellWeaves]

Thank you for confirming this. I am now on my third warp (tied on) of this draft and this time I made a point of weaving multiple towels with boucle. The one in the video sold right away, so I will have to keep one for myself from this batch :)

[@sandraeasthope3010]

@@KariFellWeaves I love the boucle towels and so do my customers I too have trouble keeping them in stock

[@pamyclark1263]

Do I understand this is a 3-2-1 warp?

[@sdances124]

💕💕

[@barbaramorse1049]

Do you iron your linen towels with a mangle? A friend of mine who weaves with linen irons her projects with a mangle and it really brings out a nice drape and sheen.

[@KariFellWeaves]

I do not have a mangle. I just do a hard press with my iron.

[@raashakhra486]

Please share the draft plans

[@annettecook2143]

Kari it looks to me lime you had different patterns, did you change the treadling? Thank you for the tip of adding a #1 at the end.

[@KariFellWeaves]

Yes, I tried a few different treadlings.

[@karingateless6483]

What size is the yarn?

[@KariFellWeaves]

It's 8/2 cotton

[@stephenkropf2087]

Hi Kari! I’m moving to Riverview New Brunswick in a month and was wondering if you can recommend a place to purchase cotton from for weaving?

[@KariFellWeaves]

I work in a yarn store here in Cape Breton called The Bobbin Tree. We sell Brassard and Ashford cottons and a few others. If you prefer in-person shopping in NB, I have a friend who owns Brigadoon Fibre Farm in Hoyt, NB. It is an alpaca farm, but she also sells Brassard cottons.

[@stephenkropf2087]

@@KariFellWeaves thank you so much! I will check those out

[@charmedbycathy]

I was gifted a big loom and I have no idea how to use it…I think I’m going to sell it. Looks too confusing

[@sheriapps1779]

To be honest, it feels like a lot of steps and and can be overwhelming. I felt the same way until I took a class and all the things I had tried to teach myself and wasn't happy with and information I picked up from watching lots of these all came together. Once it clicks its so much fun and very rewarding. Also looms are expensive if you change your mind later so consider carefully!

[@leilakirkdietzolsen6741]

❤️😍🇩🇰

[@JudyT-fx2ch]

Hello Kari - unfortunately your volume on this video is quite soft and barely audible. Perhaps you could keep the microphone a bit closer to your mouth for future videos. Thanks.

[@KariFellWeaves]

Sorry about that. I don't have a fancy recording set-up. In fact, it's just my iphone (and a 6, at that!). But today I ordered a wireless mic and hopefully sound will be better in future videos.

[@MINI-ME666]

Much ado sbout noghing