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Bathroom Hand Towels

The towels featured in this post are designed by Arianna E. Funk with access through Gist Yarn.

I will always be willing to support Arianna Funk’s patterns. Every one that I make turns out beautifully and are really fun to weave!

Fall is a beautiful time of year for me. I have always found it odd that it is the time of year everything dies. It seems as though spring should be the beautiful part with everything bursting with life. However perhaps it is equally important for things to have a chance to die off so that new growth can occur and also for some things to hibernate for a season. Regardless of the reasoning, it is a happy time of year to me and absolutely worth filling with happy activities such as weaving.

These projects are such a joy to me that they bring me energy into the dark evening hours after the kids have gone to sleep which means I can finish them faster than when I am slogging through something and exhausted in the evenings.

These hand towels will find their home in a hall bathroom. It is a set of three hand towels – each a unique variation of the same theme. Enjoy!

October 16, 2021 by Theresa Murphy Categories: UncategorizedTags: bathroom, blue, cotton, funk, gist, halvdrall, hand, structure, tan, textiled, tmurphy, towels, warp, weave, woven, yarn Leave a comment

Sunset Scarf Pattern

I recently created a scarf that is loosely inspired by a sunset at the beach. The luxurious time to simply sit and watch the beauty that nature has to offer. Feel free to use the pattern as is or adjust to your own purposes! Enjoy!

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June 4, 2021 by Theresa Murphy Categories: UncategorizedTags: beach, cotton, diamond, scarf, sunset, textiled, tmurphy, twill, warp, weave Leave a comment

Basic Weave Structure

The foundation of all weaving is a simple over/under structure. Vertical yarns (warp) are held in place and then horizontal strands (weft) are woven through them in an over/under pattern.

In this picture, notice how the white strands alternate going over and under each strand. In this weaving, that basic (plain weave) structure is kept the same but the colors are changed in a pattern to produce a unique effect (color and weave).

Creating a pattern can be done from simply changing color order in the warp or the weft. Patterns can also be created from changing the over/under pattern. For example, instead of going over and under each thread, when a weaver goes over and under two threads together, this produces twill.

Here the warp is pink and the weft is orange.

Every weaving builds from that very basic premise!

May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 by Theresa Murphy Categories: UncategorizedTags: basic, over, plain, structure, textiled, tmurphy, twill, under, warp, weave, weft 1 Comment