Weave With Me: SOS Twill Gamp Derivative - Handwoven Tea Towels Project

Hello all🙇🏽 I am back from a short, two-week, seclusion to finally share my twill gamp derivative project, some tea towels! See below for chapters, and good links/project info. I chose to do tea towels so I could warp once and see a few different complete pieces. These towels can stand on their own on a tea tray, or be used in pairs as oven/kitchen towels. They are made of strong and functional but plush 8/4 cotton in the shades Lavender, Undyed, Forest Green, and Coffee. I began this cotton journey with the lavender and coffee because I'm obsessed with purple sheened brown, but I loved the twill gamp color combinations and added forest and undyed to the plan. I wove half straight draw, half point. The point is a basic 1234321 because in my wool twill gamp, I fell in love with a tight 3 point m&w treadling over point threading. it creates stunning little chains with 3 links, almost like broken cables in knitting. I wove also a medium zig zag m&w towel, and a large irregular m&w towel. The remaining two towels were a plain 2/2 as a twill control/reference in this new cotton, and a bobbin clearing tabby plaid towel at the end. My warp was 4.5 yards. Width in reed was 17in. Under tension: Tabby draw-in was 1.125 inches. Twill draw in was 1.25 inches. Off the loom widths were about 15.6 inches. After finishing, width is 15 inches with lengths between 22 and 28 inches depending on my twill repeats. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:30 Dressing the loom/Project overview 1:33 Tying on NOT lashing & why 3:30 Discussing my yarns 7:02 Discussing the genesis of these colors 8:07 Tying on the front 9:30 Weaving some tabby o feel the yarn's limits 10:16 Discussing ppi and epi 11:16 Weaving the towels & Chatting 12:10 Checking draw-in 15:28 A quick glimpse at towel 2 16:00 Taking the towels off the loom! 17:15 First look fresh off tension 19:40 Separating towels before wet finishing 21:27 another look as the yarn rebounds off tension 22:18 Revisiting the twill gamp with the finished towels 27:27 Wrapping up the project 28:32 Outro ------ General: I always like to reiterate, I am not a teacher and don’t claim to be - or that my videos are tutorials. These are a visual diary for myself and to share with others my abilities as they progress over time. I am just a practicing fiber artist and a student of my own interests. If you are looking for a teacher, I recommend: School of Sweet Georgia/Felicia Lo: Web: https://www.schoolofsweetgeorgia.com/ YT:    / sweetgeorgiayarns   Kelly Casanova: Web: https://kellycasanovaweavinglessons.com/ YT:    / kellycasanova   Plus: other sources like your local weaver’s guild or Jane Stafford’s online guild and textile school. There are so many great weavers out there and here on YouTube for reference and camaraderie! I am enrolled at the School of Sweet Georgia and highly recommend it. I find the episodes digestible and the takeaways add useful reflection and techniques to my practice. This project was woven as a derivative project based on finding from the Weaving Twills on 4 Shafts Study Group Gamp. My multishaft loom is the Louët Erica 50cm 4-shaft variant. I adore it for affordability and portability. I have had no sacrifices in cloth quality by paying a more affordable price! My little bobbin buddy is from the wonderfully talented Aloe Frost on instagram   / aloefrost   - I just wanted a cute way to keep my next bobbins tidy and this is the perfect companion. Find me @sageandmarjoram https://www.sageandmarjoram.com   / sageandmarjoram   Music by the amazingly talented LuKremBo:    / lukrembo