New Pattern Available in Handwoven Magazine - Shades of Flax Towels!
New Pattern Release in Handwoven Magazine Spring 2025!
I’m beyond excited to announce that my new pattern, Shades of Flax Towels, is featured in the Spring 2025 issue of Handwoven Magazine! This pattern is a true celebration of color, texture, and the beautiful properties of the canvas weave, and I can’t wait for you to try it!
Three Towel Variations with Canvas Weave
Shades of Flax Towels features three towels, each designed using a variation of canvas weave, which creates a beautiful textured cloth. The towels are light, airy, and perfect for the kitchen or bathroom, offering both beauty and utility. The pattern is threaded like traditional canvas weave, but the infusion of color and weave in the threading and treadling create really cool color blends, both on the loom and even more so after wet finishing.
Each design brings its own unique character, and the combination of canvas weave and color & weave techniques creates towels that are both functional and visually stunning.
The Perfect Yarn: Gist Yarn Duet
Just like the sister pattern I designed for for rigid heddle weavers (the Beachcomber Towels published in the Spring 2025 issue of Little Looms Magazine), Shades of Flax Towels uses Gist Yarn Duet in the same three lovely shades. This cotton/linen yarn is soft yet durable and makes it the perfect choice for weaving towels that will feel lovely and get even softer with every wash. The three colors of Duet (which you’ll love for their natural, earthy tones) infuse the towels with a sense of calm and simplicity, bringing the spirit of flax into your weaving.
Light, Airy, and Beautifully Functional
The Shades of Flax Towels are designed to be lightweight, with a texture that’s perfect for everyday use. The airy nature of the canvas weave gives them a softness that feels wonderful to the touch, while still being sturdy enough to handle all your kitchen or bath needs.
Available Through Handwoven Magazine & Gist Yarns
The Shades of Flax Towels pattern is available in the Spring 2025 issue of Handwoven Magazine, and you can also purchase kits for these towels through Gist Yarns. With everything you need in one package, you’ll be weaving these beautiful towels in no time!
Weave the Light, Natural Beauty of Shades of Flax Towels
I’m so excited to see how you interpret these towels in your own weaving practice. Whether you’re weaving them for your own home or as a thoughtful gift, they’re sure to bring a touch of lightness and elegance wherever they go.
Thank you for your continued support, and I hope you enjoy weaving these towels as much as I’ve enjoyed designing them.
All photos by Matt Graves, courtesy of Long Thread Media. (except the photo of the actual magazine on my kitchen counter)