Fiesta Towels #1

I made 5 towels, well 4 plus a smaller version.
They are from the "Weaver's Craft" April/May 2000 Issue.

Used 5/2 pearl cotton at 2100 yd/lb.

The instructions called for a 4.25 yd warp, and said to allow 1 pound for the warp. I thought that is what I got although after warping it and then coming up short and taking it off and then doing it again I was still a bit short.
I made the warp with two strands together as there was 360 ends. I think this may have contributed to the constant knotting up that happened regularly. It was rather a hassle. I think next time I would do it in maybe 4 sections and do one strand at a time.
E.P.I. 18 I have a 15 dent reed so I slayed it 1,1,2.
Width in reed is 20"
P.P.I. 18
On Loom length 32"
Shrinkage and take up 12%

I got 3 ounces of red, blue, pink, dark pink and yellow.

They all wove up pretty fast. I started with red and did not think to put a selvage at the start but did put one about 1/2" at the end. The rest I did put selvages on. There was enough on the loom that I could make about 4/5 of one more therefore the pink one. So I think if I would have just made it 4 1/2 yards I could have gotten a full 5 towels. They did turn out fairly nicely. I dont' think any of them was perfect and the last one I did was the least perfect. Maybe too excited it was finally coming to an end.

I was afraid that the darker colors were going to run as someone in my class had this problem but hers was some older pearl cotton from who knows where. So I rinsed them all in cold water and threw them in the dryer to dry. Then ironed them and they were fine.