What's on the Loom

Just a quick look at what is on the looms right now.

These are for a Mother's Day gift at my church. I'm using baby blue and white softball yarn, woven at 7.5 dpi making it a balanced weave. The length of each item is 26 inches long, and 11 inches wide. Once washed the towels will shrink about two inches all around. I found that the yarn doesn't dry dishes as well as I had hoped, but it does dry off hands. Eventually, I would like to use this yarn in a honeycomb for a set of face towels.

On another loom, I have a series of belts that I'm weaving.

One half of the loom. The first warp is baby blue and brown; the second is coral and brown; the third is white and baby blue.

The other half of the loom. The first one is baby blue and white (I have three blue and white warps on the loom). The second one is magenta and blue, and the last one is magenta and lime green.

Each belt is woven on a 12.5 dpi. This is the same yarn that I wove at 7.5 dpi. The bands are slightly warp-faced, but it isn't turning out quite what I expected. I was using ripsmatta as the basis of the belts, hoping the alternating colors would show. The bands are turning out to be more log cabin and less rep weave. The other problem is that each of the belts takes longer to weave than I expected. I crowded seven bands onto a 20 inch loom. Once all the belts are done, I think they will look nice. They will take a little longer than I first expected.