Last year I ran a Weave Along based on my Diamond Stripe Towel pattern.
This rigid heddle pattern is a best seller in my Etsy shop (over 1000 copies sold at the time of writing this article!), but many weavers requested that I put together a class or weave along to compliment the PDF pattern.
The first Weave Along was such a huge success and I had so many students ask me to run it again this year. The second weave along ran throughout January 2022 and just like the first one in 2021, was a raging success.
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Similar to the Wash Your Hands Towels Gallery, I wanted to be able to showcase some student’s beautiful work from the weave along.
The individual choices of colours and styles is so impressive and inspiring!
In this project we use two heddles to create the diamond pattern. It is a challenging technique, but so many participants completed their towels successfully.
Many participants told me that finishing the Diamond Stripe Towels and weaving with two heddles has opened up a whole new world of weaving for them. That is so exciting to hear!
In addition to the community interaction at the Online Weaving School, participants were also invited to join a private Facebook group to share and troubleshoot. This is a wonderful group with a true spirit of willingness to help.
In the first weave along and in the pattern, there was only the option to use 8/2 cotton for the towels. Following feedback from the first participants, I updated the information to include a supplement video section for those who wished to use 8/4 cotton instead. This has allowed weavers to use what is readily available to them, either from their stash or from local suppliers.
*Please note, these cottons are available in Australia from Thread Collective.
The 2022 Diamond Stripe Towel Weave Along is closed for enrolments, but here is the good news.
If you are a Gold Member of the Online Weaving School, this Weave Along is available to you at any time, following the purchase of the pattern.
And who knows? Maybe if I start to get requests, I will run this weave along again sometime in the future 😉
I hope you enjoyed viewing all of these beautiful towels.
Until next time…
Happy Weaving!