Plan several pieces on one warp

Making several towels on one warp shares the outside loom waste across the project. It also introduces spaces between items. The mistake to avoid is either multiplying outside loom waste by the number of pieces or forgetting the internal gaps.

For four pieces and a 2-inch gap, there are three gaps, totaling 6 inches. Outside loom waste is added once. The planner treats sampling as woven cloth, so both warp and weft are budgeted for the sample.

Decide where fringe belongs

The outside-waste input includes any fringe at the two outside ends. Each between-piece gap includes the open warp needed for both neighboring ends. If you enter those allowances there, do not add the same fringe again somewhere else.

Include actual hem cloth

Enter the amount of finished cloth you need per item, including the cloth that will be folded into hems. If the final visible towel body is 28 inches and your construction consumes another 2 inches of finished cloth in hems, enter 30 inches. Seam construction and finishing are your design decisions.

Yarnworker’s project-planning example discusses multiple pieces, sampling, and adjustments to practical winding lengths. WeaveCompass keeps those adjustments visible.

Load “Four towels” in the project planner and inspect the allocation diagram. For more than eight pieces, the diagram groups the cloth and gaps so it remains readable; the arithmetic still uses the full piece count.

Ready to use your measurements? Open the weaving planner.