Sett	24 epi
Width	20 inches Takeup and shrinkage - 15%
Warp Length	4 yards
Warp Yarns	Natural Hemp - 775 yards Bleached Hemp - 775 yards Red Cottolin - 368 yards
Weft Yarn	Single Ply Hemp or Linen - 1600 yards
Threading
Border Edges	1.5 inches Alternate Natural & 1/2 Bleached hemp 18 ends Natural Brown Hemp (D-Dark) 18 ends 1/2 Bleached Hemp(L-Light) (Or substitute with a light & dark shade of cottolin) The Dark Hemp is threaded on shafts 2 & 4 The lighter bleached hemp is threaded on shafts 1 & 3 This is a double weave structure. When woven the darker shade will show up on one side of the fabric and the lighter shade will be on the reverse.
Red Blocks	Each Red Block is 1/2" wide 12 Ends separated by 8 ends of the natural/bleached hemp. In this double weave structure, the 6 Red ends are threaded on shafts 5 & 7 and the natural hemp is threaded on shafts 6 & 8. This results in the red blocks showing up on one side of the fabric and the natural hemp on the reverse.
	D-Dark Hemp R-Red Cottolin L-Light Hemp R-Red Cottolin D R L R D R L R D L D L D L D L Repeat this threading 3 times for the 3 Blocks of Red Total: 60 ends
Striped Centre	Each Striped section is 1" wide - 24 ends with 20 ends of alternating Dark and Light Hemp followed by 4 ends of Red Cottolin, creating a narrow pin stripe of red on the natural background. To make wider towels, increase the number of pin stripes.
	D L D L D L D L D L D L D L D L D L D L R R R R 24 ends Repeat this 11 times for a width of 12" 288 ends
	Repeat the threading for Red Blocks and Border in Reverse for the other side of the towel.
Border Edge	36 ends
Red Blocks	60 ends
Centre Stripes	288 ends
Red Blocks	60 ends
Border Edge	36 ends
Total	480 ends
Heddle Count	1 - 94 2 - 94 3 - 94 4 - 94 5 - 26 6 - 26 7 - 26 8 - 26