Karen
Why is it that tea towels seem to be the most frequently woven objects today?
nice to see the word tea towels - same word as used in NZ to describe the American dish cloth. A dish cloth here is something to wipe your benches with [yep I know benches = countertop elsewhere]
i would like to suggest it's a commodity that is quite fast to make and have for use in the kitchen arena. hem and wash it and you are away. Also i think someone else suggested it is a great way to sample a pattern, some colours and have a useful end product. Even if goes completely pear shaped you could use it as a wiping cloth or a duster!
Why not real lengths of cloth for clothing?
takes longer - you might need to be more precise if you wanted xyz length to create an actual garment. i you needed to sample both your yarn and structure you might have create a sample :-) takes long to sort out after it all off the loom and fulled. i.e. drying said length, finding the pattern and then the space to cut it out, sew it up etc.
both items as such are fairly uneconomic to make if you look at all the cheap imports coming in but they are also uniquely yours. the colours you chose for the towels can be to match exactly xyz but the import may only be in abc......eytc
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