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Machine or Handmade Embroidered Huck Towels?

by Michaela
(St. Louis, Missouri)

Embroidered Towels

Embroidered Towels

I just bought 9 beautiful embroidered huck towels from an antique mall and the clerk told me they were hand embroidered. I see no stiches on the back of the towels so I think they're machine embroidered. We decided to ask you... were huck cloth towels with Swedish embroidery ever machine made?
Thanks,
Micha

Amy's Answer
Huck embroidery does not have anything on the back since the stitches are worked through the tiny loops on one side of the fabric. I explain it here: Huck Weaving Stitches

I've never seen any machine work that left the back completely untouched, so a plain back should be proof that you do indeed have the real thing!

Recommended Reading
History of Huck Weaving
Huck Embroidery Stitches
Huck Toweling
Towel Patterns

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Aug 11, 2009
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starstarstarstarstar 		Response to Evelynh
by: Amy

Hello again, Evelynh! As I suggested to you in an email, you can buy white huck toweling online and dye it grey yourself. Does anyone else know of a place that sells grey ready to stitch?
Aug 10, 2009
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starstarstarstarstar 		Finding Gray Huck Toweling
by: Evelynh

I have never seen embroidered huck toweling where stitches show on the back. It is worked entirely on the front of the material. I have a gorgeous pattern that comes from Transylvania. I have made many of them and it works up best on light gray huck with red and black embroidery thread. Do you happen to know a source for this toweling?
Jul 11, 2009
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starstarstarstarstar 		Stitching on the Back
by: Micha

That's great! Thank you for the quick response. I've been collecting embroidered pillowcases for years with all the stitching on the back so I assumed no stitches meant machine-made. That makes the towels even more interesting.

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