The Towel as Sold Finished, after washing and drying

Finished Length cm

Finished Width cm

Finished Weight g/m²

The nameplate figure the towel is sold and specified at.

What the Loom Made Terry shrinks more than any other woven cloth, and the pile shrinks most

Warp Shrinkage in Finishing %

Loom state to finished, along the length.

Weft Shrinkage in Finishing %

Across the width.

Hem and Cut Allowance cm

Added to the loom-state length before the towel is cut from the string.

Yarn to Cloth Everything lost between the yarn store and a saleable towel

Process Waste %

Warping, sizing, loom starts, cut ends and soft waste.

Seconds and Rejects %

Towels made that cannot be sold as firsts — their yarn was still bought.

Yarn Price cost/kg

Yarn per Dozen

— kg

Bought yarn behind twelve saleable towels

Finished Back to Yarn

Finished Weight per Towel: — g
Loom-State Weight: — g/m²
Loom-State Area per Towel: — m²
Cloth Weight off the Loom: — g
Yarn Bought per Towel: — g
Yarn Bought per kg Sold: — kg/kg
Yarn Cost per Towel: — cost
Yarn Cost per Dozen: — cost
Short per Dozen if Quoted on Finished Weight: — cost

Where the Bought Yarn Goes

—% in the towel sold —% shrinkage, waste and seconds

Loom-state weight is derived from the finished weight and the two shrinkages rather than entered, because a mill that already knows its loom-state weight does not need this sheet — it needs terry-pile-ratio, which builds that figure from the pile ratio, ends and picks. Seconds are charged their full yarn here: the towel was woven, finished and cut before anybody decided it was not a first.

Towel Yarn Consumption & Cost per Dozen — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.