Crackle weave

Kristen Cleveland and Cindy Harris presented our February program on crackle weave. Crackle is a very versatile weave structure consisting of blocks. This structure can be woven on four or eight sh…

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...example, the first one would be red, orange, yellow, and at the end I would drop the red and move orange and yellow up a slot each and then weave with green. See the “Crackle Sample” in my projects for a sample of other things I can do with this warp!...

A kimono designed in crackle weave draft

This is a little something I whipped up this morning from the Practical Weaving Suggestions Pamphlet Vol. 2-57, “Some Notes on Crackle Weave.” The weaving draft is straight from the pam…

I briefly mentioned crackle weave in my last post and later I even got a request to cover it so apparently its time has come! I did the f...

I just finished teaching two Saturday classes on Crackle Weave. I had a great time, and had seven participants, who told me that they had a great time also. I worked really hard to prepare for th…

This draft shows my first foray into weaving crackle on eight shafts. This is a very simple threading, but the results are much more elegant than the same approach drafted for four shafts!

Way back in October Mum pulled a warp of teal blue Orlec with 200 ends for a sample warp featuring swivel. Now 3 months later the drawdown is no longer appealing, so a quest for a new pattern that used 200 ends was on. It had to be something interesting that could work with the workshop that Mum is on the last stages of finishing. A Crackle seemed to fit the bill, so this draft was created. Here is a photo of the draft. I had to do some sampling of weft colours because the Crackle pattern is…