Comments

sally orgren

Is this crackle? I'll bet it feels great in 20/2 silk. Can't wait to see the drape when off the loom! (And yipee, I have 12 shafts too!)

SallyE (not verified)

No, we didn't collaborate, unless you mean the draft that Davewiz posted was what I studied to create this draft.   That is what is great about Weavolution - I would never have thought to do something like this until Davewiz posted his snake skin scarves.  Now I'm thinking about all sorts of "non symmetric" weaves.

Yes, it is a crackle type weave.   Crackle is fast becoming my favorite weave!   I'd like to try this is a gold / green combo, but that will have to wait for a different warp.

 

thenutmeg2000

Just ...WOW. I love the snakeskin idea. I love the shine and the texture of this textile.

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Notes

Each repeat is 100 threads, however, it's less important to do an exact multiple of 100 threads with a pattern like this.   The warp and weft are both 2/20 silk.   The warp is a dark chocolate brown and the weft is a light yellow.   I had to reduce the size of the pictures quite a bit to make them smaller than the max file size, so some of the sharpness of the detail was lost.   I have another color, a light tan that I will try a little bit on in the weaving.

Note that although I'm using 12 shafts for the threading, I'm only using 10 treddles.   I tried the patter with a "tromp as writ" treddling, and the floats were too long and there were some areas where the pattern fell apart, thus this treddling.

Thanks again to Davewiz for the inspriation with his beautiful snake skin weaves!

 

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10
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