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Mon, 09/08/2014 - 09:36

Artistry

Crackle Weave Shawl looks like a winner, it's a beautiful pattern! I know what you mean after a total weave fail, it's wonderful to go with " ease & beauty & success" . Been there! Have fun and enjoy yourself, can't wait to see the finished shawl!
Mon, 09/08/2014 - 12:05

Bonnie Inouye (not verified)

This draft is not related to crackle weave. The threading is essentially an overshot threading on 6 shafts. The tie-up given with that draft is a 3/3 tie-up, one that is never used with a crackle threading. And the treadling is like an overshot draft woven literally as drawn in and not overshot style. There are lots of floats in both warp and weft direction. You would need a sett closer than that for a twill because of all the floats.Or you could use this threading and weave it with a tabby weft, either as shown or as overshot.

There are plenty of crackle drafts that you can make or find for 6 shafts. Then use a tie-up with at most 2 consecutive rising or sinking shafts, like 2/1/1/2. If you use a crackle threading (it has very small points and no repeating pairs of shafts- no places with 1-2-1-2, for example) then you can choose between several methods for weaving good cloth. There are two fairly recent books on crackle.

Bonnie Inouye

Mon, 09/08/2014 - 14:19

Artistry

Hi Thor, Susan Wilson , I believe, is one of the authors Bonnie is referring too. I have found on Handweaving.net recently when I was doing 6 different baby blankets in Hind und Weiber ( I think that's how it's spelled) I did have to adjust the long floats so the babies fingers wouldn't get stuck in the blanket. Playing in the tie up or actual design helped solve that. When I looked at your design on Handweaving.net it talked about a category called " Divisional Blocks". I don't know what that means. Is it a fancy term for something I already know, or is it something new to learn? At any rate, doing your test run, as you suggested, is always a smart move! Good luck and I'm sure with some tweeking plus some practical advice from Bonnie, you'll end up with a stunner! Cathie
Mon, 09/08/2014 - 23:29

mrdubyah (not verified)

Cathie,

  See http://handweaving.net/AboutDivisional.aspx for an explanation of divisional drafting.  Basically, it's a way to draw out a threading (and trompe as writ treadling) symbolically instead of thread by thread.

  Draft #61152 is one of my faves.  I used it to make his and her Alpaca scarves in white and gray for my wife and I that you can see Here: http://www.weavolution.com/?q=project/mrdubyah/alpaca-his-hers-scarves

Tue, 09/09/2014 - 06:04

Thor (not verified)

I am constantly blown away but everyone's knowledge and generosity on Weavolution! Bonnie, thanks for the tip about the floats. I usually check that and I didn't this time. I may do as you suggest and lay in a tabby for structural support if nothing else. I don't really know anything about Crackle as a weave structure, per se. I just love the drafts that come up when I search Handweaving.net for "crackle" which is how I found this draft identified. I guess those weaving books I own are actually to be read in order to glean knowledge from them? :-) Dub, thanks for posting your scarf project for this. Again, the floats & my fiber choice may be an issue in this test piece. Can't wait for my next day off from work so I can get back in the studio!
Tue, 09/09/2014 - 11:53

Artistry

Mrdubyah Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction for divisional drafting! This is something new! A little different from profile draft. I had seen the old illustration before but never with explanation. Thanks! Also your his and her Alpaca Scarves are just lovely.
Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:41

Deke

This definitely makes me eager to try some 4-shaft patterns out when I get the chance. The design is ...unreal, like something a demented tapestry weaver might come up with after a hard night :) but it's all done with shedwork? Very inspiring. Once I limit out on plain weave options, I will be looking at this more intently.

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A fiber friend saw this woven in black & gold and photographed the shawl to send to me. I found the draft on www.handweaving.net (Draft #61152) and figured that I would replicate it for her someday. In the meantime, I showed the draft to my sister-in-law (another weaver) and she ooh'd and ahh'd imagining it done in black & white. I happen to have a goodly amount of black & white Rayon Crinkle from R&M Yarns (www.rmyarns.com) in Georgetown, TN so I'll weave up this test piece and if I like it, then I'll purchase the gold, as well! I actually was prompted to begin this project after a 2 month weaving famine as my studio needed to be used as a storage room for a while. I jumped back in to work on a guild challenge that went every which way of wrong. Each of the fibers that I selected, while very beautiful, we're not appropriate for the task at hand. So, while I baled on the challenge...it served it's purpose to teach me something. I will find a project that the challenge fiber would be appropriate for...but not today. Today I need ease & beauty & success.

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