Crackle weave gamp towels using the four crackel blocks across the web. Color blocks of R, O, Y, G, B, P, R, O, Y, O, R, P, B, G, Y, O, R. Following Susan Wilson's book "Weave Classic Crackle & More", the first block was woven with the first three colors. Subsequent blocks dropped the first color in the sequence and picked up the next color. This was my first time weaving crackle and it was a challenge working with three shuttles, three colors, and the four different block. It was slow for me to weave, although my speed picked up a little bit by the fourth towel. There was some warp left over so I took a break and just wove a small towel in plain weave and used up the colors I had left on the pirms.
Finished by machine washing in warm water with regular detergent, dried until damp, then pressed with a hot iron.
The crackle towels are little heavier and thicker than I like for towels. Maybe my sett was too wide and the weft packed down too much. The plain weave at the same sett has a nice hand.
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