The Core of Crackle

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9 ай бұрын

Crackle is a very unique weave structure that resembles cracked glaze on a piece of pottery. And while you have LOTS of options for the weft, there are definitely some core components required to create this interesting pattern.
In episode 140, I'm taking you through these core components so you can understand what makes up crackle. Please enjoy!
If I whizzed past a few terms you don't know, here are a few previous episodes to fill in the gaps -
Ep 111 - "Point Twill Threading", • Point Twill Threading
Ep 128 - "Key Weaving Pattern Terms (Treading & Threading)", • Key Weaving Pattern Te...
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@leightate7491 9 ай бұрын

This is a good introductory explanation of crackle. Very helpful. Thanks Chris.

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful!

@marianaortega5547 9 ай бұрын

I love watching your videos 😊😊

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

Oh yay!!! And I'm so glad you're here!

@Jill4Today 9 ай бұрын

You always give me food for my loom. Thank you

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

Oh, I love that - "food for my loom"!!!

@katherinelamb614 9 ай бұрын

You have such a nice way of describing the process.I’m going to try this. Ty

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

Oh yay!! Let me know how it goes!

@user-xw6hd2il9j 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Chris! When I am looking for an explanation of a weaving concept that I just became aware of, I know that I can count on you!!!! I’m excited to move forward!!!!

@ActonCreative 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad this was helpful! Yay!

@deniseengel1451 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for explaining crackle. Looks fun.

@ActonCreative 8 ай бұрын

If you decide to give it a try, let me know! I'd love to hear about your experience!

@anng4382 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Chris for such a wonderful straightforward explanation of ‘crackle’

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

You're welcome, Ann! My pleasure!

@DeForestRanger 9 ай бұрын

Well, you've convinced me to venture into crackle. Believe it or not, I've never woven it. I have no excuse for that, so I'm going to start looking at drafts for my next project. Thank you as always for inspiring me yet again!

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

While I haven't been weaving nearly as long as you have, this was my first crackle project! I had done a sampler that included it previously, but had never done a deep dive. So I completely understand how it could fly under your radar!

@DeForestRanger 9 ай бұрын

My problem is that I never get that far back in the book. My attention is usually grabbed by overshot or summer-and-winter!@@ActonCreative

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

@@DeForestRanger I completely understand!!

@saraht855 9 ай бұрын

You have such a nice and gentle beating action with your looms. I watched one man beating his weaving with such vigour it was almost violent and pretty horrible to watch. Would have liked a little close up of the fabric (while you were working or otherwise), but maybe in a future video :)

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the feedback! I really appreciate it!

@saraht855 9 ай бұрын

@@ActonCreative you are welcome! Looking forward at some point to understand all the terms you use! (I feel like when I was a newbie watching Gillian Eve spinning videos and now I understand them

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

@@saraht855 You will definitely get there!!

@robertrobert5583 9 ай бұрын

That's interesting. The current edition of Handwoven (September / October 2023) has a polychrome crackle scarf that I made and really liked. I think it's my favourite weave so far. But I didn't realise at the time that it was a type of point twill. Now looking at the draft I see it! Are you using floating selvedges on your weave?

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

How cool is that timing? Fun!! I opted not to use floating selvedges this time around and instead did about an inch of straight draw threading on each side of the fabric.

@phyllishoward1699 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! I broke my arm on Monday, so I am going to be just watching for quite a while! My question is, does a crackle draft give you all the treadling for the weft, or does the “tabby” part remain ‘understood’ as in most overshot drafts I’ve looked at?

@ActonCreative 9 ай бұрын

Hi Phyllis! I'm so sorry about the arm! I hope it heals quickly! That's a great question! The tabby is implied - just like overshot. But what's lovely about crackle is that you don't have to include a tabby if you are switching treadles with each pick. In other words, unless you're doing a draft that requires repeats in the treadling (like 1&2, then 1&2 again), you can skip the plain weave in between because the floats are so short! This opens up so many possibilities! I hope that makes sense! Let me know if you have follow up questions!

@phyllishoward1699 9 ай бұрын

Yes, I think I’m understanding…thanks!