welfordWEAVES | Episode 10 | Intro to Crackle

Dear Weaving Circle,

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Premier: Tuesday, October 25th @ 1pm Pacific / 3pm Central / 5pm Eastern

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In this episode of welfordWEAVES, we delve into a new weave structure to me and begin to unpack the ideas of crackle (jamtlandvaev), an ancient Scandanavian structure brought from Europe. 

Some basic notes on Crackle:

1. It is derived from and originates in point twill,

2. Offers an unbelievable number of patterns and variations,

3. Maximum number of floats are 3 but there are versions with floats up to 5 threads, and

4. It makes a very strong cloth.

Conventional crackle is based on blocks with 3 shafts and 4 ends:

Block A: 1 – 2 – 3 – 2

Block B: 2 – 3 – 4 – 3

Block C: 3 – 4 – 1 – 4

Block D: 4 – 1 – 2 – 1

The 3-shaft character of the cloth is maintained by placing indicidentals between the blocks as follows:

No more than 4 shafts before changing directions, which helps with incidentals to go between blocks and create amazing patterns!

I hope you enjoy this initial dive into crackle – more to come in following episodes! Post your questions down below!

Warmly,

Rachel