Crackle weave sampler

Crackle weave was one of the structures my weaving study group choose to investigate this year. Two  recently published books on Crackle weave, gave new interest to this old weave structure. In one of these books, A Crackle Weave Companion by Lucy M. Brusic, there is an example of a sampler to use in exploring crackle weave. Since I do not own this book I went to one of my own weaving books.

The Handweaver’s Pattern Directory, by Anne Dixon, shows many examples of 4 harness crackle weave. The section on crackle weave is on pages 130-135. Using these weave designs I created a sampler. Four different crackle patterns across, with each pattern repeated multiple times to better show the design.  Each of the 4 pattern blocks has a different warp color. There were 12 different treadlings used, with the weft color changed for each treadling. Each treadling is repeated  at least 2 times. The sampler has 36 different designs. 21 of these designs are found in The Handweaver’s Pattern Directory. Samplers are a good way to see a variety of designs from a family of similar type weaves. An added bonus was trying different color combinations and size of weft yarns.

Crackle 4 harness weave. Row 1-3 correspond to the treadlings on page 131.The left column (Brown warp) are the designs pictured on this page 131. The 4th row ,(mint color weft) is the first treadling on pg 132-133. For this row the brown warp column is not pictured.

Rows 1 and 2 correspond to treadlings 2 and 3 on pages 132 and 133 of The Handweaver’s Pattern Directory. The 3rd row is the 1st treadling on pages 134 and 135. Designs in left column (brown warp) are not depicted in book.

Row 1 and 2 correspond to pages 134 and 135, treadlings 2 and 3. The designs are from The Handweaver’s Pattern Directory with the exception of the brown Column.

Same designs depicted in each row, with the color of weft changed and size of weft yarn.