DIAMOND POSSIBILITIES COMPARED

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Who would ever have thought that more than four shafts could be a disadvantage in designing?!

 

“Diamond Possibilities Compared” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on March 2, 2010. ©2010 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

COMPARING 4-, 8-, AND 6-SHAFT CRACKLE

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Reading the little bit on plain weave and looking at the 8-shaft drawdown will give you a clue to the kind of problems I have with designing 8-shaft crackle and why, till now, I have totally avoided it.

“Comparing 4-, 8-, and 6-Shaft Crackle” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 25, 2010. ©2010 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

SUMMARY OF 6-SHAFT TIE-UP COMBINATIONS

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“Summary of 6-Shaft Tie-up Combinations” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 22, 2010. ©2010 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

TREADLE ENVY

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I have not bothered to include a tie-up because the tie-up is so simple.  Just attach one treadle to each shaft.

Here is the link to Tim’s Rudimentary Treadle Reducer.

Related Post: Combining Tie-Ups in 6-Shaft Crackle

“Treadle Envy” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 18, 2010. ©2010 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

FOURTH TREADLING

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“Fourth Treadling” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 17, 2010. ©2010 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

THIRD TREADLING

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“Third Treadling” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 16, 2010. ©2010 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

A NEW TREADLING

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This is still the reversed tie-up from Thursday’s blog post.

“A New Treadling” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 15, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

REVERSING THE TWO TIE-UPS

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To reverse the tie-ups I simply used tie-up #2 first and tie-up #1 second.

Note spell check at work……….

“Reversing the Two Tie-Ups” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 11, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

COMPARING THE 6-SHAFT TIE-UPS

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After yesterday’s post, my next task was to check out the two individual tie-ups with the combined tie-up to see if I had made an error.  I copied each of the tie-ups onto a page in my e-journal to make it easier to compare them.  I discovered that I had not made an error.

 

No error.  Soooo…..what to do next?

“Comparing the 6-Shaft Tie-Ups” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 10, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

6-SHAFT DRAFT ENLARGED A BIT

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This is the same draft as posted yesterday. What I did was to make the image a little larger so that I could see more clearly what is going on.

The wonkiness is still there, but looking at the treadling shows where the wonkiness occurs.  Now my question is, have I messed up on the tie-ups?

Related Post:  Combining 6-Shaft Tie-ups Continued

“6-Shaft Draft Enlarged A Bit” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 9, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

COMBINING 6-SHAFT TIE-UPS CONTINUED

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Related Post:  Combining Tie-Ups in 6-Shaft Crackle

“Combining 6-Shaft Tie-Ups Continued” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 8, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

COMBINING TIE-UPS IN 6-SHAFT CRACKLE

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I was curious as to what would happen if I were to combine the two tie-ups for 6-shaft crackle into one draft.  And this page from my current crackle sketchbook shows the result.

One thing I find interesting is how the design changes a bit in the blocks on the right.  I’m not sure right now how to account for that.

Related Posts:
A New Tie-up for 6-Shaft Crackle
6-Shaft Crackle Threading Treadled Overshot

“Combining Tie-ups in 6-Shaft Crackle” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 5, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

A NEW TIE-UP FOR 6-SHAFT CRACKLE

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I learned early on in my weaving life about the magic of re-arranging the tie-up to make for easier treadling. But my learning stopped dead right there.
When I belonged to the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild in Atlanta, one of the very gifted and experienced weavers used to talk about designing in the tie-up.  I never understood this.  I never even understood it when she tried to explain it in the most simplified way possible to a group of us. 
I was an idiot.  Or at least I was not ready to learn.
I think that the problem was that I didn’t see the tie up as related to shafts rising and falling.  It was just some kind of abstract square stuck in the upper right-hand corner of my drafts. 
And my software even numbers the shafts!  Still, I didn’t get it. 
I didn’t get it quite simply because I did not pay attention to what was happening to the cloth in relation to each lift of the shafts.  I thought in terms of treadles, not in terms of the shafts those treadles were tied to.
I am learning.  It’s not easy!


“A New Tie-up for 6-Shaft Crackle” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 4, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

6-SHAFT CRACKLE TROMP AS WRIT

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Instead of the overshot treadlings I have been working with, here, once again, is the tromp-as-writ.  I adore it in the 6-shaft crackle.

 

Related Post:   Tromp as Writ

“6-Shaft Crackle Tromp as Writ” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on February 1, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

MORE ON BLOCKS IN 6-SHAFT CRACKLE

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Related Post:   Blocks as the Design Feature

“More on Blocks in 6-Shaft Crackle” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on Febuary 2, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

BLOCKS AS THE DESIGN FEATURE

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For any just stopping by for the first time, this is part of my crackle-draft-a-day project and the images for these posts are pages from my e-sketchbook, which I keep in Microsoft Publisher.

Go here to learn more about this project. 

Related Post:  Alternating Treadles on 6-Shaft Crackle

“Blocks as the Design Feature” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on Febuary 1, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

COLOR AND 6-SHAFT CRACKLE

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Related Post:  Playing with Color

“Color and 6-Shaft Crackle” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on January 29, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.

6-SHAFT CRACKLE DRAFTS SO FAR

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Related Post:  4-Shaft Crackle 01.11.10

“6-Shaft Crackle Drafts So Far” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on January 28, 2010. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.