Sampling crackle on four shafts is endlessly entertaining.
Here's what the previous sample looks like after washing.
And a few more post-wash samples, with various wefts.
No block changes for this one, just one block repeated endlessly. It makes a great stripe pattern.
When the blue and white warp was finished, I tied on another 2-color warp, using some fibers of unknown provenance from my stash. I think they were tencel and bamboo, but there might have been some soy silk in there too (???). The two warp colors are dark blue and pumpkin. The weft is purple, also unknown fiber. I wove 72" with hemstitching, and cut it off and washed it and ironed it. About 15% shrinkage, and now it has a lovely drape. The selvedges are a bit problematic. In spite of floating selvedges, the best I can say about them is that they are consistent.
Well, that was fun. I have an increasing respect for crackle. So simple yet so complex. With the warp that is left, I am using some more stash yarn, a pale gray cotton, machine spun but strongly resembling a thick and thin handspun. Same block liftplan as the previous.
This piece will not be long enough for a scarf, but I'll put it aside with my other strip weaves and eventually it will make its way into a combo garment.