More crackle weave

[Alex McLean]

I’ve been having fun trying to understand crackle weave more, after weaving one of Ralph Griswold’s algorithmically generated patterns. It’s not too complicated in principle, you have a standard motif like this:

and a path like this:

There is exactly one black cell in each column. You then place the motif along the path, so that the ‘Y’ position of the cell gives the offset for the motif. Any gaps between motifs are filled with diagonal lines, so that you end up with this eight-shaft threading:

If you use this to thread a loom, and then weave it ‘as drawn in’ with a straightforward tie-up, you’d get something like this:

Cosmic!

I’ve managed to implement this in AdaCAD today (hence the above screenshots), it’s a lot of fun to play with. I’ve more or less run out of warp on my loom, so it’s time to re-thread it anyway. Looking forward to trying one of these patterns!