The Crackle Sac
I love how that sounds, "The Crackle Sac".
So what is a Crackle Sac? It's what I call this little ditty:
Crackle Sac
The bag is 5/2 cotton from WEBS woven in a pseudo crackle weave. Now, I can't tell you why it's pseudo crackle and not real crackle, I'm just going by what more experienced weavers tell me.
The beginning and end of the fabric was hem stitched, so the fringe is the warp.
7 repeats of the pattern created a single woven piece of fabric about 10-1/2” wide and 25-1/4” long after hand washing. I sewed the edges together and boxed the corners.
It's fully lined and has a magnetic closure. The label was an afterthought that I printed on my injet printer. Printing that little piece of fabric and finishing the edges was a pain! After that experience, I quickly placed an order for personalized labels. Yeah, I can make intricately designed fabric out of string, but I draw the line at making a label. Everyone has their limits.
Today I gave the Crackle Sac to my dear friend, Spinnity. She looks pretty happy, don't you think?
She likes it!
Spinnity let me know that it's our 10th Knitting Friend-o-versary. Oh my goodness, 10 years already? Time flies when you're having fun, that's for sure. She also had a gift for me and I'll share that with you in a future blog post.
The Crackle Sac. I'm pleased with how it turned out and am overjoyed that it is with its new owner. Enjoy!
So what is a Crackle Sac? It's what I call this little ditty:
Crackle Sac
The bag is 5/2 cotton from WEBS woven in a pseudo crackle weave. Now, I can't tell you why it's pseudo crackle and not real crackle, I'm just going by what more experienced weavers tell me.
The beginning and end of the fabric was hem stitched, so the fringe is the warp.
7 repeats of the pattern created a single woven piece of fabric about 10-1/2” wide and 25-1/4” long after hand washing. I sewed the edges together and boxed the corners.
It's fully lined and has a magnetic closure. The label was an afterthought that I printed on my injet printer. Printing that little piece of fabric and finishing the edges was a pain! After that experience, I quickly placed an order for personalized labels. Yeah, I can make intricately designed fabric out of string, but I draw the line at making a label. Everyone has their limits.
Today I gave the Crackle Sac to my dear friend, Spinnity. She looks pretty happy, don't you think?
She likes it!
Spinnity let me know that it's our 10th Knitting Friend-o-versary. Oh my goodness, 10 years already? Time flies when you're having fun, that's for sure. She also had a gift for me and I'll share that with you in a future blog post.
The Crackle Sac. I'm pleased with how it turned out and am overjoyed that it is with its new owner. Enjoy!
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Jim Clark, at 1/10/2014 6:15 PM
I just saw this link on the Face Book 4-shaft weaving page. That is beautiful and I can hardly wait to warp it up on my loom. My own efforts at multi-shaft weaving are on hold while I experiment with a tapestry idea I had. http://firewallsrus.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html
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Jim Clark, at 1/10/2014 6:20 PM
Jim, I linked to the draft in the post--Pseudo Crackle Weave Draft: http://www.handweaving.net/PatternDisplay.aspx?PATTERNID=14103 . I alternated tabby shots of brown between the white pattern shots. on The Crackle Sac
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Bogie, at 1/10/2014 6:23 PM
This is such an amazing gift, Janice! I treasure and use all of your lovely woven gifts, but this one is over the top! Great work, as always!
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spinnity, at 1/10/2014 9:37 PM
Gorgeous bag and your weaving is so beautiful.
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Ann, at 1/20/2014 6:17 PM
It's beautiful!
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N. Maria, at 2/13/2014 1:24 AM
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