Ask Madelyn: Heavy Shafts
Raising four shafts with every treadle makes the treadling very heavy. Is there anything that you can think of that would make it easier to treadle?
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Raising four shafts with every treadle makes the treadling very heavy. Is there anything that you can think of that would make it easier to treadle?
How much more length do you need to add to a warp to weave eight towels instead of four?
Is it possible to weave rigid-heddle projects on a multishaft loom? What do you need to know?
I use a Glimakra countermarch loom with an overhead beater. I am wondering if there is any good technique for resleying on the loom.
What method do you use for warping your drawlooms? I use a method I learned in Denmark, but it's very cumbersome, and I usually end up dealing with quite a few problems during the process.
What do you get with twelve shafts? You get more blocks,you can produce twills that are even more complex, and more layers (or two layers of more structures).
My heddles are distributed evenly on all eight shafts, but I'm not going to be using very many heddles on shafts 5 and 8. Should I remove them?
I'm wondering how the tie-ups in Handwoven are determined. I've heard about "walking" tie-ups; what are those?
What is the best way to reduce a draft when the draft calls for a loom that is bigger than the one you have at home?
The Dornick Towels' sett seems a bit loose to Madelyn. She suggests tightening it up.