Ask Madelyn: 8-Shaft Tie Up
What's the best tie-up for an 8-shaft loom?
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What's the best tie-up for an 8-shaft loom?
I hemstitched my project, but I am not sure if this is stable enough unless I allow for fringing. I do not really want fringe so would it be better for me to fold in the ends and machine stitch them?
Weaving is supposed to be fun but that doesn't mean it isn't also hard sometimes.
My sett is 48 epi (4/dent in a 12-dent reed). I’m worried that if I just tie one thread to each one of the four threads hanging from each dent without taking them in their exact order, they will be twisted when I start trying to wind the warp.
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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).