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.
When I press a treadle all of the shafts want to raise, and I have to push the two that are not supposed to raise down and hold them down as I throw the pick. What do I do?
The string that ties the back apron rod to the warp beam on my loom has slowly been stretching. I’d like to find a different system, but am not sure what to do.
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