You may have heard that jack looms are harder on warp threads and cause more broken ends. So I’ve been playing around with my new 4-shaft countermarch loom this evening. This is great! Su Butler is the person who writes about them on her website. Follow on Instagram. up and need help with shaft to the lamm to the treadle I am a new weaver the pattern is for plain weave. Peggy. peggyoster That’s the way my loom is made so I do everything that way. One reason for using it is that you can get a plain weave as well. The Weavebird v2 Countermarch Computer Dobby loom also uses Back Mounted Treadles but a different mechanism is used to reduce treadling effort. I have a 6 harness Macomber Loom. by Harrisville Designs The Beater height on all Nilus II looms is adjustable to allow the weaver to position the warp in relation to the reed and the shuttle race to maximize the shed size. Could you please send me a tie up system. They seemed to be a pain in the you-know-what! Thank you, Wonderful post. Check them out at the web. After you have completed tying-up your treadles push each one all the way to the floor and then lift it back up. I was getting flowers for, This is a contemporary silk piece I bought in Japa, I’m mounting this old Japanese textile on a scar, I’m making a scroll with the piece so I can have, This piece hasl soul. You need to get the pins to go with it. Weaving on a four shaft treadle loom, we set up treadles thoughtfully to use all 14 combinations available. I’m concerned that it could be a recipe for disaster if you look at some other draft. If the shafts lifted are separated some on each of the treadles that could help lift them all. After studying the tie-up method I do not believe I am able to use this system. ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS ASHFORD 4 & 8 SHAFT JACK LOOMS Tools required: Screwdriver, hammer, ruler, candlewax, light lubrication oil and adjustable spanner. Thank you! Check out my website http://www.peggyosterkamp.com. the loom has 6 treadles but you need 8), we use the compound tie-up. Now, sometime you may want to weave a twill (diagonals in the cloth) which is a weave often used or variations of it. Table Loom Treadle Kit to fit all table loom stands. What’s Your Opinion? Just add your email address in the space below. Thanks for the tie-up, Peggy! I raised my upper lamms and lengthened the ties and things seem to be working better now, but I’m sure it could be improved on. See more ideas about weaving, loom, loom weaving. HELP! Peggy. The Woolery has it and probably all shops. There are lams that are for going up and others for going down. This is a unique Leclerc feature that enhances the conventional Jack and Countermarche mechanisms by reducing the force needed to treadle the loom. Peggy, This reply is in response to Rosepath tie up. One and two together, two and three together, three and four together, four and one together. The treadles are the pedals that you push down to make the shafts rise up. You don’t have to change any thing in the draft. Try the first option to see if you have a counterbalance loom. I weave on a 45″ Nilus Leclerc 1975 vtg. Hi, I’ve just seen this conversation in my search to find a way to increase the size of my shed. We call it walking the treadles when you alternate your feet. I do really like this. It makes for efficient weaving and good balance. Is this normal? Tying up the treadles. It may take me some time to adjust, but I think it may be easier in the long run and may eliminate some of the rocking motion I get now. One hundred treadle cords hang from upper and lower lamms. This one allows for multiple tie ups. Keep the jacks I think. eg. I am starting my first project on a floor loom that has 8 shafts and 10 treadles. Diana. My current project will be woven on 4 shafts and the treadling draft requires the following sequence: 1 and 2, then 3 and 4 repeated 4 times. I’ve bought one of your books and can borrow your spiral bound one on warping from my local Phila Guild of Hand Weavers! I really tell what to do and explain how to do it. I aquired a 4-6 drop shaft floor loom that came frim Scotland and the owner didn’t know how to use it. I’m 120 miles NW of Reno NV. press the two left treadles together with the left foot and the two right treadles with the right foot–you’ll alternate feet which makes a good rhythm. No, it’s only for 4 shafts. You only need enough tension to get a shed and too tight can prevent the shafts to rise on jack looms. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. “My”tie up won’t increase the size of your shed. I recently bought a 200cm (79″) Glimakra Soverign. Here it is in short: 1,2 2,3 3,4 4,1. The left inside treadle connects to shaft three and the right inside treadle connects to shaft four. I am on my first project (decorative pillows) and part of the pattern is 1/3 twill which has been such a pain for treadling, I JUST set up the treading in this article and am blown away! When this happens, the cord which is attached to the DOWN shafts has a buckle in it from resting on the cross beam. There is a big chapter on adjusting looms and how each type works. Then for 4&1 move one foot again–you’ll soon be dancing on the treadles. I cant work them sepeeately . What a revelation is was. Specifically my failing comes in the role of lamms and their role in the movement of shafts. Happy Valentine’s Day. I’m using my handspun wool now almost exclusively, am trying singles now on the loom, and am finding the ins and outs of doing that. No, all the copies are gone. for a basic twill of 1,2 2,3 3,4 and 4,1 would only have to move 1 foot each time instead of both like I do now. To do tabby put your foot between the treadles and push 1&3 with one foot and 2&4 with the other. No, no, no!! The old style hooks (also known as regular) and the super hook. That means you can change from one structure to any other on a whim, and you don’t have to redo the tie-up. I’ve tied up the shafts, the heddles and the lamms, but I’m stumped on the treadles. The diagram on tying up treadles is a scheme for tying the treadles–looms differ with lams, etc. of the lams rather than under the treadles when tying up the loom. Are they tied one to each of the bottom of each shaft in a straight sequence 1 on the left to 4 on the right? So I feel responsible for learning all about this type of loom. Peggy. Then you need two below as you say 1 &2 on one roller and 3 & 4 on the other. I have threaded it as 4321 from right to left. I’ve tried other peoples photos I run across on line. 6-treadle tie-up for a jack loom. up and out of the loom. So excited to try out your method. I am having issues with the joined shafts , that is it has only four pullies at each end of the top beam , each with a karge and small pully , small on the bottom so the shafts 1 & 4 are joined and 2& 3 are joined . Row 2 press the treadles for shafts 2 & 3. Would weavers want my books as an E-book? 3 and 4? I just did the second printing so it will be awhile before I do the Weaving for Beginneers as a PDF. That book has a whole chapter on how the different types of looms work and how to tie up the treadles. I have acquired a beautiful loom made by Eugene Robocker from Kalispell, MT. Thank You. Each shaft has weight bars on the top of them. Then 3 & 4, then 4&1. And truthfully it confuses me. If you like knowing the why’s you might want the other 2 books but they aren’t required as the first 2 are. Go 1,2 2,3 3,4 4,1 and your feet will dance. Since I gave the countermarch weavers their tie-up, I thought I should repeat this one yet again for everyone else. (I’ve seen looms built with the same idea, with the arrangement: 3,1,2,4. At the moment, shafts 1 &2 are on one side of the counterbalance piece and 3&4 are on the other side. that isn’t hard if your feet or shoes aren’t very narrow. Standard Floor loom Assembly instructions 15 100 100 10 67 49 36 0 42 5 92 4 38 37 94 24 0 76 81 31 90 7 0 36 3 66 100 9 49 24 0 70 0 42 59 49 Find out more at schachtspindle.com Schacht Spindle Company 6101 Ben Place Boulder, CO 80301 p. 303.442.3212 f. 303.447.9273
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