I'm reading about drawlooms and I am signed up for a class for next spring. One thing I've run into in my reading has to the fact that you can tie up a countermarch to lower shafts as well as raise them. Some of the drawloom drafts I've seen tell you to do that - tie some of the shafts to raise and some to lower. (I understand that on a countermarch, you usually tie each shaft to all the harness - what ever shafts aren't being lifted are being lowered. Is that correct?)
Anyway, I'm thinking of trying to modify one of my jack looms with a draw harness, long eye heddles, back extension, etc. But, of course, on jack looms you can't lower the shafts. How much of a problem will this be? Am I embarking on a fools errand to try to do this? The problem is that I really don't have room for another large loom, so if I can't do this with a jack loom, I'll have to get rid of one of them.
Thanks for your advice!
Sally