Hi! 

Fairly new weaver here with a couple of completed projects under my belt. I was hoping to start a new one that incorporates both plain weave and some sections with a traditional birds eye pattern. With a 4 harness, 6 treadle, counterbalance loom is this possible? I know it all depends on the threading and tie ups, and the one I am looking at is threaded 4-3-2-1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4-3-2-1. The tie ups are on 4 of the 6 treadles, so I was hoping I could do a tabby tie up on the other 2, but just not 100% on whether the threading would work like that. It looks close enough to a straight draw that I think it might, but wanted some expertise since it's all so new to me!

 

Thanks so much!

 

 

 

 

Comments

Sat, 08/08/2015 - 22:21

laurafry

A quick look says yes, easily done if you want weft direction bands of plain weave.  Just tie the other two treadles 1+3 and 2+4 and you should be good to go.  Be aware that the two weave structures will draw in differently - the bird's eye will 'shrink' more than the plain weave.  You can counteract this by using a thicker weft for the bird's eye sections.  Or have a scalloped selvedge.  If you can't be perfect, be consistent!  :)

When it doubt, do a drawdown.  Many of the major weaving software developers have free demo versions of their software if you don't want to do it by hand.

cheers,

Laura

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:11

hollie_elizabeth

Thank you! The weft for my birds eye is thicker, so that works out nicely. Just a little sampler project, but I'm a little more confident now. Thanks again!