I just discovered a new shortcut: treadling the hemstitching!
I was preparing to do the hemstitching on my latest shawl (threaded up straight draw on 24 shafts) as I usually do, picking the yarns out of the reed, when it suddenly dawned on me that I could easily pick out bunches of 4, 6, or 8 threads simply by having the loom raise the appropriate shafts! So that’s exactly what I did. I created a draft that raised shafts 1-4, then 5-8, then 9-12, and so on, and treadled to lift each group of threads for hemstitching. It was significantly faster than earlier attempts, and also more comfortable, since I wasn’t bending over with my nose in the reed.
It won't work for all drafts, but for straight draw it was quick and easy.
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