I'm in a real bind. I've threaded my RH with 2 heddles for the first time. All one color warp (white). Need to have it ready for a demo tomorrow, and I AM STYMIED!!
I have used both Betty Davenport's book and the Schacht manual, and I'm positive the heddles are threaded correctly (3 threads in each slot, if a thread goes through a hole in 1 heddle, it goes through a slot in the other). All I want to do is plain weave.
Here's what the Schact manual says..."To weave plain weave, just hold the heddles together and weave in the up and down positions as usual. You’ll hardly know the difference between using one vs. two heddles."
THIS ISN'T WORKING FOR ME. When I hold both heddles in the up position, I have two threads up, and ditto in the down position, but they weave like basket weave, not plain weave. That is the two up threads are right next to each other and the two down threads are right next to each other. So it's 2 up and 2 down, not 1 up and 1 down, which I want.
WHAT AM I MISSING?
I'm sorry I waited till the last minute - but I've been messing with this since early afternoon, and just can't figure it out. I've looked for a youtube video, thinking that would be the easiest for me to learn from, and could only find one for doubleweave with 2 heddles, so they're not trying to do 1 up 1 down.