Hello everyone,
I am seriously trying to conquer my fear of my drawloom! I have thought I was ready and then chickened out several times. I have actually started winding a warp, but need to get over the final hurdle (the one that has defeated me each time), damask pulleys or countermarche system?
I plan to use a 4 shaft ground and have already turned my vertical jacks upside down and redone them to work with the drawloom attachment. I have watched Becky Ashden's video Dress Your Swedish Drawloom. I do not have the first video as $50.00 seems a lot of money for skills I already have, the only thing that would be new to me in teh video would be the damask pulleys. It seems in the video that Becky is actually using the vertical countermarche, but seem to remember several sources referring to it being better to start with the damask pulleys, elastics, etc.
So I'm open to the wisdom of this group to help me buck up, make this decision and get going!
Thanks so much,
Erica