Hello everyone
I have just bought a swedish floor loom, 4 shaft, the lady I bought it from had it in pieces and there were no instructions with it. I am a beginner to weaving, so although I have managed to put it up, where I have run into difficulties is in tying the shafts to the wooden pieces that fit between the shafts and the treadles, and then tying to the treadles. There are 6 treadles. It appears that the way the shafts are mounted you have to tie 1 and 3 together to lift at the same time, and the same with 2 and 4,
Can anyone help with telling me, how I tie them to the treadles to lift the shafts, and if I am right in thinking that the way this loom is designed you can only weave tabby, or is there some way I can get the shafts to lift independently so I can weave other patterns.
Thank you anyone and everyone
Tamara