![]() ![]() In the image above shaft 1 and 4 have been lifted. Here are two examples, one focused on tie-up, the other on balancing.Īll this explanation is but a prelude to the business of getting a workable shed. It’s very inspiring to see the way expert weavers give such generous help and advice to novices. In my week devoted to ‘understanding my loom’ I’ve been particularly grateful to a number of topic threads archived on the Weavolution website. If I’d had to get it out of the box from new I would have had to understand and install the tie-up myself. I really regret now not making copious notes as he did this. Don Porritt) to reassemble it and balance it. Then I engaged THE loom expert of West Yorkshire (Mr. ![]() When I collected it I didn’t have to dismantle it all, just the outer casing, so the all the tie up was in place. My Toika had been acquired from a lady who’d chosen it to weave rugs from the wool of her Herdwick sheep – but had really struggled with putting on a warp. Treadle, upper lams and shafts.Īs I was making these diagrams I realised what I’d missed in not assembling my loom at ‘ the outset. This diagram shows the tie-up for the falling shafts. ![]()
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