I know this has been here a long time, so maybe you are not reading comments anymore. But I thank you anyway. I have 8 shafts and no treadles. Every pattern has the treadle tieup on them. I have been assuming we can just ignore it and follow the right side lifts, but have wasted thread trying to figure it out properly. Right at the end of your presentation, You said the term, Lift Plan! Thank you sooooo much. It has been a long journey to try to find the information, no one seemed to notice we don 't all do treadles. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I found this explanation SO CONFUSING!! Lol I’m a gestalt learner - I need the big picture first, then the breakdown. All those other kinds of learners who build their understanding from the ground up- so pleased for you👍👍
Excellent video Joyce, so clear and easy to follow! After years of rigid heddle weaving I'm trying to get my head around my new 8 shaft table loom. One thing that is confusing me is how to follow a draft if there is no tie up (as with the table loom).
Goodness, bless! I’m transitioning from a back strap to a floor loom (a one of schact’s wolves that was a tremendously generous gift) and I’ve been floundering because the pattens are read so differently! I’m used to just picking mine out by hand, or having a few heddles to help.
+Kelly Casanova When there is no tie-up, that's called the "lift plan" version of the draft. Table looms use "direct tie up". That means each shaft has it's own treadle or lever. The treadling portion of the draft will instruct you to which shaft to actuate. In some cases you will be actuating more than one shaft at a time depending on the weave structure that the draft is for. With treadles, you can actuate more than one shaft at a time with a single treadle. With direct tie up, you have to actuate each shaft manually. Hope that makes sense.
Sort of. To "ignore" the tie-up, you have to look at "treadle 1" in the treadle sequence and look at the tie-up column for treadle 1 to see which shafts treadle 1 is supposed to actuate. You do this for all the "treadles". Normally you read a draft away from the tie up. If the tie-up is in the upper right corner then the threading is right to left and the treadling is top to bottom. In reality it doesn't matter because you can always flip and turn the cloth after it's off the loom.
The next video I want to work on is the mechanics of the rigid heddle. Not many people realize that the slot threads never move, they are always in neutral position. The way to "raise" those threads is to lower the ones in the holes, which brings the slot threads to the top. That's your second "shaft".
you can actually use the 4 shaft patterns on the rigid heddle by incorporating the pick up sticks. I didn't understand this before, but thanks to your video it's clear now! Amazing and fun! Thanks!
Rigid Heddle is same as 2 shafts so if you look at drafts made for 2 shafts, you'll be OK. Shaft #1 could be either the holes or the slots, it doesn't matter, but whichever you pick, shaft #2 will be the opposite of it. Extra shafts for the RH are created by using multiple heddles and/or pick up sticks but translating that into a draft is difficult at best since the heddles (the parts with the holes) don't move and the threading is vastly different than a conventional loom. CONTINUED....
Hello Joyce - thank you for such an informative video! It does demystify the process. Just a quick question. On a draft I am using to weave some tea towels, it has a tabby for hems, but only using shafts 3 and 4. Is this usual? I thought tabby always used 1&2 then 3& 4 alternating. TIA. Tracey
This is a great explanation of how to read the weaving draft for a floor loom, but I only use a rigid heddle so I am having a lot of trouble relating the rigid heddle to the draft. Can you help?
hello there thank you for showing me how to read the weaving draft, it is my first time learning, how ever, I have a question. Do I have to thread backward order like 4 3 2 1 or can I thread in order 1 2 3 4? thanks
+Willow Callahan It seems like I would make a heddle stick for each shaft and then manually open the sheds controlled by each rod. So to do this pattern I would open the first heddle stick and the fourth then pass my weft, then open the 3&4 shed and so on. Can anyone confirm this?
+Willow Callahan You have to make heddle rods (string heddles on rods) for each "shaft". You would use the "lift plan" version of a draft, whereby you would be lifting more than one heddle bar at a time (for things like twill, for example). Consider each string heddle rod as a "shaft".
For any shafts your little heart desires or none at all. It's explained at timestamp 5:17. If treadles 5 & 6 are tied as shown in this draft, it will produce a plain weave (1/1 interlacement).
I know this has been here a long time, so maybe you are not reading comments anymore. But I thank you anyway. I have 8 shafts and no treadles. Every pattern has the treadle tieup on them. I have been assuming we can just ignore it and follow the right side lifts, but have wasted thread trying to figure it out properly. Right at the end of your presentation, You said the term, Lift Plan! Thank you sooooo much. It has been a long journey to try to find the information, no one seemed to notice we don 't all do treadles. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I found this explanation SO CONFUSING!! Lol I’m a gestalt learner - I need the big picture first, then the breakdown. All those other kinds of learners who build their understanding from the ground up- so pleased for you👍👍
OMG finally. I am a visual learner and the books were just confusing me. Love that you defined the parts as well. Thanks so much
I am a weaver; I wished I found this u-tube in my learning days. It is excellent!
Excellent video Joyce, so clear and easy to follow! After years of rigid heddle weaving I'm trying to get my head around my new 8 shaft table loom. One thing that is confusing me is how to follow a draft if there is no tie up (as with the table loom).
Goodness, bless! I’m transitioning from a back strap to a floor loom (a one of schact’s wolves that was a tremendously generous gift) and I’ve been floundering because the pattens are read so differently! I’m used to just picking mine out by hand, or having a few heddles to help.
+Kelly Casanova When there is no tie-up, that's called the "lift plan" version of the draft. Table looms use "direct tie up". That means each shaft has it's own treadle or lever. The treadling portion of the draft will instruct you to which shaft to actuate. In some cases you will be actuating more than one shaft at a time depending on the weave structure that the draft is for. With treadles, you can actuate more than one shaft at a time with a single treadle. With direct tie up, you have to actuate each shaft manually. Hope that makes sense.
+rigidheddleweaving . So we ignore that part of the draft (indicating tie-up)? Also does it matter in which direction the draft is read? Thank you!
Sort of. To "ignore" the tie-up, you have to look at "treadle 1" in the treadle sequence and look at the tie-up column for treadle 1 to see which shafts treadle 1 is supposed to actuate. You do this for all the "treadles". Normally you read a draft away from the tie up. If the tie-up is in the upper right corner then the threading is right to left and the treadling is top to bottom. In reality it doesn't matter because you can always flip and turn the cloth after it's off the loom.
The next video I want to work on is the mechanics of the rigid heddle. Not many people realize that the slot threads never move, they are always in neutral position. The way to "raise" those threads is to lower the ones in the holes, which brings the slot threads to the top. That's your second "shaft".
you can actually use the 4 shaft patterns on the rigid heddle by incorporating the pick up sticks. I didn't understand this before, but thanks to your video it's clear now! Amazing and fun! Thanks!
THIS is the first time that this has made perfect sense!!!!!!
Thank YOU :)
Thank you so much I was so lost trying to read my new weaving for “beginners” book!!!
Thank you, thank you, Joyce!
I knew it's not a rocket-science! Great visual explanation.
Thank you so much!
That is exactly what I was looking for. Very well explained!
Happy weaving ))
Rigid Heddle is same as 2 shafts so if you look at drafts made for 2 shafts, you'll be OK. Shaft #1 could be either the holes or the slots, it doesn't matter, but whichever you pick, shaft #2 will be the opposite of it.
Extra shafts for the RH are created by using multiple heddles and/or pick up sticks but translating that into a draft is difficult at best since the heddles (the parts with the holes) don't move and the threading is vastly different than a conventional loom. CONTINUED....
Hello Joyce - thank you for such an informative video! It does demystify the process. Just a quick question. On a draft I am using to weave some tea towels, it has a tabby for hems, but only using shafts 3 and 4. Is this usual? I thought tabby always used 1&2 then 3& 4 alternating. TIA. Tracey
This is a great explanation of how to read the weaving draft for a floor loom, but I only use a rigid heddle so I am having a lot of trouble relating the rigid heddle to the draft. Can you help?
Great video! I unfortunately only have a hand loom available to me. Would it be possible the weave using these graphs on a hand loom? Thanks
hello there thank you for showing me how to read the weaving draft, it is my first time learning, how ever, I have a question. Do I have to thread backward order like 4 3 2 1 or can I thread in order 1 2 3 4? thanks
Thank you but looking in the magazines they have over the top like 2x or 6x what is that about thank you
Thank you so much, that was exactly what i needed :-)
Thank you for this tutorial!
The area that you're in right now that's on your computer where did you find that it was a drafting
Fantastic video
thank you for sharing !
Does anyone know how to do this on a backstrap loom? It seems like the heddle sticks are analogous to both the shaft and the treadle?
+Willow Callahan It seems like I would make a heddle stick for each shaft and then manually open the sheds controlled by each rod. So to do this pattern I would open the first heddle stick and the fourth then pass my weft, then open the 3&4 shed and so on. Can anyone confirm this?
+Willow Callahan You have to make heddle rods (string heddles on rods) for each "shaft". You would use the "lift plan" version of a draft, whereby you would be lifting more than one heddle bar at a time (for things like twill, for example). Consider each string heddle rod as a "shaft".
Thank you, that confirms a lot! I was able to make a very nice waffle weave hand towel!
excellent!!
What about treadle 5 and 6? What for?
For any shafts your little heart desires or none at all. It's explained at timestamp 5:17. If treadles 5 & 6 are tied as shown in this draft, it will produce a plain weave (1/1 interlacement).
TY!!
What weaving software are you using please?
It was either Pixeloom or Fiberworks, I don't remember.
I notice in the upper left corner of the program it says Pixeloom, so that must have been the one I was using.
Maybe if we could see it on a rigid heddle loom it would make more sense for the rigid folks.
The rigid heddle has only 2 "shafts", that is shaft 1 and 2, with treadles 1 and 2 (the up and the down).
Also, have a look at previous comments. That has been addressed. Just look at 2 shaft drafts. One shaft is the holes, the other shaft is the slots.
After reading the comments I think I must be dumb as a plank, because I still dont get it..
Not a RH video.