What this project will teach you:
- Beaming the warp wider on the warp beam
- Border pick-up pattern in addition to center pattern, plain weave border
- Details of threading heddles one section at a time
- Discussion of pattern thread groups, with charts
- Comparison of threading to rigid heddle
- Use of empty heddles on edge of shaft
- Special way to sley the reed with diagrams
- Discussion of counterbalance tie-up, using rubber bands
- Making a clean beginning
- Weaving technique, row by row using pick-up stick
- How to find the correct starting shed
- Shedding action demonstrated, one treadle at a time
- Tips on advancing the warp
- Shuttle placement at rest