Mother of all Tie-ups with only 6 pedals

Season 5 - Lace Weaves · 2 replies · 3113 views · 6 followers

nadia.shewchenko

almost 5 years ago

I think this was discussed in this lesson, but I can't find it back. I have a 4-shaft loom with 6 pedals . How would I get a version of the"Mother of all tie-ups" on my loom? Do I have to limit designs to only 2 of lace, warp, or weft or keep changing my tie-ups? If this was indeed discussed, which video would I find it in. Love the lessons and thank you!

Jane Stafford Mod

almost 5 years ago

Hi Nadia, You can’t get the mother of all tie-ups with only 6 treadles, you will need 8 to get them all at once. You will have to change your tie-ups but I arranged all the samples so you could do a bunch with one tie-up and then change to get the others. Hope this helps. Now....having said all that you could use a skeleton tie-up but I would get confusing doing it that way, having to step on multiple treadles at once..you won’t get any rhythm that way and the rhythm helps you know where you are. Change your tie-ups when needed. Hope this helps.

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Sandra Dupuis

almost 2 years ago

Thank you! I thought I was totally above my ability level with this project, since I couldn't figure out how to do this tie up on 6 treadles! Back on track!

Nancy L Storey

almost 2 years ago

So, I have not done the laces yet, but I do use a skeleton tie-up on my 6 treadle/4-shaft. From left to right my treadles are tied up: 1&3(tabby 1); 1,3,2,4, 2&4(tabby 2). So, I am always using 2 treadles (except in 3-1 twill). For the Warp and weft floats on the ‘mother of all tie-ups, I would use a tabby1 (1-3) plus 2 for A and tabby 2 plus 3 for B. It messes up the nice outside-inside pattern that Jane uses, but i think another pattern will emerge. I have not used it yet and I may rearrange the tabby treadles, but I think it will work. I hate changing my tie up and using a skeleton tie up is not that hard, just different. You have to think more like using a table loom, pulling levers.