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Turned Twill on Jack Loom
I was so excited to do my first 8 shaft pattern on my Nilus II Jack loom. Getting the warp on the loom, threading sleying and tieing on all went well. Then I started weaving, and I thought things were going well. I was getting the pattern. But when I looked closer I was getting a lot of floats. When I investigated it seemed it was always the thread on shaft 8 when I was using treadle 1. That treadle lifts up 1 , 5 , 6, and 7. But the thread on shaft 8 doesn’t want to fall down. My tension is quite tight. I’ve been changing the shed when the reed is at the fell line. But now I’ve resorted to checking each time I press treadle 1 to make sure the threads which are supposed be down have indeed fallen. It makes weaving fairly slow, but I’m loving the pattern. Just wondering if there is anything else I can try. I’m weaving with 8/2 cotton at a sett of 20
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