Step 1 - Interleave the Threading
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For this tutorial, open the Bethlehem Star Pattern from the prior step (Star-OvershotOriginal.wif). Note that if you are using your own Overshot Draft, be sure it does not have tabby treadles. In books, the tabby treadles are usually not included in the pick-by-pick treadling.
Change the tie-up to a straight 1-2-3-4 as shown below, with treadle 1 tied to shaft 1, treadle 2 to shaft 2, treadle 3 to shaft 3 and treadle 4 to shaft 4. Save this draft and name it Star-Step1.
Next, step is to interleave the threading with itself, shifting every other warp thread up by 2 shafts.
To interleave the threading from this draft with the same threading, that same draft either needs to be open in another window, or a copy of it opened.
For this tutorial, we'll simply open the original draft (Star-OvershotOriginal.wif), and also have open the newly created Star-Step1.
With Star-Step1 open and in focus, select the Original Draft from the drop down, Change the Shift UP to a 2, be sure Wrap is checked, click Apply and Accept.
This is what the draft looks like after performing the Interleave with Shift of 2:
Here is a draft showing what your Star-Step1.wif should look like after performing the Interleave of the Warp and having the straight-draw tie-up:
Included in the next steps are two versions of Step 2. One is an 8-treadle version that only involves pressing one treadle at a time; the second is a 6-treadle version that requires pressing more than one treadle at a time (skeleton tie-up).