# Remove Tabby ### What It Does Remove Tabby strips out the alternating tabby picks from your treadling, leaving only the pattern picks behind. This is the reverse of Add Tabby — use it to undo a previous tabby insertion, clean up an imported draft, or remove tabby from a specific section of your design.

Remove Tabby

*** ### Opening Remove Tabby * **Ribbon**: Design tab > Remove Tabby button *** ### The Remove Tabby Dialog #### Remove From Controls which part of the draft to remove tabby from: **All Picks** (default) Removes tabby picks from the entire draft. This starts at pick 2 (assuming pick 1 is a pattern pick and pick 2 is the first tabby) and works through to the last pick. **Pick Range** Removes tabby only within a specific range of picks, leaving the rest of the draft unchanged. When selected, two fields appear: * **From pick** — The first pick to start removing from (defaults to 2) * **To pick** — The last pick in the range (defaults to your total pick count) This is useful when: * **Removing tabby while leaving hems alone -** Strip tabby from just the pattern area of your draft, leaving weft picks intact elsewhere. * **Changing structure in one section** — Remove tabby from a specific area so you can re-do it with different settings * **Cleaning up part of an imported draft** — Some imported files have tabby in sections where you don't want it #### Interval Controls which picks are treated as tabby and removed: * **Every 2nd pick** (default) — Removes every other pick starting from the start position. This is the standard tabby interval — one tabby pick between each pattern pick. * **Every 3rd pick** — Removes every third pick. Use this for structures where tabby occurs less frequently, such as some Summer & Winter treadling sequences. #### Preview As you adjust the settings, a preview line at the bottom of the dialog shows exactly what will happen: > "Will remove 150 picks, leaving 150 picks remaining." This updates live as you change the range and interval, so you can confirm the result before applying. *** ### How to Use It #### Step 1: Set Your Range Choose **All Picks** to remove tabby from the entire draft, or **Pick Range** to target a specific section. #### Step 2: Choose the Interval Select **Every 2nd pick** for standard tabby removal, or **Every 3rd pick** if your tabby was inserted at a wider spacing. #### Step 3: Check the Preview Read the preview line to confirm the number of picks that will be removed and how many will remain. #### Step 4: Apply Click **Apply**. The tabby picks are removed and the remaining pattern picks are compacted together, closing the gaps. *** ### Step-by-Step Example: Removing All Tabby You have an overshot draft with tabby picks between every pattern pick and you want to remove them all: 1. Open **Remove Tabby** from the Design tab 2. Leave **All Picks** selected 3. Leave the interval at **Every 2nd pick** 4. Check the preview — it should show roughly half your picks being removed 5. Click **Apply** Your treadling now contains only the pattern picks. ### Step-by-Step Example: Removing Tabby from a Specific Range You added tabby in the pattern area and wanted to remove it to make adjustments to the pattern. 1. Open **Remove Tabby** from the Design tab 2. Select **Pick Range** 3. Set **From pick: 10 To pick: 200** (covering the area where tabby is to be removed) 4. Leave the interval at **Every 2nd pick** 5. Check the preview to confirm the right number of picks will be removed 6. Click **Apply** The tabby picks in the selected area are removed. The rest of the draft is untouched. *** ### Tips * **Undo works** — Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z) reverts the entire Remove Tabby operation in one step. * **Start at pick 2** — When removing tabby from the whole draft, the default start of pick 2 assumes pick 1 is your first pattern pick. If your draft starts with a tabby pick instead, change the start to pick 1. * **Preview first** — Always check the preview count before applying. If the number of picks being removed seems wrong, adjust your start position or interval. * **Works with liftplan** — Unlike Add Tabby, Remove Tabby works in both treadle and liftplan modes since it's simply deleting picks. * **Re-add differently** — A common workflow is to remove existing tabby and re-add it with different settings (different treadles, colors, or thickness). Remove first, then use Add Tabby with your new preferences. *** ### Quick Reference | Setting | Default | Options | | ----------- | -------------- | -------------------------------- | | Remove From | All Picks | All Picks / Pick Range (From–To) | | Interval | Every 2nd pick | Every 2nd pick / Every 3rd pick |