Step 2 alternate - Create a 6-Treadle Draft

This lesson covers using the prepared threading from step 1, and produces a tie-up and treadling sequence that will produce the same cloth on a 4-shaft 6-treadle loom.

Steps in the video above:

• Open Star-Step1.wif.

• Create a draft with 4-shafts and 2-treadles. Enter a tie-up of 2 and 4 on treadle 1, and 1 and 3 on treadle 2. This can be left unsaved (named untitled).

• Click into Star-Step1.wif for the next step.

• Open Design | Weft Advanced | Combine Weft.

  • Verify that untitled "stub" is in the Source Document, Type Overlay, Shift Right = 4, Wrap Off, Repeat through End checked,Interleave Color off.

  • Apply

• Tie Treadle 5 to shafts 2 and 4; Tie Treadle 6 to shafts 1 and 3.

• Close the "stub" document.

• Open the original overshot draft (Star-OvershotOriginal.wif) in order to interleave the treading from that with the current version of Star-Step1 that has the treadling for the bottom layer.

• Select Star-Step1.wif.

• Open Design | Weft Advanced | Combine Weft.

  • Verify that the Source Document has "Star-OvershotOriginal.wif".

  • Combine type Interleave, no Shift, no Wrap, Repeat through End, no Interleave Color.

  • Apply

• Color Blue and White with Color Repeats on Warp and Weft.

• Click View, once it comes up, click the Double Weave on the left. Validate that both sides look as expected.