After subscribing to Weave Tech and asking a couple questions there,
Zack and Bethany took a couple hours to play with the dobby while I
treadled. If you can imagine going through a pattern that requires 28
treadle pushes to complete, 4-5 times through, pick by pick, holding
down a treadle with an average of 8 harnesses raised while they checked
to make sure the right ones were up... well, it's more or less working now.
I'm still trying to decide if I want to keep the thing, so yesterday was
a test. For the first time I was able to actually weave something that
wasn't so full of mistakes as to be useless. I wove for about an hour,
not counting short breaks to wind another bobbin or adjust the weights
on the floating selvages, and got one towel done. Now I'm waiting to
see if I'm going to be in serious pain for a day, to pay for it! If
not, then I might buy the AVL if I can swing the financial side. If
pain comes (there's always a delay between stress and pain of about
1.5-2 days, for some reason), then it will definitely be for sale.
I must say, though, it will be a bit dull going back to 8 shaft twills
after playing with 16 :)
Holly
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