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I’m enjoying and learning from this series so much. But this is the first time I want to pull out my hair. I cannot get a clean shed with the supp warps. My threading is fine. 121212..33. 121212…44 etc. my sleying is killing me. How do you sley the first (of the 2 supp threads) 3 heddle or 4 heddle without twisting the threads? If my 3 or 4 shaft heddle is after the 1,2 run, then I have to cross over threads 15 and 16 to sley into dent for thread 13 and 14. So I consistently get crossed threads. I know others faced the same situation but I never saw a solution. I’ve tried slipping the thread under 15 and 16. And over 15 and 16. Either way, I get either shaft 3 twisted with its companion thread or shaft 4 twisted with its companion thread. When sleying, What do I do when I get to thread 13 and 14 and and shaft 3 or 4. I have pics if necessary. Help!

I’m enjoying and learning from this series so much. But this is the first time I want to pull out my hair. I cannot get a clean shed with the supp warps. My threading is fine. 121212..33. 121212…44 etc. my sleying is killing me. How do you sley the first (of the 2 supp threads) 3 heddle or 4 heddle without twisting the threads? If my 3 or 4 shaft heddle is after the 1,2 run, then I have to cross over threads 15 and 16 to sley into dent for thread 13 and 14. So I consistently get crossed threads. I know others faced the same situation but I never saw a solution. I’ve tried slipping the thread under 15 and 16. And over 15 and 16. Either way, I get either shaft 3 twisted with its companion thread or shaft 4 twisted with its companion thread. When sleying, What do I do when I get to thread 13 and 14 and and shaft 3 or 4. I have pics if necessary. Help!

I’m enjoying and learning from this series so much. But this is the first time I want to pull out my hair. I cannot get a clean shed with the supp warps. My threading is fine. 121212..33. 121212…44 etc. my sleying is killing me. How do you sley the first (of the 2 supp threads) 3 heddle or 4 heddle without twisting the threads? If my 3 or 4 shaft heddle is after the 1,2 run, then I have to cross over threads 15 and 16 to sley into dent for thread 13 and 14. So I consistently get crossed threads. I know others faced the same situation but I never saw a solution. I’ve tried slipping the thread under 15 and 16. And over 15 and 16. Either way, I get either shaft 3 twisted with its companion thread or shaft 4 twisted with its companion thread. When sleying, What do I do when I get to thread 13 and 14 and and shaft 3 or 4. I have pics if necessary. Help!

Sorry about the triple post. The website said that there was a problem loading the comment and to try again. (Which obviously I did multiple times) ;)

I am having the same issue. Did you find a solution? I am wondering if I need to change my threading to 121212....123123, just curious if there is another solution before I start rethreading.

Yes, that is what I did but when I step on the treadles to put in my header I am not getting a clean shed. Perhaps it's because I crossed one of the silks over a dent to the right. Which seemed to be the instructions in the PDF. Basically I threaded the first supplementary with threads 13 & 14 and the second one with threads 15 & 16. This is creating a cross at the reed and I am not getting a clean shed. I am going to try denting the supplementary with threads 15 &16 from the first repeat and threads 1 &2 of the second repeat.

Hi team,
I'm salivating at the idea of getting to the weaving because I just love the look of this project. My issue is the treadle tie up. I have a CB Fanny with 6 treadles, here is what I believe I need to get
for the plain weave or TT 1/2 against 2/4
For AA I need 2/4 against 1/4, and I already have the 2/4 as part of the TT
For BB I have 2/3 against 1/3, and I already have the 1/3 as part of the TT
For the UP I have 2 and 1
So now my 6 treadles are used up and I don't have space for the DOWN with 234 against 124.
Am I misunderstanding how to convert the Rising shed tie up diagram to my CounterBalance loom?
TIA for your advice.
Leslie

I threaded this on 6 shafts with PW on 1,2,3,4 so that I didn't have to add extra heddles to shafts 1 & 2. And I tied up my 10 treadles accordingly ,marking with the stars and squares, etc. What I can't seem to figure out is when I try to replicate #22, #23, #32 and #33. None of my treadle choices seem to replicate that. Am I missing something? Would those only achieved through direct tie up?

Question: Does Jane have a special tie-up for this for a countermarche loom?

I haven't tried it yet, but am looking for confirmation that if I buy the materials for this project, I will be able to weave it : ) I do have 10 treadles.

I'd spend the time watching the episode first to see if you feel you can weave this stunning scarf. Also, Jane doesn't supply tie-ups for individual types of looms. Normally, her patterns are written for "rising shed" looms. Jane tells you how to tie-up your countermarch loom in the following article from our Knowledge Base - https://janestaffordtextiles.com/knowledge-base/the-detailed-how-to-of-doing-the-tie-up-on-a-counter-marche-loom/

Thank you Sandra, I always begin with the videos. I have generally not had a problem translating from rising to sinking tie-ups. That was until I tried to tie-up the doubleweave. I finally found a tie-up online that worked. I will give this a go and hope that a simple translation will do. I just thought I'd ask.

Here are the photo and scarf it inspired. The warp is 10/2 cotton and I used cotton bouclé for the supplementary to mimic the texture of the lichen.

Absolutely stunning, Gillian! It’s so much fun using a photo as inspiration in a design - is the photo one you have taken? 👏👏👏