tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586234070021752416.post5521478695586873818..comments2024-02-28T19:54:28.997-05:00Comments on Daisy Hill Weaving Studio: Progress With the 10-Shaft Counterbalance LoomJenny Bellairshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412164662939663593noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586234070021752416.post-44034140236546468602017-03-17T21:16:28.469-04:002017-03-17T21:16:28.469-04:00Lynn, I'm glad you got your book. It is full o...Lynn, I'm glad you got your book. It is full of essential information for our type of counterbalance loom. Jenny Bellairshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412164662939663593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586234070021752416.post-31702255884975401762017-03-17T17:21:49.906-04:002017-03-17T17:21:49.906-04:00Today I got The Big Book and followed her advice o...Today I got The Big Book and followed her advice on just how to hang the treadles – I now have six perfectly clean, big sheds!Lynn Shwadchucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586234070021752416.post-14269957386195171592017-03-17T17:20:39.838-04:002017-03-17T17:20:39.838-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eloisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244357134060225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586234070021752416.post-40585486063467182822017-03-16T14:58:51.875-04:002017-03-16T14:58:51.875-04:00was given an antique one a couple of years ago and...was given an antique one a couple of years ago and no help. I've managed to weave some projects, but not without all sorts of trouble. Once I learned that shaft levellers were a Thing, I knew what I'd been missing. With my version in place (knitting needles through the holes in the ends of the shafts) I was free to position them so that a warp end goes through the middle of a heddle eye. Then I knew the whole business had been hung too low from the pulleys and I could see that the cords holding the lamms and treadles weren't equally tight. I feel like the whole loom is tickety-boo now. I've got Laila Lundell's book coming from the library, but I think I may already have solved all my problems!Lynn Shwadchucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586234070021752416.post-45803861220089929732016-11-19T23:26:58.134-05:002016-11-19T23:26:58.134-05:00Rachelle, I would certainly be interested in your ...Rachelle, I would certainly be interested in your experience with your loom. I haven't gotten to 8 shafts yet. Right now I have a table runner on the loom with six shafts using pulleys and horses. I'm having a terrible time with two of my treadles not opening a clear shed. There are so few people with this type loom, it is hard to find anyone with answers. Jenny Bellairshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412164662939663593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586234070021752416.post-72746588374347971842016-11-19T21:07:11.228-05:002016-11-19T21:07:11.228-05:00I'm in the process of setting up my 8-shaft co...I'm in the process of setting up my 8-shaft countermarche for the first time, shaft levelers would have been such a help! I'm almost there though, just got to adjust some of the ties to the treadles and I should have a clear shed.Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06409673383518447394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586234070021752416.post-8881560933392361782016-11-17T15:57:08.326-05:002016-11-17T15:57:08.326-05:00I have an old 8-shaft countermarch that came with ...I have an old 8-shaft countermarch that came with Texsolv heddles, but all the other cords were venetian-blind cord. I had thought to replace these, but 9 years later the old school cords are still working just fine. There was weaving before Texsolv!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746125335054364007noreply@blogger.com