Foot-power loom weaving by Worst Edward F. (Edward Francis) 1866-1949

Author:Worst, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1866-1949
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Weaving
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis., The Bruce Publishing Company
Published: 1918-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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Fig. 189

up in this way, three blue and one white. Each thread passes through the eye of a heddle, and only one thread to each dent of the reed. When weaving, three blue woof threads are woven and then one white.

In warping for the pattern shown in Fig. 189, two blue and two white threads are warped at the same time. The threading is done by threading singly two blue and then two white, as indicated in the draft. Two threads are drawn through each dent of the reed.

CHAPTER V

Svi^edish Weaving

Swedish Way of Writing a Draft

In many respects the Swedish way of writing a draft is more simple than any of the other ways described.

The patterns which follow are all written in the Swedish manner and are interpreted in the following way:

In Fig. 191 is shown a two-harness pattern. The threading indicates that two threads are drawn through each eye of the heddles; two through the eye of the first heddle on the back heddle sticks, and then two through the eye of the first heddle on the first or front heddle sticks.

It may also be done by threading only one thread through each eye but using two heddles on the same sticks. Two threads may be drawn through each dent of the reed.

Figure 193 shows what may be called either a two-treadle or four-treadle draft. If two treadles are used, two lambs tie to each treadle. It must always be remembered that each lamb is tied to a lower heddle stick. Tying to the lambs is the same as tying to the lower heddle sticks.

When the foot presses a treadle it draws down two harnesses.

If four treadles are used, one to each lamb, it is necessary to use both feet in pressing down two treadles at the same time. The treadles marked one and one indicate that these are the first to be pressed down and mean treadles 1 and 3. Two and two indicate the second change and indicate that the second and fourth treadles are pressed down.

Figure 192 shows the draft for a four-harness loom. The space between each pair of horizontal parallel lines stands for a pair of heddle sticks.

Each space between the vertical parallel line represents a treadle. The little dots within the small squares indicate the order in which the treadles are to be tied to the lambs.

The figures just below the dots indicate the order in which the treadles are pressed down.

Figure 192 is threaded by passing a thread through the eye of the heddle on the back or fourth heddle sticks. The second thread passes through the eye of the heddle on the third heddle sticks, the third thread passes through the eye of the heddle on

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