I was crawling around under the loom, getting ready to try a different treadle tie up for our next rug when I was struck by a lightning bolt - could it be that our loom was put together wrong. We had been quietly cursing our clunky old loom for almost a year now because it was so hard to treadle. Well, duh, it was because the treadles should have been hinged on the back side of the loom. Something about the the sharpest knife in the drawer and all of that.
I'm able to do the new tie up with out having to crawl around under the loom anymore.
The treadles now stand tall and are going be so much easier to weave with. Another teachable and laughable moment in the life of a museum weaver.
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