Posted by Peg in South Carolina
Note that these treadles are not truly opposite sheds. In every case, there is overlapping of shafts. This means that there are some excessive warp floats. And that means that tabbies need to be used.
Here is a better image of the reduced-size drawdown. 
That image shows with greater clarity the interrupted diagaonal in the bottom half of the image. Some investigation is in order.
"8-Shaft Crackle Treadled on Opposites” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on March 16, 2010. ©2010 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.
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