Treadling for Dummies: A Series of Tips / Part 1

​My Treadle Minder

​When weaving my Bronson Weave tieup, my left foot travels from treadles 1 to 2 and back, while my right foot travels down the pattern treadles 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10. My feet are always treadling left right, left right. But my left foot is going 1-2-1-2-1-2 while my right is going 3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10. For my brain this is a little like patting my head and rubbing my tummy, and I have always had the tendency for my left foot to "wander" to treadle 3.

Tip!

​SO... I am now using my MS 150 biking award between treadles 2 and 3 to remind my left foot not to stray. It's nice to know that award is good for something! If you don't happen to have one, I guess anything narrow and vertical would do.

​This would work well for any pattern where you left foot is working one set of treadles independently from your right.  For example, I use the left 2 treadles for tie down treadles and the treadles to the right for pattern treadles in summer and winter.