Well the plan had been to finish knitting the heddles over the long New England winter. Winter passed. Spring passed. Summer almost passed, and I finally just sat down and did it. The heddles are done! Dan also finished making the pulley wheel and the treadles.
Last October, we were at an event at Strawberry Banke and purchased some handmade rope. It's perfect for the loom and even resembles the original rope that was on it, although slightly thicker.
I went over to the OCGH a couple weeks ago and started putting the harnesses on. We started by just tying loose knots to get everything hung, and then I worked on getting all the geometry correct. I tied a string from the breast beam, through the reed, through a heddle, and to the back beam. (It's kind of visible in the picture.) What I discovered is that the beater is too low, which means that the shed opening is limited. It's going to be an easy fix - we just need to put a spacer at the top of the beater.
More is in progress!
