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Posted by Pogonip on April 10, 2008, 2:48 pm
Joy Beeson wrote:
>
> The Family Rotary has been sitting unused because I could never get my
> treadling co-ordinated, but to my surprise, I powered more of the hem
> with the treadle than the handwheel -- I even started it from a dead
> stop once or twice. Perhaps that is because I'd learned from this
> group that one doesn't put the feet precisely side by side, but pushes
> one edge of the treadle with the toe of one foot and the other edge
> with the heel of the other. I can see that alternating feet is a
> more-natural rhythm that would make long sessions less fatiguing.
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> I think I'll make a pair of pillowcases today -- but first I've got to
> hustle the seed potatoes into the ground before the three-day rain
> that is just starting. Fawchunately, we have only half a row of sets.
> Joy Beeson
Hurrah, and good for you. The White FR is a fine machine and treadling
is addictive, as you'll soon learn if you haven't already. There's
something very soothing about the rocking motion and the sound of the
machine without a motor's growl.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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