Lesson 1 in a series on problems in teaching weaving, explaining how to read and write a weaving draft. It describes the four parts of a complete draft: threading, tie-up, treadling and draw-down. It covers numbering conventions for frames, heddles and treadles, and the use of threading and treadling directions in place of drawn drafts. Four figures show a 4-shaft threading, a 4-frame, 6-treadle tie-up, a treadling and an assembled draft.