. Studies in primitive looms. , Figs. 80 and 81,I give here the method by means of which I have been able to weave on the principlethey typify. I.—The Madagascar Loom.—A pick is made in the shed as shown in No. shed stick A is moved up to the fixed heddle, as shown in No. 2, anda pick made. A is moved back to its position as in No. 1 and the originalshed is re-formed. II.—The A-fipa Loom.—The position of the shed stick B, in No. 1, is obtainedby placing it as shown in No. 3, where this shed stick carries on thecountershed to the fabric. When position No. 1 is obtained a pick ismade in th
. Studies in primitive looms. , Figs. 80 and 81,I give here the method by means of which I have been able to weave on the principlethey typify. I.—The Madagascar Loom.—A pick is made in the shed as shown in No. shed stick A is moved up to the fixed heddle, as shown in No. 2, anda pick made. A is moved back to its position as in No. 1 and the originalshed is re-formed. II.—The A-fipa Loom.—The position of the shed stick B, in No. 1, is obtainedby placing it as shown in No. 3, where this shed stick carries on thecountershed to the fabric. When position No. 1 is obtained a pick ismade in the countershed and B is withdrawn when the shed is formed,as in No. 2 ; here another pick is made. Then position No. 1 is re-obtained by moving A up to the fixed heddle and carrying thecountershed past the heddle by re-inserting B. H. Ling Both.—Studies in Primitive Looms. 151 The A-Fipa weaver makes countershed and shed and then two picks,then countershed and shed and two picks again, and so on, while FIXGP @ HEDDLE. CLOTH hADASASCAR LOOM OF FIG. 80.
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