The history and principles of weaving by hand and by power : reprinted, with considerable additions, from "Engineering," with a chapter on lace-making machinery, reprinted from the "Journal of the Society of Arts" (1878)
Barlow, Alfred · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington ; Philadelphia : H. Carey Baird · leaf 391
r or '^jack," consequently they are called the jack sinkers, and they can be depressed separately. Let it be supposed that a portion of work has been woven, as shown at d and F, and it is required to add another row or line of loops to it. Then the first operation of the weaver will be to draw the… … drawn so merely to prevent confusion. Therefore the thread e, really passes under the nibs m. The action of the machine is as follows : — After the thread is laid as shown at e, the jack sinkers a, a are depressed — say an inch deep. By that means the thread will be forced down between the needles…
Weaving · Hand weaving · Lace and lace making
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