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The process of weaving cloth consists in interlacing a


continuous thread amidst a series of parallel threads. With­out


giving an exhaustive history of the art it may be perti­nent


for further comparison to note down certain steps in


its progress. It is fairly well established to- day that woven


goods were used as clothing by the ancient Egyptians fully


6,000 years ago. I have seen in Switzerland a preserved


section of a net woven of twisted threads supposed to have


been the work of the Lake dwellers in pre- historic times.


In the earlier processes it is probable that the warp


threads were stretched on pegs, the weft being inserted


by the fingers. In such weaving the warp threads usu­ally


lie vertically and in fact this is the method used to­day


in producing rugs in the Orient


with short wefts. With the use of


longer weft also came the use of a


stick with a hooked end for pulling


it into position. If we are to form


our further comparisons on a plain


<:- _. print cloth of the present width of


28 inches containing 64 threads of warp and 64 of filling


per inch it is possible that the rate of weaving by this


method on such goods could be figured as low as one pick

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