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circle, as it were, and as fast as each row 1s woven in front and a 
stick pushed around a corresponding row is automatically woven 
for us on the back. It is due to this reversal that the lines of the 
pattern, though identical, are reversed. This correspondence be- 
tween front and back is shown in the diagram (fig. 219), where the 
completed article is supposed to have been removed from the frame. 
491. Now work from right to left just as in section 488 and then 
from left to right, as in section 489, and so alternately right and 
left until, even with the two mesh sticks only remaining, the strands 
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Fic. 221.—Manufacture of two-and-two pattern baby sling. A second method of locking it. 
have again become too taut to manipulate properly. As a remedy, 
carefully loosen the upper crossbar and refix it on the diagonals about 
one-half inch lower, but see that no accident happens in the way of 
the sling slipping off during the process. 
492. You will now be enabled to insert more sticks, and when there 
are only three remaining and you can not introduce another, replace 
them with three strong cotton cords (fig. 220) and tie them tightly 
together with kuraua close to and on either side of the completed 
sling, which is now ready to be taken off the frame. The object of 
tying in the three cords is to “ lock” the woven strands, which other- 
wise would open and form a hopeless tangle. 
