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How a shuttle carries the weft

A shuttle carries a package of weft through the open shed and leaves a trail of yarn behind it.

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A shuttle carries the weft by holding a bobbin or a wound length of yarn and passing through the shed, the opening between raised and lowered warp. As it travels it leaves a trail of that yarn behind, which the reed then beats up into the cloth. The opening covers the shuttle holds the weft package, it passes through the open shed, and one pass leaves a single pick.

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The shuttle holds the weft package
It passes through the open shed
One pass leaves a single pick
The reed beats that pick in
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

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Shuttle carrying a weft bobbin
Shed as the path for a pick

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How a shuttle carries the weft

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