href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@14600@[email protected]#Fig_43" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">43 illustrates this weave. An examination of the rotation, as given above, will show that every warp-thread intersects two picks apart from its neighbor. The number "2" is in this case what is technically known as the counter, that is the number which indicates the points of interlacing by adding it to number 1 and continuing so until all the warp-threads are taken up.

The following is the rule to find the counter for any regular satin:

Divide the number of harness into two parts, which must neither be equal nor have a common divisor. Any of these two numbers can be used for counting off, but usually the smaller one is taken. According to this rule we obtain a regular satin

The 4 harness broken twill, Fig. 53, is sometimes classed among the satins.

The 6 harness satin, Fig. 54, is irregular; as a counter cannot be derived from number 6 by the given rule. The rotation generally used is 1, 3, 6, 4, 2, 5.

Regular Satins

5 harness Satin, "Satin de Chine."

Straight draw, counter 2.

Fig. 43

7 harness Satin, "Satin Merveilleux."

Skip draw, counter 2.

Fig. 44

7 harness satin

Straight draw, counter 3.

Fig. 45

8 harness satin "Duchese"

Skip draw, counter 3.

Fig. 46