first pattern stick pick up

LEFT: The shed rod shed is opened and the first set of patterning warps are picked up. Pick one, drop to, pick one, drop two across the width of the warp.. The weavers use a pointed stick to do this. RIGHT: The pointed stick is inserted under all the picked warps and then pushed up toward the heddles. This will raise the picked up warps on the other side of the heddles. nother stick is then place under the warps on the other side of the heddles. This is the first patterning stick.