My First Piece on a Drawloom

My friend, Sharon Bowles, graciously allowed me to weave on her wonderful drawloom last weekend. This is a ten shaft satin and was woven on a single unit drawloom. It is 20/2 cotton in warp and weft. I don't know epi and I'm almost afraid to get out the pick glass to find out. A single unit draw loom has a single draw cord selecting for each half-unit which is 5 ends (since this is a 10 end satin.) You weave 5 picks with the drawcords in one configuration. Then you pull the next lash forward and select new drawcords for the next 5 picks. A drawcord is a piece of knitted fishing line knotted around a guide string to keep it in the proper order in relationship to the other lashes and then the other half is knotted around the drawcords that need to be pulled. Sharon even has a little sign to remind her whether she is using the drawcords from front to back or from back to front. It reads "pull from the front, push to the back" on one side and "pull from the back and push to the front" on the other. This is what we all need in life-something to tell us what to do.