Figure 120.—Sleeping mat (fala), serrated edge finish:

a, commencing on the left with the working pairs of the first triangle (1 to 4), these are lifted up from under the weft ends of the succeeding triangle. In this position, they are dextrals and form a natural working edge at the line where they cease operating. The check technique is continued without any rearrangement and the sinistrals from the next triangle fall naturally into position. b, The previous recumbent working pair (2, 4) is raised and with it the top dextral weft (1) is kept up. The first sinistral from the next triangle (1') is placed in the shed and fits in with the check technique of its own plaited triangle. c, The top dextral (1) is given a half turn and laid on the course of the sinistral (1'). The raised pair (2, 4) is then crossed over it. d, From now on the technique is a repetition of the above movement. With each movement a new dextral is picked up from the right and the top dextral is turned down on the sinistral in the shed prepared with the appearance shown. The ends of the turned-down dextrals may be simply cut off below the furthest crossing wefts or they may be poked under the already plaited crossing wefts on their course and cut off before they reach the free edge of the serration or actually at the serrated edge. (See 1, 2, and 3.) The free ends of the sinistrals may also be cut off at the turned edge of the plaiting (4) or poked through under a few crossing wefts on the body of the plaiting and the end concealed under the last crossing weft (5).