The “Leasing” of the Harness
This requires a clear conception of the rotation in which the different heddles are threaded, according to the tie-up employed. Two methods are in use: 1st. The heddle nearest the weaver is the first to be threaded, and the heddle of the same row in rear of the comber-board is the last. 2d. This principle reversed, thus arranging the leasing from rear to front.
The latter method is the one most generally observed. Every row in depth of comber-board is leased separately, and in rotation secured to the lease-twines, a and b, in Fig. XXIV., thus forming an uninterrupted line of heddles through the entire Jacquard harness. Through these heddles the warp is afterwards drawn in rotation.