AN INSTRUCTIVE TOY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2331, 26 June 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

AN INSTRUCTIVE TOY.

Olio may mto all? I«M effort in tKii' 'l;wi) 'i^'ad,jienuiliJ (irocliHl-iieodlp'ii, pG» r h'afi(JlphV-' ji;-j .|i liii ig ! i>f ■' fi Ij t' 1 : Jlfr i 1 '.u t ,p|i ti bo i H^dia^rtUbJ'ewdyeitrd! n» wide its the spaces made by by the pencil lengths, in ; ,which tiny slits have be«n unt Wind needle hole 9, constitute Idbinestfo loom of the biotpleat cousti'aiStion. ' Securing an end of thread' to one of the pencils, then pass it down through the longitiitlimil iilit, round the other pencil back through the round needle hole, and round the first- pencil, down again through the:next slit, aiid so on i.iil every slit and hole in' the cardboard has been filled, and th'en'fasten it' off, This iTakos tlie 'wrt'rp of the web to he woven. Then, having wound some thread'On'a long and,, narrowhit.-of. 'card,' which is.the shuttle, fasten one end of that to the first pencil, lift the cardboard containing the 1 ; slits "and holes, which of' course 'is .'near the middle of tin l loom,- and-the threads that have heeii passed., through the long slits will drop to the bottom of the slit, but .the threads in „the round holes wiil remain staciouii.iyleaving a space between a' line. of tljrpads above and a line of threads below, I through which the shuttle is to be thrown. Mow pull the card down, and the threads that were below before will slip up and be above, and a new space is made in which to-return the shuttle, and after a dozen of such tossings ot the tiny shuttle through the opening and closing spaces, the Jittle audience tor whoiii the toy has been made vtfill' understand the theory and practice of weaving as-well as if a loom for the'weaving of fine linen had been set up before them, or they had been led about a mill whirring with' belts and wheels,—Canterbury Times.