The strand
was drawn taut, and after making several twists around it the cord was
tied to the left side stick three inches above the spreader. From this
point the cord was stretched to the notch at the right end of the upper
spreader, twisted several times and brought back to the starting point.
The cord was now wrapped around the side stick for a space of about an
inch, and then carried down to the second notch on the lower spreader,
whence it was woven through the other two strands and tied about the left
side stick about four inches from the spreader. Thus the weaving
continued, passing the cord alternately over and under any cross strands
encountered. In order to make the left side correspond with the right, a
separate cord was wound around it, filling up the space between the
strands of the web. The filling above and below the spreaders could not be
so methodically done, but we managed to weave the strands quite neatly
with about the same mesh as used at the center. To facilitate the weaving
we improvised a rough needle of a piece of wire. The latter was bent
double to receive the cord which was wedged in between the two arms of the
needle.
[Illustration: Fig 27. Web of the Sioux Shoe.
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