The Jacquard Machine Analyzed and Explained / With an appendix on the preparation of jacquard cards, and practical hints to learners of jacquard designing

by E. A. Posselt

Transferring of the Sketch to the Squared Designing Paper.

Having obtained a perfect sketch of the design as it appears in the fabric, or as it is desired to show, the outlines are transferred to the □ designing paper. This always requires an enlargement of the design, and to accomplish this the sketch itself must be ruled proportionally to the heavy squares found on the □ designing paper. If these squares should be too small for the sketch, they may be enlarged by throwing 4, 9, or 12 of the “squares” into one large one; which is indicated by extra ruling off with pencil upon the required heavy lines. In this case the sketch is ruled off corresponding to these pencil lines. The transfer of the sketch to the required □ designing paper is governed by rules already explained for the enlargement of a design on the regular drawing paper. After the design is transferred to the □ designing paper it must be “outlined in squares.”