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the lopi is being pulled out of the comb. If a tangle, hnökri, is pulled out of
the comb during this process, it has to be removed. Thie other comb is treated
in this same manner. When finished, there will be some wool left around the
teeth of the combs, longer or shorter according to how closely the fringe has
been pulled. Usually the remains amount to the greater part of the wool placed
in the combs originally. This is removed from the combs, pulled apart and evened
by hand, and then placed again, little by little, on one of the combs, after which
it is combed and lopað, i. e. pulled to form lopi, as described above. This proce-
dure is repeated a third time. What is by then left in the combs is called unda-n-
kemba. It is easier to work if resting the left hand on a table near the edge,
while combing, rather than holding it in the air, which is tiring.
If the tog has been combed three times, as described above, there are in all
six lopar or lengths of roving. These are plaeed side by side, the shorter ones
pulled to the length of the longest. Now grasp them all at one end with the left
hand and pull at them with the right; the six strands will then form one lopi
which is again thumbed into the hollow of the right hand in the same manner as
when the first lopi was pulled from the combs. While doing this, hold the lopi
up to the light and remove any tangles still left. Do not stroke the roving with
the left hand but hold it firmly and move the hand now and again.
The lopi is wound into a small skein if not spun right away. The lopi will be
about one third in weight against the undankemba, i. e. the left-over wool,
more if the tog is of good quality and the fringe has been pulled close to the
teeth of the combs, less if the opposite is the case.
What here has been described as done with the right and left hand, can be
done exactly opposite if wished. In this work as in so much other it would be
best if a person could use both hands with equal skill.
Kristján Jónasson.
12. 10. 1894.
TILVITNANIR
NOTES
1 Marta Hoffmann, The warp-weighted loom, (Oslo, 1964), bls. 285, 118. mynd
— Cf. above source for illustration.
2 1 Frilandsmuseet í Lyngby í Danmörku munu vera til íslenskir togkambar
með sjö tindum, sbr. Sigurd Erixon, „Redskapsstudier frán Gustav Adolfs-
utstállningen," Fataburen (Stockholm, 1933), bls. 274 og 272, 18. mynd.
Gamlir togkombar, úr N-Múl?, nú í eigu Ingibjargar Eyfells í Reykjavík,
eru einnig með einungis sjö tindum. — A pair of Icelandic togcombs, witli
apparently only seven teetli are found in tlie Frilandsmuseum in Lyngby,
Denmark, cf. above source. Old togcombs, from N-Múl? now in private
ownership in Reykjavík, also have only seven teeth to the comb.