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 seem to know the pattern and much of the time their eyes are not even upon the work.

In many cases the head weaver sings these symbols for the benefit of the other weavers.

Among the Nomads the design is frequently kept in the brain, or roughly drawn on paper or in the sand. If they have another rug as a model they get the right design by simply counting on the back the number of knots of every color in each