Spinning Occupation in Kurdistan - Part 4

Doukhi Khirak

It is a well-polished piece of wood about 15 to 20 cm long. It is made to have a little dent in the middle. The Khirak hoop is attached to it.

When the large ring is turned around, the Doukh will spin fast. On one end of the Doukh there is a long needle and a pipe will cover this needle; it will spin so that the thread will be wrapping it.

Doukh: Tashi

Proverb

The earth is a woman and the sky is a Kharak, they spin around sorrow Doukh.

It will spin your existence thread; however, you are not experienced yet.

Douliky Jawpechka/ Douliky Jawpechk

It is a V-shaped piece of wood. It will be installed on both sides of the Jola (spinner) on the machine's main part and the Jawpech ends will be put in the middle of them so that when they want to wrap up the woven fabric, the Jawpechka would spin easily and wrap the fabric around itself.

Daski Jawpechka

It is a 20 to 30 cm long needle that spins the Jawpechka. (See: figure 30)

In order to prevent the Jawpechk loosen, the needle will be firmly stuffed into two pieces of wood that are nailed to the top part of the machine.

Daffah

It is a wide wooden pan with a handle. It will move on the machine to keep the comb-like part in place. (See: figure 31)

The Jola will move the Daffah forward and backward to strike the wefts' pieces to make a piece of good fabric. Daffah is used for the same purpose as "Karkit" in making rugs and carpets. In order to make a strong Daffah, they use the apricot tree's wood.

Je

It is a rope that attaches the Wulaleh to the Cholaka. The length of Je depends on the distance between Cholaka and Gurda. The Wulaleh will be in the middle of the Je and each end of Je will be tied to the different Gurdas. Je is used to keep the Gurdas straight and make them move upward and downwards with the Petata movement so that they would create a gap between the threads so the Jola could pass Makouk in between the wefts. (See: figure 32).

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