BATTEN - Also called beater bar or the "going part" is a heavy wooden frame that houses a comb-like grill called the reed. The Motion: The weaver pulls the large wooden bar forward and backward (toward and away from their body) after every single pass of the shuttle. The Purpose: Pulling it forward beats or packs the newly laid thread tight against the previously woven cloth to ensure a dense, uniform weave.

BEATER - In traditional hand-weaving, the primary wooden tools that move back and forth