Abstract: A method of making an Axminster carpet having different heights of pile in the same pile forming pick in which yarn carriers selected to supply high pile are given an additional lift to position the yarns drawn therefrom out of the general plane of yarns drawn-off nonselected carriers. Thereafter means, such as a finger mounted on the knife box, is traversed across the loom ahead of the knife to engage the selected yarns and lengthen them.
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