<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">knotters</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31422053</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:45:00</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">knotter</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Small machines, both mechanized and hand-held, designed to rapidly and precisely tie a weaver's knot to faciliate the manufacture of woven and knitted goods. To secure the knots, these devices tie the warp yarns from a new beam onto the warp yarns from another warp on a loom. Traditionally, the operator holds the stand-alone knotter machine in their left hand with their thumb on its trigger; this trigger prompts the machine's guide fingers to move in a rotary action, which both creates a knot and trims the woven materials' loose ends.  ]]></dc:description></metadata>