<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">knotters</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>textile fabricating tools and equipment</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>knotter</topic></variant> <note 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.  ]]></note></mads>