The specimen is a batik motif on cotton cloth of a certain size, used as a sample of the pattern to be batiked. The Following is descriptive of the specimen.
1. Size
There are two sizes used for the specimen. Specimen A's length ia the width of the cotton cloth to be batiked. Specimen B's length is one-third of the width of the cotton cloth to be batiked or one third the length of specimen A. But the sizes of specimen A and specimen B do not always follow this axiom: when they are not made of a piece of cotton cloth or when the width measurement of the cotton cloth is inconsistent.
2. How The Specimen Is Used
Batiking with a specimen always commences at one end of the cotton cloth. When using specimen A, after having completed one copy of the specimen and the specimen is lifted off the entire width (weft) of the cotton cloth, one end has been batiked. The lifting off of the specimen is termed "ngrucat". When using specimen B, after having completed one copy, the specimen is slid over into the adjacent field along the end to either the right or the left, depending upon in which corner the work began. The sliding over of the specimen is termed "nglengser". If specimen B measures 1/3 of the width of the cotton cloth being batiked, then three such slidings will mean that the entire width of the cotton along one end has been batiked.
1. Size
There are two sizes used for the specimen. Specimen A's length ia the width of the cotton cloth to be batiked. Specimen B's length is one-third of the width of the cotton cloth to be batiked or one third the length of specimen A. But the sizes of specimen A and specimen B do not always follow this axiom: when they are not made of a piece of cotton cloth or when the width measurement of the cotton cloth is inconsistent.
2. How The Specimen Is Used
Batiking with a specimen always commences at one end of the cotton cloth. When using specimen A, after having completed one copy of the specimen and the specimen is lifted off the entire width (weft) of the cotton cloth, one end has been batiked. The lifting off of the specimen is termed "ngrucat". When using specimen B, after having completed one copy, the specimen is slid over into the adjacent field along the end to either the right or the left, depending upon in which corner the work began. The sliding over of the specimen is termed "nglengser". If specimen B measures 1/3 of the width of the cotton cloth being batiked, then three such slidings will mean that the entire width of the cotton along one end has been batiked.
