One type of plain weave sandal that is abundant in the collection consists of warps that are predominantly flat leaf elements tied into knots at the toe and heel. In a knotted start, two, four, six, or more warps are aligned parallel to each other and then tied into one or more knots at the toe. In a knotted finish, warps are tied together at the heel with one or more knots. The accompanying drawings illustrate these variations of knotted starts and finishes. Sandal starts with one knot at toe.
Sandal starts with two knots at toe.
Sandal starts with three knots at toe. Knotted sandal starts with four wraps. Alternate tight and loose weaving of wefts. Figures 6 and 7 illustrate several methods of weaving a common plain weave sandal with a knotted start tying together two warps or warp units and weaving with narrow, whole yucca leaves. In one, weaving with short wefts begins with the narrow ends of the leaves on top and finishes with the wide ends on the sole, which is usually shredded for padding.