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§ It was taught in the Mishnah: A layman, who is not a skilled tailor, may sew in his usual manner on the intermediate days of a Festival. The Talmud asks: What are the circumstances in which an individual is considered a layman? The rabbis of the school of R' Yannai said: Anyone who cannot deftly
§ It was further taught in the Mishnah: A craftsman, however, may form only temporary stitches [makhliv]. The Talmud asks: What is meant by forming temporary stitches? R' Yoḥanan said: He does not sew all the stitches that are necessary, but rather he skips certain stitches in the middle (Rabbeinu
§ It was also taught in the Mishnah: One may interweave the cords attached to the frame of a bed. R' Yosei says: One may only tighten the cords. The Talmud asks: What is meant by interweaving, and what is meant by tightening? When Rav Dimi came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, he said: R' Ḥiyya bar
The Talmud asks: Is that so? Didn’t Rav Taḥlifa bar Shaul teach the following baraita: And both R' Meir and R' Yosei agree that one may not braid cords anew on the intermediate days of a Festival? Granted, according to the one who said that interweaving means tying the cords lengthwise and widthwise
However, according to the one who said that interweaving means tying the cords only lengthwise and not widthwise, while tightening means that if a cord became loose, he may tighten it, there is a difficulty. Now that you said that tying the cords lengthwise and widthwise, no, it is not permitted