What does Lyddie learn about being a good worker in chapter 9 in the book Lyddie?

In chapter 9, Lyddie begins working on the floor at the textile factory, the Concord Corporation. The huge looms with their deafening clatter and "alarming speed" overwhelm her so that she cannot even hear the instructions the overseer gives her. Luckily, Diana comes to her aid and demonstrates all the steps that Lyddie has to do to keep the looms moving. Lyddie has to stop the machine every five minutes or so by pulling on...

In chapter 9, Lyddie begins working on the floor at the textile factory, the Concord Corporation. The huge looms with their deafening clatter and "alarming speed" overwhelm her so that she cannot even hear the instructions the overseer gives her. Luckily, Diana comes to her aid and demonstrates all the steps that Lyddie has to do to keep the looms moving. Lyddie has to stop the machine every five minutes or so by pulling on a lever. Then she has to retrieve the wooden shuttle that carries a bobbin of thread. She must remove the nearly empty bobbin, replace it with a full one, and suck out the thread by putting her mouth to the shuttle in a move called the "kiss of death." The free end then has to be wound around an iron hook, which has to be advanced to keep up with the cloth as it is being woven. Then, securing the shuttle so it doesn't fly out and injure her, she has to pull the lever again to restart the machine.

In addition, she has to watch the cloth carefully to observe whether a thread breaks. If it does, she must stop the loom and quickly dust her hands with talc and tie a weaver's knot to connect the broken thread. Allowing the loom to keep going if a thread has broken would spoil a large piece of cloth. Lyddie wouldn't get paid for any pieces of cloth that get ruined. Lyddie has to use all her strength to pull the lever and advance the hook. She also must deftly and quickly tie the knots when the thread breaks. The speed and the sound are the most challenging parts of the job for her, but within a few weeks, she doesn't notice the sound and is able to keep not just one machine going, but several.