In a thread feed device for a textile machine, in particular for an air-jet weaving machine, which comprises a thread storage and feed device between a thread supply device and the picking device of the textile machine and which further comprises an assistant device arranged in the thread path extending from the thread supply device to the thread storage and feed device, the assistant device is provided with a friction drive for the thread. A method of driving a thread comprises the features that, in a friction drive constituting the assistant device, the circumferential speed of the friction drive is controlled such that it is higher or lower than the thread speed in the thread storage and feed device, and that, on the circumference of the friction drive, the thread is fed with a certain amount of slip maintained during the feed process or decelerated.
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