ZIG ZAG OR WAVY TWILLS: Pointed Twill These are also known as pointed twills. In these classes of twill weaves the twill progresses...
Friday, November 29, 2013
THE ANGLE OF TWILL: The angle of twill is the angle between the diagonal twill line and an imaginary horizontal line or axis parallel t...
CONTINUOUS TWILLS: Warp Faced Twills: In these types of twills the warp thread floats over all the picks in a repeat except one pick....
Thursday, November 28, 2013
TWILL WEAVE: Twill weaves are the weaves that find a wide range of application. They can be constructed in a variety of ways. The main f...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
MODIFICATION OF PLAIN WEAVE: The plain weave may be modified by extending it warp or weft way or both. The extension of the plain weave...
PLAIN WEAVE: The plain weave is variously known as “calico” or “tabby” weave. It is the simplest of all weaves having a repeat size of 2....
WOVEN DESIGN: A woven cloth is formed by the interlacement of two sets of threads, namely, warp and weft threads. These threads are inter...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
BASIC LOOM MECHANISM: The basic mechanisms in any type of loom can be classified as follows: Primary motions Secondary motions, and ...
Loom : "A loom is a device that causes interlacement two sets of threads, namely, warp and weft threads, to form a fabric."...
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SATIN and SATEEN WEAVES: Satin is a warp faced rearranged twill and sateen is a rearranged weft faced twill. Thus satin is the reverse ... -
CREPE WEAVES: Crepe weaves constitute an useful variety of simple weaves and are also known as “crape” or “oatmeal” fabrics due to thei... -
BEDFORD CORDS: The bed ford cords are a class of weaves that produce longitudinal warp lines in the cloth with fine sunken lines in b... -
HUCK A BACK WEAVES: The huck a back weaves are basically toweling fabrics. They are generally associated with honey comb fabrics and he... -
BACKED FABRICS: The backed fabrics are those types which employ a face and back weave alternatively on the two sides of the cloth. The... -
MOCK LENO WEAVES: Mock lenos, also known as imitation lenos are a variety of weaves of ordinary construction which produce effects that... -
HONEY COMB WAVES: The honey comb weaves derive their name from their partial resemblance to the hexagonal honey comb cells of wax in ... -
BASIC LOOM MECHANISM: The basic mechanisms in any type of loom can be classified as follows: Primary motions Secondary motions, and ...
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WELTS AND PIQUES: Welts and piques are characterized by more or less pronounced ridges and furrows producing a series of ribs, welts or... -
PLAIN WEAVE: The plain weave is variously known as “calico” or “tabby” weave. It is the simplest of all weaves having a repeat size of 2....