CORK SCREW WEAVES

CORK SCREW WEAVES:

These are basically hard weaves and constitute another important category of rearranged twills. They are capable of producing firm and compact textures of good strength, durability and warmth. Hence these weaves are suitable in the production of garments from worsted fabrics. The two important requirements in the construction of corkscrew weaves are

1. The repeat size should be an odd number, and
2. The warp float should be one greater than weft float in case of warp faced weaves and vice versa.

Corkscrew weaves are classified as

1. Warp faced corkscrew weaves, and
2. Weft faced corkscrew weaves.

The warp faced weaves are constructed by rearranging continuous twills warp way and weft faced weaves are constructed by rearranging continuous twills weft way. The base twill chosen should have odd repeat size. It should have any one thread predominating over its counterpart by one. In other words either the warp float should exceed the weft float by one or weft float should exceed the warp float by one.

A typical weft faced corkscrew design is shown in Fig.  A and warp faced corkscrew design in

Fig.  B.

Construction of weft faced corkscrew weaves

Construction of warp faced corkscrew weave.