Textile design and colour; elementary weaves and figured fabrics (1921)
Watson, William, F.T.I · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 56
outward; while U is a flat twill on 7 picks, counting 2 outward to 1 upward, and V a flat twill on 8 picks, counting 3 outward to 1 upward. W and X illustrate how the base marks are carried through a design, in order to obtain correct repetition, when the number counted is not a measure of the… … Fig. 34. twill lines of warp in the cloth are termed “whip cords.” The addition of marks to the edges of a line of warp float, as shown in Q and R, develops the prominence of the line. Unless the cloth is firmly set the threads are liable *to slip in elongated twill weaves. Firmness of texture can…
Textile design
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