The analysis & reproduction of textile fabrics : being a reasonable explanation of the necessary calculations and processes involved in analysing, effecting the required changes, and reproducing all the principal types of woven textures, from the raw materials to the finished cloth ; with an appendix upon "The cost of cloths." (1894)
Barker, A. F. (Aldred Farrer), b. 1868 · Manchester : Marsden · leaf 44
Fig. 8. of colours is often effected by twisting coloured threads ofvarying thickness together, thus obtaining an effect nototherwise pioducible. Fancy yarns are made in such variety that a minuteanalysis is usually necessary. The principle of most, however, 31 … 6 32 is simply holding one thread tight and twisting the otherround it, and then reversing the yarns—thus continuallyreversing the colours. Yarn Sxamination.—A useful machine for examiningyarns is given in Figure 9. It simply consists of mechanismfor evenly distributing any yarns—either for…
Textile design · Weaving
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