positions of the yarns, whereas the plain make only allows of two. Secondly, each pick floats over and under two threads at a time, so that the picks at every interlacing cover, or are covered, by both a black and a white thread. Let it now be shown what is the result of this. Supposing the first… … Fig. 6. sketched in fig. 6. This pick floats over a black and a white, and then under a black and a white thread, so that a small transverse line of black is formed equal in length, not to a float over tivo, but three threads, for although the extent of the weft float is two, yet the black thread…
Color in the textile industries · Textile design
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