Cottons, linens, woollens, silks. How to buy and judge materials. A useful guide with facts for warehouse, shop and home (1914)
Heylin, Henry Brougham, b. 1870 · Manchester & London : Heywood · leaf 44
p threads, from oneselvedge to the other. The weft threads, usuallyspoken of as picks or shots, are carried acrossand interlaced with the warpthreads between the two selvedges, by means of the shuttle, in which the weftis placed, either in the form of a cop or on a pirn bobbin or spool. Fig. 1… … Fig. 1. 32 WEAVING. The warp threads are usually stronger, harder twisted,and of better material than the weft threads. For the purpose of a,ssisting in the operation of weaving,the warp threads are slightly sized, even for finegoods, but the sizing is not excessive, as will be thecase with heavily…
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