Decorative and fancy textile fabrics : with designs and illustrations (1898)
Lord, R. T · London : Scott, Greenwood & Son ; New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 172
165 DEESS FABEICS. begins, if only for a single pick, as, otherwise, a float and an imperfect gauze crossing will result. The doup is shown on the ruled paper, Fig. 104, in a half-tone dotting. Al- though the figure is given as plain weaving, a fancy figuring may be employed, having a small portion… … Fig. 104. be generally accepted, as gauze figures on plain or fancy grounds are often quite as effective as are those composed in the contrary manner. For a worsted leno, this design would come out well in 2/80's yarn for warp and weft ; 15's reed ; 4 ends in a reed ; 60 ends per inch, and 54 picks…
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