A practical treatise on weaving and designing of textile fabrics : with chapters on the principles of construction of the loom, calculations and colour (1879)
Ashenhurst, Thos. R. (Thomas R.) · Bradford : T. Brear ; London : Simpkin, Marshal · leaf 116
t will probably appear that this line should beperfectly straight, and for some kinds of cloth that is thecase. But in other goods it is not so. This applies moreparticularly to plain cloth. If the warp forms a straightline when the healds are all even, as the shed opens bothhalves of the warp have… … Fig. 25. more frequently the better the warp threads are spread soas to hide these divisions the value of the cloth is propor-tionately enhanced. This can be easily accomplished bylowering the warp out of the straight line at the healds ;the reason of this is, that when the shed is opened thewhole…
Textile fabrics · Textile design · Weaving
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