A practical treatise on weaving and designing of textile fabrics : with chapters on the principles of construction of the loom, calculations, and colour (1885)
Ashenhurst, Thos. R. (Thomas R.) · Huddersfield, [Eng.] : J. Broadbent · leaf 183
OF TEXTILE FABRICS. 175 twill must be determined by the twist of the weft and warp, and should run in a direction contrary to both, and to do that the warp and weft should be contrary to each other in twist before being put together. This may be illustrated by Figs. 73 and 74. In Fig. 73 the warp… … would be in the cloth, and it will be observed that in this position the twist of both runs in the same direction, but in Fig. 74, where they are laid parallel, the twists run in opposite directions ; then the twill, which is represented by the dark line in Fig. 73, runs in a direction contrary to…
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