A practical treatise on the construction of the power-loom and the art of weaving : all descriptions of texture produced by leaves of heddles : illustrated with diagrams, with calculations and instructions for the production of cotton, woollen, linen, and jute fabrics : intended as a textbook for those engaged in the trade (1883)
Brown, Alex (Alexander) · Dundee : James P. Mathew & Co. ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. · leaf 126
122 DRAUGHTS A^D TREADING. arranged, no matter what that order may be, then go over them again, but in exactly the opposite way), and do not reverse the draught, we have the pattern shown at fig. 27. By reversing both the draught and treading Fig. 27. … they combine and form a diamond, as shown at fig. 28. This is what is called diaper. This is a six-leaf, and it Fig. 28. will be observed that it takes ten treads to complete the pattern, beginning, say, at one, and going straight over them till we come to six, then beginning at five and going back…
Looms · Weaving
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