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The width of the reed sets the maximum width of the warp. [4] Common reed sizes for the hand-weaver are 6, 8, 10, 12, or 15 dents per inch, although sizes between 5 and 24 are not uncommon. [9] A reed with a larger number of dents per inch is generally used to weave finer fabric with a larger number of ends per inch. Because it is used to beat ...
As the shuttle moves across the loom laying down the fill yarn, it also passes through openings in another frame called a reed (which resembles a comb). With each picking operation, the reed presses or battens each filling yarn against the portion of the fabric that has already been formed. The point where the fabric is formed is called the fell.
After passing a weft thread through the warp, a reed comb is used to beat (compact) the woven weft. [10] To prepare to weave, the warp must be made. By hand this is done with the help of a warping board. The length the warp is made is about a quarter to half yard more than the amount of cloth needed.
Warp and weft in plain weaving A satin weave, common for silk, in which each warp thread floats over 15 weft threads A 3/1 twill, as used in denim. Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.
To get a better shed the weaver can lift the harnesses while the reed is against the fabric, [1] [5] or raise only one harness at a time. By weaving in a different manner sometimes a good shed can be created. [5] The weaver can also insert a stick into the shed to clear it, and make way for the shuttle though this option is time-consuming.
The machinery used in fluid-jet weaving consists of a main nozzle, auxiliary nozzles or relay nozzles, and a profile reed. Air-jet looms are capable of producing standard household and apparel fabrics for items such as shirts, denim, sheets, towels, and sports apparel, as well as industrial products such as printed circuit board cloths. [2]
In Japan, a traditional reed mat is the tatami (畳). Tatami are covered with a weft-faced weave of soft rush ( 藺草 , igusa ) ( common rush ), on a warp of hemp or weaker cotton. There are four warps per weft shed , two at each end (or sometimes two per shed, one at each end, to cut costs).
A loom from the 1890s with a dobby head. A dobby loom, or dobbie loom, [1] is a type of floor loom that controls all the warp threads using a device called a dobby. [2]Dobbies can produce more complex fabric designs than tappet looms [2] but are limited in comparison to Jacquard looms.