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2. Loom - Wikipedia

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   Cartwright's loom was impractical but the ideas behind it were developed by numerous inventors in the Manchester area of England. By 1818, there were 32 factories containing 5,732 looms in the region. [60] The Horrocks loom was viable, but it was the Roberts Loom in 1830 that marked the turning point.

3. Warp-weighted loom - Wikipedia

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   The warp tension needed on a loom is roughly proportional to yarn diameter, and loom weights must be positioned in an even, level row, with all the threads hanging nearly straight down, for smooth weaving. This means that the shape of a loom weight limits a loom to certain thread counts, and the mass of the loom weight is related to the yarn ...

4. Knitting - Wikipedia

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   Woman knitting Video description of knitting a sock and the two basic stitches: knit and purl. Knitting is a method for production of textile fabrics by interlacing yarn loops with loops of the same or other yarns. It is used to create many types of garments.

5. Rapier loom - Wikipedia

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   A Ruti Rapier Loom at The Silk Museum, with a Jacquard machine above it. A rapier loom is a shuttleless weaving loom in which the filling yarn is carried through the shed of warp yarns to the other side of the loom by finger-like carriers called rapiers. [1] A stationary package of yarn is used to supply the weft yarns in the rapier machine ...

6. Jacquard machine - Wikipedia

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   It is the "Jacquard head" that adapts to a great many dobby looms that allow the weaving machine to then create the intricate patterns often seen in Jacquard weaving. Jacquard-driven looms, although relatively common in the textile industry, are not as ubiquitous as dobby looms which are usually faster and much cheaper to operate.

7. Warp and weft - Wikipedia

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   The vertical warp yarns are held stationary in tension on a loom (frame) while the horizontal weft (also called the woof) is drawn through (inserted over and under) the warp thread. [1] In the terminology of weaving, each warp thread is called a warp end (synonymous terms are fill yarn and filling yarn ); a pick is a single weft thread that ...