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  2. 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 ...

  3. Weaving - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Shed (weaving) - Wikipedia

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    In weaving, the shed is the temporary separation between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven. The shed is created to make it easy to interlace the weft into the warp and thus create woven fabric. Most types of looms have some sort of device which separates some of the warp threads from the others.

  5. Woven fabric - Wikipedia

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    Warping: The warp yarns are arranged on a beam to prepare for weaving. The warp threads are held taut and parallel, and as such must be strong and durable. Weaving: During weaving, the weft yarn passes over and under the warp yarns in various patterns. The primary types of weaves are plain weave, twill weave, and satin weave. These basic types ...

  6. Plain weave - Wikipedia

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    Each weft thread crosses the warp threads by going over one, then under the next, and so on. The next weft thread goes under the warp threads that its neighbor went over, and vice versa. [2] Balanced plain weaves are fabrics in which the warp and weft are made of threads of the same weight (size) and the same number of ends per inch as picks ...

  7. Grain (textile) - Wikipedia

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    For woven textiles, grain refers to the orientation of the weft and warp threads. The three named grains are straight grain, cross grain, and the bias grain. In sewing, a pattern piece can be cut from fabric in any orientation, and the chosen grain or orientation will affect the way the fabric hangs and stretches and thus the fit of a garment.

  8. Selvage - Wikipedia

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    Warp and weft in a plain tabby weave, showing how the reversals of the weft create the selvages on each side.See weaving for other weave pattens.. In textile terminology, threads that run the length of the fabric (longitudinally) are warp ends.

  9. Warp and weft (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Warp and weft are the components of weaving to turn thread into cloth. Warp and weft or variations, may also refer to: Warp & Weft, a 2013 album by Laura Veirs "The Warp and the Weft", a 2018 song by Lotic from their album Power; Warp & Weft, a 2004 novel by Edward J. Delaney; Warp & Weft: A Dictionary of Textile Terms, a 1981 work by Dorothy K ...