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The advantage of a dobby loom becomes even more pronounced on looms with 12 shafts (4094 possible sheds), 16 shafts (65,534 possible sheds), or more. It reaches its peak on a Jacquard loom in which each thread is individually controlled. Another advantage to a dobby loom is the ability to handle much longer sequences in the pattern.
The shed, the triangular aperture on the far right, shown from the back of a table loom Passing the shuttle through the shed The shed shown in tablet weaving. 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 ...
[4] To use a temple, the length is first adjusted so that it matches the total width (or spread) of warp threads in the reed. The prongs are then inserted into the fabric, on each side, at the very edges of the cloth. The temple must be moved frequently to keep it close to the fell of the fabric, where the weaving is taking place. [2]
Weaving a tapestry on a vertical loom in Konya, Turkey A Turkish carpet loom showing warp threads wrapped around the warp beam, above, and the fell being wrapped onto the cloth beam below. A simple handheld frame loom. Weaving is done on two sets of threads or yarns, which cross one another.
The warp is threaded through heddles on different shafts in order to obtain different weave structures. For a plain weave on a loom with two shafts, for example, the first thread would go through the first heddle on the first shaft, and then the next thread through the first heddle on the second shaft. The third warp thread would be threaded ...
Handweaving looms (including floor and table looms) use interchangeable reeds, where the reeds can vary in width and dents per inch. This allows the same loom to be used for making both very fine and very coarse fabric, as well as weaving threads at dramatically different densities. [10] The width of the reed sets the maximum width of the warp. [4]
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 ...
Swivel weaving is characterized by minimal waste. [6] Typically, contrasting colors were utilized for the designs. [4] The Dotted Swiss is an example of a swivel weave, where dots may be formed on a sheer fabric. [7] [8] Swivel weaving was superseded by more cost-effective methods for producing patterns on the surface of fabrics. [4]