Warps and Wefts
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Mary Meigs Atwater discusses how to plan fabric texture through choice of warp and weft yarns, warp setting in the reed, and beat. She classifies fabrics as weft-face, warp-face, or balanced "fifty-fifty", then gives rule-of-thumb settings for coverlet (overshot) and summer-and-winter weaves in cotton, for linen warps, and for all-wool fabrics. She includes threading and tie-up drafts for five- and seven-harness corkscrew twills for tweeds, plus advice on warp dressing, dampening, tension, and finishing.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- c. 1934
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Weaving drafts
- on 1 page: 2
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