Analysis of Woolen and Worsted Fabrics
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An International Correspondence Schools instruction paper (Serial 504) on analyzing woolen and worsted cloth samples so they can be reproduced in a mill. It covers making out warp and filling patterns, picking out the weave on design paper, and deriving the harness (drawing-in) draft and chain draft. It also treats finding face and back, warp and filling, twist direction and amount, shrinkage allowances, number of beams, and identifying fibers (wool vs. worsted, silk, linen, cotton, union fabrics) by burning and chemical tests.
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