Problems in Teaching - The Yarn and the Sett of Warp
Sample pages
Page 4, at reduced quality. Open the document to read every page in full.
A teaching-oriented article from Master Weaver (Fulford, Quebec) on how to choose warp yarn and sett. It explains why yarn count does not give a fixed thickness, why sett formulas are unreliable, and how to find the lower and upper sett limits for warp-face, 50:50 and weft-face fabrics. It gives a simple rule, S = k√C, with coefficients for cotton, wool and linen, and a graph of the lower limit of sett by yarn count. It recommends that students make and keep sample swatches on small frame looms.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- March 1953
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
- Archive notes
- PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission.
(A free account is all you need)
From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
Have missing pages or a better copy of this document, or another document to share? Contributing documents »