FSN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Twill, Gabardine, Satin
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Float- the portion of a yarn that crosses over 2 or more yarns from the opposite direction. Satin weave each warp yarn floats over 4 filling yarns 4/1, and interlaces wit the 5th, w a progression by 2 to the right or left. ususally made of bright filament yarns with very low twist. Basket weave- made with 2 or more adjacent warps controlled by the same arness, and with 2 or more fillings placed in the same shed. Gabardine- warp-faced steep or regular twill with a very prominent, distinct wale that is closely set together and raised. Can be made of carded or combed, single or ply yarns. Serge a 2/2 twill with a subdues wale with combed or worsted yarns and a clear or hard finish. Cavalry twill pronounced steep double twill line in which 2 diagonal wales are spaced very close together and separated by a little space from the next pair of diagonal wales.
