FSN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Plain Weave, Satin, Warp And Weft

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The pattern of a basket weave is written as an equation: 2x2, 4x4, 2x1. The first number represents how many warp yarns are moving together through the fabric. The second number represents how many weft yarns the warp are moving over and under. Black square represents warp yarn on surface. White square is weft going beneath weft. Float: when a yarn cross over two or more in the warp/weft. Features (technical aspect) two or more yarns move together as one in the weave. Benefits and drawbacks (how it benefits the consumer) flexible, less wrinkles. Examples: monks cloth, duck, canvas, hopsack example: 2x1 first number is warp, second is weft. Twill fabrics are characterized by diagonal lines (twill lines) on the face of the cloth formed by the floating (rising) of warp yarns over the filling yarns. raised line within the weave is called wale.

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