TS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Wrinkle, Plain Weave, Warp And Weft
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Woven fabrics are made on a loom, in a manufacturing plant called a mill. The warp is yarn that is pre-measured, and attached to the loom so that every yarn in the group is under equal tension. Each warp yarn passes through a heddle, which is mounted in a harness that can be lifted to create a space for the weft yarn to pass through. The weft yarn is carried through the warp in a shuttle, and then it is moved into place with the beater. Inside the beater, the reed controls the density of the warp. The process of interlacing warp and weft yarns, using a loom, to create a textile structure is called weaving. The quality of a woven fabric combines all of these elements: Color and texture added through yarn or dying. The blue side shows the warp yarns, the white side shows the weft yarns.
