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FABRIC MANUFACTURE. WEAVING KNITTING FELTING. WEAVING. (1) DONE BY HAND – HAND LOOM. (2) ON A MACHINE KNOWN AS THE LOOM. WEAVING INVOLVES. INTERLACING OF YARNS CROSSING OF YARNS. HOW ARE WOVEN FABRICS DONE ?. WEAVING TOGETHER 2 SETS OF YARNS –
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FABRIC MANUFACTURE WEAVING KNITTING FELTING
WEAVING (1) DONE BY HAND – HAND LOOM
WEAVING INVOLVES INTERLACING OF YARNS CROSSING OF YARNS
HOW ARE WOVEN FABRICS DONE ? WEAVING TOGETHER 2 SETS OF YARNS – .WARP YARNS .WEFT YARNS
WARP YARNS ARE PLACED FIRST ON THE LOOM RUN VERTICALLY THROUGH THE FABRIC ARE KNOWN AS THE GRAINLINEOF THE MATERIAL (The grainline is the yarn that is parallelto the fabric)
WEFT YARNS PASS OVERAND UNDER THE WARP YARNS RUN HORIZONTALLY THROUGH THE FABRIC
SELVEDGE At each edge of the fabric, theweft yarnturns around, forming a firm edge known as the selvedge Comes fromthe word“self-edge”, has narrow borders and does not fray
Suggested websites for further research on weaving • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom • http://www.ehow.com/how_2093021_weave_loom.html