WEAVING
WHAT IS WEAVING?
Weaving is a method of forming fabric or fabric like items
by interlacing long threads that all go in one direction with
other threads that are at a ninety degree angle to the initial
threads.
LOOM
A loom is a device used in weaving to
help knit threads together to make a
single piece of cloth. The basic purpose
of any loom is to hold the warp threads
under tension to facilate the
interweaving of the weft threads. The
precise shape of the loom may vary
but the basic function is the same.
PARTS OF LOOM
STEPS
1.WARP BED
A warp bed is used to prepare the
warp before the reeding process.
Length of the cloth needed is
calculated, the number of crosses are
also calculated.
No. of threads= Reed no. x width of the fabric
No. of crosses= no. of threads
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2.REEDING
A reed isused to seperate the space
of the warp threads. It allows the
shuttle to move across the loom and
push the weft threads into the place.
The process is done twice, once after
making the warp and once after the
heddling.
3.HEDDLING 4.PEDDLING
Healds are used to control the Peddle define the kind of weave
warp duringweaving of the cloth. A being used. Each peddle is tied to
thread is passed through each a frame so when it is pressed it is
heddle of every frame in a pattern moves the threads up in order to
of 1 frame, 2 frame, 3 frame, 4 make soace for the weft to pass
frame and repeat. through. Everyweave has a
different peddling pattern
TYPES OF WEAVE
Plain Weave
Even Sided Weave
Warp Faced Twill
Weft Faced Twill
Panama
PLAIN WEAVE EVEN SIDED WEAVE
In plain weave cloth, the warp and Even sided twills have the same
weft threads cross at right angles, amount of warp filling the yarn
alligned so they form a simple expossed on both sides of the
criss cross pattern. fabric.
Paddling pattern (1,3)(2,4) Paddling pattern (1,2)(2,3)(3,4)(4,1)
WARP FACED TWILL WEFT FACED TWILL
The warp threads floats over all In these weaves, the weft threads
the picks in a repeat except one float over the warp on all picks in a
pick. The minimum repeat sixe repeat.
required is 3. Paddling pattern (1)(2)(3)(4)
Paddling pattern (1,2,3)(2,3,4)
(3,4,1)(4,1,2)
PANAMA/BASKET WEAVE
In this weave, groups of warp and weft
threads are interlaced so that they form
a simple criss cross pattern. Each group
of weft threads crosses an equal number
of warp threads by going over one group,
then under the next, and so on.
Paddling pattern (1,2)(3,4)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://www.britannica.com/technology/weaving
https://www.the-sustainable-fashion-collective.com/2014/10/14/what-are-
looms
https://textilelearner.net/basic-parts-of-a-weaving-loom/
