Hand-loom weaving, plain & ornamental by Hooper Luther

Author:Hooper, Luther
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Handlooms, Looms
Publisher: London : Pitman
Published: 1920-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

THIS IS THE SPECIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF ALL THE The Origin

SATINS. FURTHER REFERENCE TO THIS WILL PRE- and Cha-

SENTLY BE MADE.

Several more extended designs may be made Satin on the same principle as the twill, with four headles Extension of and treadles only, if the entering of the warp the Four-be specially arranged for them. A sample group headle Twill of these designs is given in fig. 74, and many others can be devised, both by alteration of the entering, tie-up, or order of working the treadles. The entering necessary for the designs illustrated, repeats once in every twenty-four threads of the warp. It will be seen that three courses of four threads are entered from back to front, then one thread by itself on the back headle, followed by three courses of four threads, from front to back, the fourth thread in the last course beginning the next repeat. If the treadles are tied up and trodden as for ordinary twill a large lateral zigzag will be woven (fig. i) ; by working the treadles in the order shown by the numerals in the lower part of the diagram no. 2 will be made ; and on taking the treadles in the following order, I, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 15, 1 6, no. 3 will result.

With the same entering and tie-up plain cloth may be made at will, so that lateral spaces or panels of any of these small designs may be woven by way of ornament at intervals in the plain material. Very pretty effects may be arranged for, especially if the bands are shot with gay-coloured wefts. In order to make the plain cloth in alternation with the ornamental bands, it is only necessary to depress the first and third treadles together with the right foot, for one shoot, and the second and

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