OT word of the day

Jacquard

A weaving process that allows complex designs to be woven into fabric.
The Jaquard Mechanism is comprised of a series of punched pattern
cards (almost like really big versions of computer cards, or perhaps a
player piano roll if you know what one looks like) that carry the
pattern and regulate which warp thread is plucked up when. It allows
much more complex designs than a dobby loom (dobby was word of the day
on the 5th), or a drawloom which was a much more labor intensive
process besides.
Damasks, brocades, and woven tapestries are all examples of woven
jacquards

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Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Shantung

A midweight plain weave silk fabric with a distinctive texture due to
the use of slubbed yarns.
Sometimes confused with dupioni in modern usage.
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Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Warp

The vertical threads of a woven fabric.


Weft

The horizontal threads of a woven fabric, the ones that run from
selvedge to selvedge.

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Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

I can never remember which is which. Thanks for this one specially
Nightmist.
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In message , NightMist
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Warp

The vertical threads of a woven fabric.


Weft

The horizontal threads of a woven fabric, the ones that run from
selvedge to selvedge.


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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Patti - the way I remember things like that is:

You have to do the vertical threads before the horizontal
"a" is before "e"
Warp before weft

HTH
Ginger in CA

On Nov 12, 12:06*am, Patti wrote:
I can never remember which is which. *Thanks for this one specially
Nightmist.
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In message , NightMist
writes



Warp

The vertical threads of a woven fabric.

Weft

The horizontal threads of a woven fabric, the ones that run from
selvedge to selvedge.

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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Wow! that's clever! Thanks Ginger.
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In message
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Ginger in CA writes
Patti - the way I remember things like that is:

You have to do the vertical threads before the horizontal
"a" is before "e"
Warp before weft

HTH
Ginger in CA
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Best Regards
pat on the hill

And the way that I remember it is that you "warp the loom" to start
weaving. G Took me a long time to be able to remember which was
which, too.

Pati, in Phx

Ginger in CA wrote:
Patti - the way I remember things like that is:

You have to do the vertical threads before the horizontal
"a" is before "e"
Warp before weft

HTH
Ginger in CA

On Nov 12, 12:06 am, Patti wrote:
I can never remember which is which. Thanks for this one specially
Nightmist.
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In message , NightMist
writes



Warp
The vertical threads of a woven fabric.
Weft
The horizontal threads of a woven fabric, the ones that run from
selvedge to selvedge.
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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Warp: what your cutting mat does when it gets too much sun. Weft: what it
tries to do.. rises up and down from left to right but never just in one
spot.

Butterfly (up way to early today)


"NightMist" wrote in message
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Warp

The vertical threads of a woven fabric.


Weft

The horizontal threads of a woven fabric, the ones that run from
selvedge to selvedge.

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Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Distressed Fabric

Fabric that has been intentionally damaged to change the texture or
drape.
Some common commercial techniques a

Sandwashing - Tumbling the fabric (wet or dry depending on the fabric
and the company) with sand.

Stonewashing - Tumbling the fabric with pebbles or small stones

Acidwashing - washing the fabric in an acid bath

Bleachwashing - washing the fabric in a strong bleach solution

Enzymewashing - washing the fabric in a solution containing enzymes
that attack cellulose fibers. Obviously it is only used with
cellulose fabrics most commonly cotton, but it is becoming popular
using lyocell(1).

The amount of actual damage to the fabric varies due to different
processing and of course differences in the various fabrics treated.
Enzymewashing is considered by many to be the least damaging of the
above processes. However all of them damage the fabric at the fiber
level and significantly reduce its length of serviceability.

(1) see word of the day Tencel from 11/07
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Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Well, I'd be distressed, too, if I had a bath like any of these

Ginger in CA
too early, not enough tea

On Nov 12, 11:28*pm, (NightMist) wrote:
Distressed Fabric

Fabric that has been intentionally damaged to change the texture or
drape.
Some common commercial techniques a

Sandwashing - Tumbling the fabric (wet or dry depending on the fabric
and the company) with sand.

Stonewashing - *Tumbling the fabric with pebbles or small stones

Acidwashing - washing the fabric in an acid bath

Bleachwashing - washing the fabric in a strong bleach solution

Enzymewashing - washing the fabric in a solution containing enzymes
that attack cellulose fibers. *Obviously it is only used with
cellulose fabrics most commonly cotton, but it is becoming popular
using lyocell(1).

The amount of actual damage to the fabric varies due to different
processing and of course differences in the various fabrics treated.
Enzymewashing is considered by many to be the least damaging of the
above processes. *However all of them damage the fabric at the fiber
level and significantly reduce its length of serviceability.

(1) see word of the day Tencel from 11/07
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Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.