Thursday, May 6, 2010

What is weaving?

When dealing about fibres and yarns which basically compose a textile or fabric, the term that for the process of the making of them is known as weaving. Weaving is just of several ways of attaining a fabric or textile from fibres or yarns. Wikepedia describe the term as a form of art in textile making that further will be used to make workwear uniforms, shirts, apparels, and accesories.

Weaving is the textile art in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads, called the warp and the filling or weft (older woof), are interlaced with each other to form a fabric or cloth. The warp threads run lengthways of the piece of cloth, and the weft runs across from side to side.
Cloth is woven on a loom, a device for holding the warp threads in place while the filling threads are woven through them. Weft is an old English word meaning "that which is woven".

The manner in which the warp and filling threads interlace with each other is known as the weave. The three basic weaves are plain weave, satin weave, and twill, and the majority of woven products are created with one of these weaves.

Woven cloth can be plain (in one colour or a simple pattern), or it can be woven in decorative or artistic designs, including tapestries. Fabric in which the warp and/or weft is tie-dyed before weaving is called ikat.

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