2. Construction, merits and uses of the hand loom.
3. Principles of cloth structure, and the mechanism required for the production of the following typical fabrics:—Plain cloth, twills, diapers, brocades, damasks, coloured stripes and checks, warp spots, repps, weft spots produced with circles, swivels or extra shuttles, backed cloths, double cloths, 3, 4, 5, &c., ply fabrics, tapestries, velveteens, cords, Terry fabrics, plain and figured gauze, lappets, plain and figured leno.
4. Principles of designing and card cutting involved in producing the above fabrics, giving preference to the actual designing and working of such patterns as shall be practically useful as articles of commerce.
5. Analysis of samples of woven fabrics to determine pattern, draft, tie-up, and counts of material used.
6. Composition of the various yarns used in the production of mixed fabrics.
7. Latent and other defects in fabrics caused by faulty construction and unequal balancing of warp and weft.
8. Selection of warp and weft yarns suitable for the fabrics required.
9. Proportioning of fabrics so as to maintain the original structure with an increased or diminished weight.
10. Method of calculating the cost of a fabric from given data of values of material and labour, by ascertaining the fibre, counts, ends, picks and weight.