Cotton Weaving and Designing / 6th Edition

by John T. Taylor

6. Drawing-in or twisting-in.

2. Hank-dyeing and Sizing.

This system involves the following operations, namely—

1. Reeling yarn from cops or ring bobbins into single or multiple hanks. (A standard hank contains 840 yards.)

2. Hank-dyeing and sizing.

3. Winding yarn from hanks on to warpers’ bobbins by means of a drum-winding machine.

4. Beam warping.

5. Beaming, or winding yarn from back beams on to a weaver’s beam.

6. Drawing-in or twisting-in.