Cotton Weaving and Designing / 6th Edition

by John T. Taylor

FIG. 235.

FIG. 236.

The V draft is used in a great variety of forms. It is not only in stripes that it is used. It is very often employed in weaving all-over spot effects and diamond patterns.

FIG. 237.

[Fig. 231] shows the principle applied to an all-over design. The draft ([Fig. 232]) is given, showing how the ends are drawn through the thirteen staves required to weave the pattern, and the “pegging plan” ([Fig. 233]) shows the order of lifting the staves.