Cotton Weaving and Designing / 6th Edition

by John T. Taylor

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Patterns produced by Re-arrangements of Twills.—If the ends of any twill be re-arranged in some regular order, another pattern of a different character is produced. For example, by re-arranging the eight-end twill given at [Fig. 244] in “satin order” the effect at [Fig. 245] is produced. The method of re-arrangement is to take the first end of the twill design and place it in the first place in the re-arrangement. The fourth end of the twill is then placed in the second end of the re-arrangement, the seventh end of the twill in the third place, and so on, the satin order used being 1 4, 7 2, 5 8, 3 6. [Fig. 246] re-arranged in this manner gives the effect at [Fig. 247], and, as will be seen from the remaining figures (Figs. [248]–[255]), the effects produced by the re-arrangement are all good serviceable effects which are useful for a great many purposes. With larger twills the effects produced are more elaborate and varied, and the principle is distinctly useful for the production of new woven effects.

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