Cotton Weaving and Designing / 6th Edition

by John T. Taylor

FIG. 310.

FIG. 311.

FIG. 312.

The extra ends may be of the same colour as the ground, but of thicker material, and may be used with the object of increasing the width of the pattern. [Fig. 312] is a small striped design illustrating this principle. The ground is plain, and the extra warp threads, if of sufficient thickness, give a bold well-covered figure, which enables the design to be woven on nine shafts.

Extra Weft.—Extra weft spots may be woven on exactly the same principle by taking the weft “extra” instead of the warp. [Fig. 313] is a small spot design on the “extra weft” principle. The cloth would require to have twice as many picks per inch as there are ends per inch.

FIG. 313.