3. How many ends to the inch in the serge? How many picks?
4. Note several differences between cloth produced by plain weaving and cloth produced by twill weaving.
Experiment 5—Pile Weave
Apparatus: Hand loom, two pencils, scissors.
Materials: White cotton warp, filling yarn of two colors.
Reference: Textiles, page [62].
Directions
1. Thread the loom two warp threads to a notch until there are 20 ends (warp threads).
2. Use a pencil as a harness. Raise the 1st, 3d, 5th, 7th, and 9th sets of warp threads.
3. Fasten securely the green filling yarn at one end and pass it through the shed formed by carrying out Direction 2. Draw the filling thread tight and wind once or twice around the outside warp end.
4. Use a second pencil as a harness and raise the sets of warp threads that are now down, forming a new shed.
5. Fasten the red filling yarn at one end and pass it through the shed. Wind once or twice about the outside warp end.