Sentence examples for weft threads from inspiring English sources

It stretched the weft threads and rotated the warp threads — it resonated through the tapestry.

The weft threads are pushed closely together with a reed, which is a comb on a wooden crossbar.

When they switched from one color to the next, they cut off the ends of the weft threads or wove them into the surface of the tapestry.

In calico weaving, one set of warp threads is woven one-over and one-under with one set of weft threads.

Warp and weft threads used in the same fabric may be of differing diameter, producing such special effects as ribbing or cording in the fabric.

Natural back-sizings were formerly applied to Axminster carpets, and Wilton and Brussels weft threads on their cops were soaked in sizing.

To make the fabrics that he transforms, Ms. Parke sits at one of her eight-harness Leclerc looms, pumping the treadles with her feet and pulling rhythmically back on a horizontal beam known as a beater bar to push the weft thread securely into the weave.

Oxford fabric is constructed with two warp threads weaving as one with a substantially thicker weft thread.

This reduced form has limited affinity to cellulose fibre and thus soils the weft thread and the pocket lining.

End-on-end is constructed the same as two-fold poplin, except that the warp thread is of one color and the weft thread is always white.

End-On-End Fabric End-on-end is constructed the same as two-fold poplin, except that the warp thread is of one color and the weft thread is always white.