Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . e seen in use to-day in oursmaller weaving mills for the purpose of winding headingyarns. The hank was extended upon and between twosmall wheels called whisks, fixed upon an upright postand revolving upon their centres. The bobbins thus prepared were delivered to thewarper for him to form into a warp of a given length andbreadth. Warping is merely the laying of a number ofthreads in parallel order, and equal in length, and in num-ber sufficient to make the required width of cloth. In the WINDING AND WARPING PROCESSES. 251 early days o
Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . e seen in use to-day in oursmaller weaving mills for the purpose of winding headingyarns. The hank was extended upon and between twosmall wheels called whisks, fixed upon an upright postand revolving upon their centres. The bobbins thus prepared were delivered to thewarper for him to form into a warp of a given length andbreadth. Warping is merely the laying of a number ofthreads in parallel order, and equal in length, and in num-ber sufficient to make the required width of cloth. In the WINDING AND WARPING PROCESSES. 251 early days of the industry this process was almost iden-tical with that of the Hindoo as previously described. Thiswill be seen from the accompanying illustration, fig. 150,which is from an old print. Here it will be seen the pegsinstead of being stuck in the ground are fixed in a wall,and the warper takes the yarn, attaches it to the outer peg,passes it under and over the others in alternation to forma lease, and then carries it to the most distant one, around %.