The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . r a plain or colouredsurface, and the warp acts on the weft in the manner of gauze orcross-weaving (see Figs. 49, 50 and 53:) that is, the warp threads,instead of being left parallel, as in common weaving, are crossedover each other by each tread on the treadles; and the weft, whenthrown in, intersects the warp, and its edges acquire a tendency to 262 THE ART OF WEAVING. come together, in consequence of the cross-weavhig wliich thewarp has received. On this web being cu
The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . r a plain or colouredsurface, and the warp acts on the weft in the manner of gauze orcross-weaving (see Figs. 49, 50 and 53:) that is, the warp threads,instead of being left parallel, as in common weaving, are crossedover each other by each tread on the treadles; and the weft, whenthrown in, intersects the warp, and its edges acquire a tendency to 262 THE ART OF WEAVING. come together, in consequence of the cross-weavhig wliich thewarp has received. On this web being cut into strips, through thevacant spaces already described, the weft, or lateral fibres of bothsides of each strip, are all thrown up on one side, and brought closetogether. The process is somewhat similar to that followed inmaking chenille weft, but with this difierence, that the fur or pile,(that is, the lateral fibres of both sides of each strip,) when cut, areall brought upon one side, and into close contact, instead of project-ing from all sides of the warp or body thread, as in the case of che-nille weft. Fig. 130,. At Figs. 130 and 131, are represented two modes of cross-weav-ing, exhibiting the crossings of the warp, and intersections of tlieweft. In Fig. 130, are two dents-full of warp A A of Turkey gauze,(B B is a repetition of the same,) of three threads in the dent; thosetwo dents-full being separated by one empty dent C C, or picks of weft or fur D D D are uncut, and six picks FEEcut in the centre. The Fig. exhibits the effect which the crossinirsFF of the warp threads have upon the fur, in causing both sidesof the weft, when cut, to incline towards each other, leaving thewarp threads to serve as a back-bone or back-band to the lateralthreads or fibres. Fig. 131 exhibits two crossing threads G G. turn-ing round a cord or dead thread H H, which is accomplished withbead lams (see gauze weaving. Fig. 49.) This Fig. also ex-hibits, in some degree, (by th
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