Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . ?Ill liaiiiiiiii i. Fig, of Healds (beoken). thread is on the top, and the warp thread down. The orderof this alternation shows a plain weave, in silk weavingcalled a tabby. To obtain this result the weaver requires to have acertain control or command over the threads of the warp,in order to depress or elevate them in the manner re- WOVEN FABRICS. 105 quired. This lie gets in his shedding apparatus, the im-mediate instrument in this case being the heald, intowhich the warp threads are drawn. The heald or heddle is composed
Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . ?Ill liaiiiiiiii i. Fig, of Healds (beoken). thread is on the top, and the warp thread down. The orderof this alternation shows a plain weave, in silk weavingcalled a tabby. To obtain this result the weaver requires to have acertain control or command over the threads of the warp,in order to depress or elevate them in the manner re- WOVEN FABRICS. 105 quired. This lie gets in his shedding apparatus, the im-mediate instrument in this case being the heald, intowhich the warp threads are drawn. The heald or heddle is composed of a cord formed ofseveral strands of cotton, worsted, linen, or silk,but those used in the cotton trade are now inthe main made of cotton, though still occa-sionally of worsted. A shaft of healds is shownin fig. 25, and a section of a set for weavingplain cloth in fig. 26. Healds are made upona beautiful automatic machine exceedingly in-genious in construction, but space for a descrip-tion here is not available. The eye in the centre,and through which the warp thread is dra
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