PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND APPLICATION

Lesson 2: Classification of Textile Designs

Structural designs by combining different types of yarn and their arrangements

1. Combining yarns: The combination of different types of yarns in a specified arrangement may be used to create designs (Fig.2.1). For example ribbed weave fabric made of single yarns in the warp and of heavy ply yarns in the filling. A basket weave fabric is made by weaving two or more yarns together in both warp and filling.
   
   

   

   
   
2. Spacing yarns: Design effects may be obtained by skipping spaces in either the warp or filling direction (Fig.2.2). This arrangement of yarns pro­duces sheer stripes in the fabric.
   
   

   
   

   
   
3. Using yarns with special properties: Puckered stripes in seersucker (Fig.2.3) are made by alternating groups of warp yarns with loose and tight ten­sions, thus giving lengthwise puckered stripes in the areas of loose tension.
   
   

   
   

   
   
4. Using novelty yarns: Novelty yarns (such as slub, boucle, core-spun ratine etc.) and tex­tured yarns may be woven (Fig.2.4) or knitted into the fabric to create a structural design that serves the aesthetic purpose.
   
   

   
   

   
   
5. Using coloured yarns: Variation in the arrangement of coloured yarns may be used to create design. Alternate groups of coloured yarn are used to form stripes, checks, and plaids (Fig.2.5). Warp and fill­ing yarns in contrasting colours may also be used.