Lesson 9: Effects of Yarn, Weave, Colour and Finishes on Textiles
Effect of different weaves on textiles
All woven fabrics are composed of at least two distinct series of threads named ‘warp’ or ‘end’ that lie lengthwise in the fabric all along the selvedge and ‘weft’ or ‘pick’ travels and interlaces the warp threads at right angles.
Majority of the fabric produced commercially for clothing, home textiles, technical textiles, floor covering and industrial purpose is by weaving. Weaving provides the basic structure for a fabric and woven designs are considered under structural designs which narrate about the specific manner and order in which the warp and weft yarns are interlaced that ultimately results into woven design. A textile fabric may constitute only one element of woven design, and yet be profusely embellished without colour component. For instance white and gray cotton and linen, silk, damask and brocades are the best examples of this class. The most elaborately structured fabrics often are composed and constructed with more than two or three varieties of simple and basic weaves, which are effectively planned in the scheme of decoration. Colour is the means that clearly distinguishes the various forms and details of an elaborate design. However the design can command unlimited weaves by which one can produce the woven designs of contrast and variety of effects.
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