Watson's advanced textile design : compound woven structures / Z.J. Grosicki

CONTENTS

1. Designing and card- cutting systems

2. Figuring with extra threads

Principles of figuring with 'extra' materials. Extra wrap figuring. Extra weft figuring

3 Backed cloths

Weft-backed cloths. Warp-backed cloths. Interchanging figured backed fabrics

4 Figured pique fabrics

5 Stitched figuring weft constructions

Figured book muslin fabrics. patent satin structure

6 Damasks and compound brocades

Damasks. Figured warp rip brocades.multi-weft brocades.multi-warp brocades

7 Stitched double cloths

Self-stitched double cloths. wadded double cloths. centre-stitched double cloths

8 Interchanging double cloths

Interchanging double plain cloths. Interchanging double twill and sateen stripe designs. Cut effects in interchanging double cloths

9 Multi-layer fabrics

Treble cloths. multi-ply belting structures.

10 Figured interchanging double cloths. Figured interchanging treble cloths.

11 Tapestry structures

Simple weft face tapestries. repp-stitched weft face tapestry structures. combined warp and tapestry structures

12 Gauze and leno structures

The Principle of leno structure. Leno weaving with flat steel doups with an eye. leno weaving with flat steel slotted doups. Equalisation of yarn tension in open and crossed sheds.

13 Weft pile fabrics

All-over or plain velveteens. Weft plushes. corded velveteens. figured weft pile fabrics

14 Terry pile structures

Terry ornamentation

15 Warp pile fabrics produced with the aid of wires

All- over or continuous pile structures. figuring with one series of pile threads. figuring with several series of pile threads

16 Warp pile fabrics produced on the face-to-face principle

All-over or continuous pile structures. figured pile structure

17 Spool and gripper axminster carpets

The spool axminster system. The gripper axminster system. The spool-gripper system

Includes index : p. 431-435