How warping work and beat setup
Warping and beam set up.. No, this blog isn't about space travel, but we are going to talk about warp speed and beams, as we boldly go further into the world of textiles. Fabric looms large in our everyday lives, from the socks we pull on in the morning to the curtains swinging shut at the theatre and the covering on the sofa in the reception area at the office, with a thousand-and-one other applications in between. Designing the ideal fabric for each purpose might not be rocket science, but at Duvaltex we pour a lot of expertise into choosing the exact right type of construction – woven or knitted – and yarn for every piece of fabric we make. Knit one, weave two While knitted cloth is a single yarn looped together, woven cloth is made up of two sets of yarn crossing at right angles. The yarn that runs the length of the fabric is called the warp, and the yarn that crosses the width is called the weft. Just to make it more complicated, each piece of yarn in the warp is called an end...