A woven-in pattern made by special looms which control individual weaving threads in warp to produce complicated patterns.
Changeable color effect usually obtained by contrasting colors in warp and filling yarns.
A broken twill four-pointed star check.
An open basket weave that gets its name from the plain-weave fabric of jute or hemp used for sacking in which hops are gathered.
Weave with the surface resembling the cells of a honeycomb.
A fabric in which the pattern of the weave resembles the skeletal structure of the herring. Made with a broken twill weave that produces a balanced...
The needle-like wires on a loom through which the warp yarns are drawn and which raise and lower those threads during weaving. See harness.
A rectangular frame on a loom that holds the heddles through which the warp yarns pass. A loom’s harnesses raise and lower the heddles in predeterm...
Touch, drape or “handle” of a fabric.