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If you’re designing wovens, you will most likely need to define the weave structure that you want your factory to use. There are thousands of different patterns that can be woven, but there are some basic ones that you should be familiar with to start.
Common Weave Structures
Below are some common structures including a plain weave (often seen in plaids), basketweave (oxford shirts use this one), twill (denim uses this structure), herringbone (common in suiting and shirting), and houndstooth (frequently seen in wools).
Warp vs Weft
Yarns that run from right to left (horiztonally) are called weft yarns. I always remember this because left is like weft.
Yarns that run from top to bottom (vertically) are called warp yarns.
Hands-on Weaving Exercise
In a textile class that I took, we learned about weave structures by taping actual warp and weft yarns to paper and making small woven patterns. It’s a great exercise if you’re still confused about how the yarns work together to form different patterns. This article shows a variety of different designs woven with strips of paper.
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