LEARN HOW TO WEAVE 4HARNESS LOOM WEAVING WEAVERS GUIDES

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• Learn About Loom Weaving Equipment & Its Uses
  
• Learn How To Completely Set Up The Loom
  
• Discover The Proper Way To Make A Warp
  
• Learn How To Dress Or Set Up The Loom
  
• Learn To Do Beaming With A Raddle Or A Reed
  
• Discover How To Weave The Weft On A Loom
  
• Create Beautiful Fabric With Elaborate Patterns

EQUIPMENT USED IN HAND LOOM WEAVINGUSING THE OUTLINEPART I - MAKING A WARP1. Making a warp for a plain warp beam

A. Figuring required yardage in warp
B. Buying yarn
C. Making the warp
D. Counting warp threads
E. Placing lease in the warp
F.Taking the warp off warping frame
G. Second method

SETTING UP OR DRESSING THE LOOM1. Beaming the warp on a plain warp beam using a raddle

A. Removing harnesses and beater from loom
B. Placing warp beam stick in loops of warp
C. Placing shed or lease sticks in warp
D. Tying ends of shed or lease sticks
E. Tying warp beam stick to warp beam
G. Spacing warp in raddle
H. Winding warp on warp beam
I. Replacing beater and harness

2. Beaming the warp on a plain warp beam using a reed

A. Placing lease sticks in warp
B. Threading the warp through the reed
C. Placing warp stick in warp
D. Tying warp stick to beam
E. Moving the cross from the front of the reed to the back of the reed
F. Tying the new lease sticks together
G. Winding warp on the beam

3. Beaming the warp on a sectional warp beam

A. Preparing the warp
B. Placing spools on spool rack
C. Threading the thread guide
D. Winding on the warp

4. Setting up looms - Tying up counterbalanced loom - Hanging the harnesses (temporarily)

A. Tying harnesses in place temporarily
B. Hanging the small rollers
C. Hanging harnesses

5. Setting up looms - tying up counterbalanced loom - tying harnesses to the lamms

A. Attaching each lamm to corresponding harness

6. Setting up looms - Tying up a jack type or rising shed loom7. Reading the pattern or draft

A. Method of notation

8. Threading the heddles from pattern

A. Preparing harnesses for threading
B. Placing heddles on the harnesses
C. Threading the heddles

9. Drawing in or sleying

A. Preparing for sleying
B. Propping beater or batten in position
C. Measuring the reed
D. Sleying the warp

10. Tying-in to apron

A. Unrolling apron and bringing over breast beam
B. Cutting slots in apron
C. Tying-in warp ends to apron
D. Adjusting tension of all warp threads of apron

11. Tying-up the treadles

A. Reading the tie-up draft
B. Reading the tie-up draft from right to left
C. Tying the treadles

PART II - WEAVING1. Preparing the weft

A. Making bobbin or quill for boat shuttle
B. Winding bobbin for boat shuttle
C. Threading boat shuttle
D. Winding flat shuttle

2. Weaving the fabric

A. Making a heading
B. Checking threading
C. Correcting mistakes
D. Placing extra thread in warp on a plain warp beam
E. Weaving twill pattern

3. Hemstitching

A. Preparing to hemstitch
B. Hemstitching after weaving one or two inches

4. Changing bobbins5. Winding web on cloth beam6. Using two shuttles on a twill weave7. Removing fabric from the loom

A. Hemstitching end
B. Overcasting end
C. Cutting warp
D. Taking fabrick off cloth beam
E. Stitching raw ends of fabric

8. Finishing or processing the fabric

A. Washing the fabric
B. Drying the fabric
C. Pressing the fabric

Appendix

One - General information
Two - Materials for fabrics

• Discover The Weavers Techniques Of Beaming
  
• Learn How To Choose The Right Raddle
  
• Find Out Why A Friend Should Help You Beam
  
• Learn About The Beaming Drum & Its Function
  
• Discover How To Open Or Shed The Warp
  
• Learn About Hand Looms From Around The Globe
  
• Discover Loom Accessories & How They Work

Turning on, or Beaming

The raddle, or vateau
Selection of a raddle for a particular warp
The cane roller and cane sticks
The raddle stand for small warps
To separate the portees
Distributing the portees in the raddle
Turning on in the loom
Position of the cane roller in the loom
Means of turning the roller
Assistance required in turning on
Method of keeping the warp hard on the roller

The Beaming Drum

The essential part of beaming machinery
The drum and its fittings
Friction brakes
Ropes of the drum
Space necessary for beaming
Importance of accuracy of detail in weaving operations
Turning-on posts
Appliance for beaming in confined space
Winding the warp on the drum
Beaming with the drum

The Hand-Loom For Automatic Weaving

Opening or shedding the warp for wefting
Shedding the warp without appliances
Simplicity of Egyptian and Greek weaving
The headle-rod
Ancient horizontal looms and automatic sheds
Indian and Chinese looms
The Old English hand-loom
The loom frame
The rollers
The ratchet and wheel
Friction brake for cane roller
Comparison of indian and English looms
Automatic method of opening the shed
The long comb or reed
The batten
Position of the harness and batten
Preparations for entering the warp in harness and reed
Gating the loom

The Accessory Appliances of the Loom

The hand-shuttle
Superiority of hand-shuttle weaving
The fly-shuttle
The batten for the fly-shuttle
The raceboard
The shuttle-boxes
The pickers
The picking stick
The action of the fly-shuttle
Advantages of the fly-shuttle
The temple
The skein reels
The doubler
The quill-winder
other tools
Method of weaving with hand-battens
Method of weaving with box-battens

• Discover The History Of The Power Loom
  
• Learn How The Parts Of The Loom Interact
  
• Discover The Weavers Art Of Shedding
  
• Learn The Proper Means Of Setting The Treadles
  
• Discover The Inner Gear Workings Of The Loom
  
• Learn To Effectively Use A Power Loom To Weave

Stephenson's remarks on the locomotive applicable to the power-loom

Reasons of the slow development of the textile machinery

The plan of the present volume
Other explanations

RELATIVE POSITION OF THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF THE LOOM

The warp line
The warp line for open cloth
The warp line for cloth where the threads require to be spread
The strain on the yarn in weaving
To reduce the strain to a minimum
The height of the warp line
How the front and back beams should be made movable
The stretch of the yarn
The movements of the lay
The pauses of the crank as adapted to the requirements of the power-loom
The pauses of the crank illustrated
How the eccentricity of the lay's movements can be varied and adjusted
The broader the loom the more eccentric its movements
The length of stroke to be given to the lay
The leverage of the swords
The bevel of the lay
The position of the rocking shaft
The upright picking shaft
the wiper shaft
The momentum of the crank and wiper shaft wheels
The end frame
The strength of the loom

SHEDDING

The shedding movement the most important in the loom
The most important points to be attended to in shedding
The delineation of plain wipers
The leverage of the treadles
Plain wipers
The length of pause necessary to spread the warp
How the curves are obtained
A defect in shedding; how to remedy it
how the construction of the wipers affects the spreading of the warp
Experience required to know the proper movement of the leaves
Equalizing the sheds
How the lease rods affect the size of the shed
The action of the wipers as to time
Shedding fine yarn not requiring to be spread
A fallacy about shedding
The movements of the heddle leaves for tweels, diapers, etc. The same as those for plain
In tweels the greatest number of leaves should be up
How the length of pause for the different sorts of wipers and tappets is found
Power gained in shedding by multiplying the number of treads
A star for a diaper explained
The top mounting
To equalize the leverage of the treadles
Setting the treadles
The clasps
To find the number of teeth required in the wheel and pi ion to drive the wiper shaft
Wheels necessary with a large number of treads
To find any wheel in the train when the others are known
The proof that they are correct
Skewed bevel wheels; how they are made

THE PICK

General remarks
The cone pick - an application of a lever of the first order
The action of the picking wiper
The direction of the force transmitted by the wiper
The true secret of the harshness or smoothness of the pick
The preceding statement illustrated
The verification of the preceding statement
How the direction of the force is regulated
THe magnitude of the force
How the proper magnitude may be obtained
How the picking tappet is proportioned to different breadths of loom
Th econstruction of the picking wiper, and the reasons for it
Re-dressing the tappets - a mistake
The race course of the shuttle
The length of th eshuttle-box
The reason that a loom with long shuttle-boxes generally works well
The time of the pick in relation to the movements of the lay
A suggestion to reduce the tear and wear in connection with the picking movement

THE SHUTTLE PROTECTOR

The automatic movement of the power-loom
The action of the protector
By reducing the momentum of the working parts of the loom, we reduce the force of the protector's stroke
The wheels broken by the concussion of their teeth
A cause of the swords breaking
Where the protector should be fixed
The length of the protector
The twofold purpose of the protector
Advantages obtained with the protector constructed on correct principles
The fly reed

THE TAKE-UP MOTION

How it operates
The drag and positive motions
The fabrics for which the drag motion is best adapted, and the reasons
The wheels of the positive motion
Rule to find the number of teeth required to produce a given number of shots
Explanation of the preceding example
An example under other conditions
To find the number of teeth when changing from one count to another

THE PACE

The tension of the yarn
The uniformity of the tension
The different methods of pacing
An objectionable method of pacing

HOW THE WINDING AFFECTS THE WEAVING

The diameter of the pirn or cop
The length of the pirn or cop
The size and momentum of the shuttle

THE SPEED OF THE LOOM, DRIVING GEAR, ETC.

What determines the speed at which the loom is to be driven
To increase the speed of hessian looms
Speed of broad looms
Hints as to how to obtain a uniform speed of the looms in small factories
The strength of the shafting
The driving pulleys
an example to be avoided of a bad construction of friction pulleys
How the length of the belt affects the motion of the loom
Examples showing the method of calculating the speed of wheels and shafting

HOW TO START AND WORK THE LOOM

The preceding chapters a counterpart of this
A fixed line between the mechanical and tenting departments necessary
A well considered plan necessary before putting down looms
How the looms should be arranged to the driving shaft
The looms grouped in fours
How to arrange the looms in line with the shaft
The line to which the ends of the looms are set
How the looms are arranged to clear the belts
Fixing the looms to the floor
Levelling the loom
Setting the loom
How to set the wipers
To find the proper length of picker strap
How to set the pick
The check-strap
Gauging the shuttles
The position the tip or point of the shuttle whould occupy
The protector
How to find the length of the belt and how it shoul drun
How to adjust the pick as to strength
The process of looming the web
The position of the lease rods
The reactionary nature of the loom
The causes of "chapping off" classed under three heads
When the power is insufficient
When the power is deficient in the pick; how to find it out
The effects of the picker strap being too tight
Obstruction caused by the friction of the shuttle on the shed
Obstructions that throw the shuttle out of the loom
The protector

TO FIND THE NUMBER OF SPLITS (DENTS) AND THE QUANTITY OF WARP AND WEFT IN A WEB

Different scales used in different localities
The yarn measures
What is meant by thread
Explanation of the cotton table
Explanation of the woollen table
Explanation of the linen yarn table
Explanation of the coarse linen and jute yarns table
How jute is called linen
The various reed scales
Number of threads in a split
The various calculations for a cotton web
Rule to find the number of splits
To find the quantity of weft
The various calculations for a woollen web
To find the number of splits
To find the warp
To find the weft
The various calculations for a linen web
To find the number of splits
To find the warp
To find the weft
The various calculations for a jute web
Another method of calculating the shrinkage on the breadth
The number of splits
The amount of warp
The amount of weft
Rules to find the splits and warp and weft by proportion

THE PREPARATION OF THE YARN FOR THE LOOM

General remarks
How dressing or sizing is necessary
The effect of dressing on the thread
How the flour starch is made and used
Farina as dressing
Dressing for woollen yarns
How the dressing is put on
DRying the yarn
Sizing
The preparation yarn requires previous to being dressed
Weft that requires to be dressed

DRAUGHTS AND TREADING

How the patterns are made
Setting the heddles
Rules for finding the heddles to be set
Examples when the number will divide without a remainder
When there is an odd half hundred
When the number to be set will not measure exactly either the camb or the reed
An easy method
Draughts and treading of a plain web
The distinction between plain and tweeled cloth
Draughts and treading of a three-leaf tweel
Of a four and five-leaf
The broken tweel
The full satin tweel
The herring-bone tweel
The method of working the leaves that is easiest for the yarn
The serge tweel
Ornamental tweels
Diaper
The junction of plain and tweeled cloth
Diced work
Two and three-ply cloth and two and three-fold cloth and tubular cloth wrought on the same principle
Tubular weaving
Two-fold weaving
Three-fold weaving
Two and three-fold and tubular tweels
Two and three-ply cloth
To construct and arrange the wipers or tappets when the treading is known
The centre selvage explained

• Discover The Ancient Art Of Tapestry Weaving
  
• Learn About The Loom & Other Equipment
  
• Discover The Threads That Color A Tapestry
  
• Learn How To Properly Warp The Tapestry Loom
  
• Learn How To Trace The Pattern Onto The Warp
  
• Discover Techniques For Tapestry Weaving
  
• Create Beautiful Tapestries At Home Yourself!

CHAPTER I - Introduction

CHAPTER II NECESSARY APPLIANCES AND MATERIALS

The Loom— Mirror— Bobbins and Needles— The Comb— Embroidery Frame Treated As A Loom— Warp— Wools— Silk— Gold and Silver Thread
 
CHAPTER III PREPARATIONS FOR WORK

Warping the Loom— Dressing the Coat-Stave— Tracing the Pattern upon the Threads
 
CHAPTER IV THE TECHNIQUE OF WEAVING

Weaving— Commencing and Fastening Off— The Interlocking Stitch— Fine Drawing— Shading— Added After-stitches

• Discover The Art Of Rug Weaving For Yourself
  
• Create Warm Cozy Rugs To Protect Your Floors
  
• Learn To Work With Wool To Make Durable Rugs
  
• Discover How To Create Ingrain Carpet Rugs
  
• Learn How To Create & Use A Rug Pattern
  
• Discover How To Dye Your Handwoven Rugs

Chapter I - Rug Weaving

Chapter II - The Pattern

Chapter III - Dyeing

Chapter IV - Ingrain Carpet Rugs

Chapter V - Woven Rag Portieres

Chapter VI - Woolen Rugs

Chapter VII - Cotton Rugs

Chapter VIII - Linsey Woolsey

• Discover The Ancient Origins Of The Draw Loom
  
• Learn The Use & Function Of The Thread Monture
  
• Discover The Shaft Monture & Shaft Harness
  
• Learn To Weave Brocatelle & Brocatelle Webs
  
• Discover The Art Of Tissue Weaving On A Loom
  
• Learn Spanish & Italian Figured Velvet Weaving
  
• Discover The Compound Monture & It's Function

The Draw-loom and Thread Monture

Ancient Origin of the Draw-loom
Its importance in weaving
Description of the draw loom
Building the monture
The two kinds of repeating patterns
The comber-board
The pulley-box
The tail cords
The simple and Guide cords
The term Cords in reference to design
Rigidity of lateral repeats on a loom
Freedom of vertical repeats
The drawboy
The drawboy's fork
The most perfect loom
The thread monture
Various uses of the thread monture
Examples of silk-weaving on thread monture

The shaft Monture

Invention of the split or shaft harness
The comber-board for shaft harness
Building a shaft harness
Description of various parts of the harness
The shaft harness in use
Note on regulating the length of designs
Draughting designs
Examples of shaft harness weaving

Brocatelle and Tissue Weaving

The technique of brocatelle webs
Weaving Brocatelles
Draughting for tissue weaving
Two methods of mounting binders
Old spitalfields tissue
Broche'tissues
General utility of shaft harness
Shaft harness for coarse materials
Tissues of wool, linen, and cotton on shaft harness
Examples of modern wool tissues
Old method of tissue weaving without split shaft harness

The Compound Monture

Advantages of dividing the monture
Description of the compound monture
Examples of compound monture weaving
Old English brocade
Eighteenth-century striped brocade
French late seventeenth century brocade

Figured Velvet Weaving

Pile and terry figured velvet
The draught
The monture
The preparation of the loom
The bobbin frame
Italian and Spanish velvets

• Learn The Proper Techniques Of Drawing In
  
• Discover The Taffeta Weave & How To Do It
  
• Learn How To Identify And Create Twill Weaves
  
• Discover How To Do Satin Weaving On The Loom
  
• Learn To Make Dirivitive Weaves From The Basics
  
• Discover Filling Effects To Make Your Weaving Pop
  
• Create Imaginative & Useful Gifts And Products

DRAWING-IN
STRAIGHT DRAWS
SKIP DRAWS
POINT DRAWS
SECTION DRAWS
THE WEAVES AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION
THE TAFFETA WEAVE
GROS DE TOURS WEAVES
SERGE or TWILL WEAVES
FILLING EFFECTS

Satin de Lyon
Levantine
Polonaise
Serge grosse côte
Serge remaine
Serge

WARP EFFECTS

Levantine
Serge

EVENSIDED TWILLS

Surah
Croise

POINTED TWILLS

Broken pointed twill
Fancy twill

SATIN WEAVES

Regular Satins
Satin de Chine
Satin Merveilleux
7 harness satin
Duchese
9 harness satin
10 harness satin
11 harness satin
12 harness satin
16 harness satin
8 harness satin, warp effect.

IRREGULAR SATINS

Satin Turc
Satin à la Reine

DERIVATIVE WEAVES1. From the Taffeta

(Velours Ottoman or Faille française - Faille française - Velours Ottoman without a Binder-warp)

2. From the Twills

(Satin Sergé - Côte Satinée - Rhadzimir-Surah 2-2 - Rhadzimir of 4 picks - Rhadzimir of 6 picks

3. From the Satin Weave

(Satin Grec - Peau de Soie - Peau de Soie)

CANNELE and REPP WEAVESDOUBLE FACED FABRICS

Warp Effects
Levantine on 8 shafts
Serge 6-2
8 shaft satin
12 shaft satin
Cannele of 8 picks

FILLING EFFECTS

Serge
10 harness satin

PEKINSBAYADÈRESCHECKS AND PLAIDSDECOMPOSITION

1. The weave.
2. Length and width of the cloth.
3. The stock and the dyeing thereof.
4. Reed calculation (number of dents and ends per inch and total number of dents required).
5. Drawing-in the warp in harness and reed.
6. Texture and arrangement of warp (warping ticket)
7. Arrangement of harness.
8. Reduction of filling.
9. Calculation of warp and filling.
10. Finishing.
11. Calculation of cost