Introduction of Textile design

Weave plan

• It illustrates the interlacing of ends and picks in the fabric under consideration.
• In the weave plan, space between two vertical lines indicates as warp yarn and the space between two horizontal lines indicates as weft yarn.

Drafting plan or looming plan

• A draft indicates the number of heald used to produce a definite design and the order in which the warp threads or ends are threaded through the mail eye of the healds.
• In the drafting plan, space between two vertical lines indicates as warp and space between two horizontal lines indicates as heald shaft.

Lifting plan & Denting plan

• Lifting plan defines the selection of healds to be raised or lowered on each successive insertion of the pick of weft to produce the pattern.
• Denting plan: this indicates the order of drawing in the warp threads or ends through the dents of the reed.

Common Fabrics classified by Identifying characteristics

• • Light weight, transparent, sheer, unbalanced: dimity (also ribweave) • Medium weight, opaque, balanced look, soft hand-oxford cloth, chambray, sail cloth. • Heavy weight, operque, balanced look, soft hand: Hopsack, monk’s cloth. • Heavy weight, opaque, balanced look, crisp hand: duck and canvas.

SYSTEMS OF DRAFTING

• 1. Skip drafts
• This systems is particularly useful is weaving very densely set fabrics. Normally a small number of heald shafts is required, but to avoid overcrowding of heald eyes and to reduce friction and rubbing, more than minimum heald shafts are used.

Point draft

• Point drafts are used for weaves which are symmetrical about the centre. They are frequently employed to produce waved or diamond effects.
• The main advantage of the system is that is allows the production of a large number of effects with lesser number of heald shafts than those used in straight draft.

DENTING PLANS

• Denting plans describe the arrangement of the warp ends in the reed (dents are the gaps between the metal reed wires).
• Denting plans depend on the number of ends per inch and the number of dents per inch in the reed.
• Denting plans indicate how many inch to be put in one end of the dent.
• It we place those ends which work alike in the same dent of the reed, there will be same rubbing of ends.