1. WEAVING KNITTING FELTING
FABRIC MANUFACTURE
WEAVING
KNITTING
FELTING

2. WEAVING
(1) DONE BY HAND – HAND LOOM

3. (2) ON A MACHINE KNOWN AS THE LOOM

4. WEAVING INVOLVES
INTERLACING OF YARNS
CROSSING OF YARNS

5. HOW ARE WOVEN FABRICS DONE ?
WEAVING TOGETHER 2 SETS OF YARNS – .WARP YARNS .WEFT YARNS

6. WARP YARNS ARE PLACED FIRST ON THE LOOM
RUN VERTICALLY THROUGH THE FABRIC
ARE KNOWN AS THE GRAINLINE OF THE MATERIAL (The grainline is the yarn that is parallel to the fabric)

7. WEFT YARNS PASS OVER AND UNDER THE WARP YARNS
RUN HORIZONTALLY THROUGH THE FABRIC

8. SELVEDGE
At each edge of the fabric, the weft yarn turns around, forming a firm edge known as the selvedge
Comes from the word “self-edge”, has narrow borders and does not fray

10. Suggested websites for further research on weaving