In weaving, the weft (sometimes woof) is the term for the thread or yarn which is drawn through the warp yarns to create cloth. Warp is the lengthwise or longitudinal thread in a roll, while weft is the transverse thread. A single thread of the weft, crossing the warp, is called a pick. Terms do vary (for instance, in North America, the weft is sometimes referred to as the fill or the filling yarn).
The weft is a thread or yarn usually made of spun fibre. The original fibres used were wool, flax or cotton. Today, man-made fibres are often used in weaving. Because the weft does not have to be stretched on a loom in the way that the warp is, it can generally be less strong.
The weft is threaded through the warp using a "shuttle", air jets or "rapier grippers." Hand looms were the original weaver's tool, with the shuttle being threaded through alternately raised warps by hand. Inventions during the 18th century spurred the Industrial Revolution, with the "picking stick" and the "flying shuttle" (John Kay, 1733) speeding up production of cloth. The power loom patented by Edmund Cartwright in 1785 allowed sixty picks per minute.
Introduction... II ... RD ... But I wanted to generalise that, to say that, right through the warp and woof of the animal, right through the animal, everything about it can be thought of as a kind of description of the environments in which its ancestors lived.
The show "Seinfeld" warped and woofed all over the loom, early episodes spinning from a show-in-show version of Seinfeld the stand-up jokester, whose offstage interactions with George, Elaine and ...
ENDEAVOR. Earlier this week, I had a gratifying experience as a graduation speaker ... Then, I went into a two-year work leave in order to expose myself anew to the warp and woof of business management ... 17, 2008 ... Stories of In- spired Travelers.”. Dr ... Neal ... .
Biden speaks in Largo, Maryland 2023 ... They fade quickly into the warp and woof of urban and suburban existence; their implications for commercial endeavors largely benefit real estate developers, who have no presence in the international economy ... GPO.
Over and above industrial-scale mass murder of individual people—Israel is engaged in the eradication of Gazans as a People ~ilana ... On March 8, International Women’s Day, the United Nations detailed the warp and woof of survival as a woman in Gaza ... Dr.
By Watchdog. In a recent article entitled, Secrets and Lies... In it he says.. This by the way, is an oddity, since it’s still carrying on and given us government by perverts. . ... . “, you have the woof and warp of modern government . ... ‘ ... •••• ....
... suddenly, then just as suddenly vanishing into the cracks of society, the warp and woof of the jungle, the wholesale slaughter of South Vietnamese villagers carried out with appalling indifference.
by Watchdog... Then someone referred me to a section of a talk given by L Ron Hubbard in 1961, the relevant bits of which I’ve take the liberty of quoting below ... Put another way ... . ... ... . ... . “, you have the woof and warp of modern government . .
Representational Photo. By S.Sarwar.Malik ... Some more selected verses of his poetry I intend to present today- without any attempt to translate, just to refresh your memory ... In separation Sahir wove the warp and woof of his beloved’s presence thus. ... .
By Ann Hornaday ...A24 ... The more far-out “DreamScenario” gets, the more viewers might wish that Borgli would simply keep his focus on the warp and woof of the Matthewses’ marriage, if only to give Nicholson the screen time she so richly deserves ... .
Story continues below ...Article content ... TODD ... By “error,” I mean the inevitable bollix that is so thoroughly woven into the warp and woof of existence that it requires a dozen lines in my Roget’s Thesaurus to provide even a partial list of synonyms ... .
The tragic events that have overtaken our world over the past two weeks have brought profound grief and disbelief to people in every corner of the globe. On Oct ... Thousands more have been injured ... Such freedom is part of the warp and woof of America ... Dr.
La Taqnatu min-Rahmatullah — (Do not despair of Allah’s Mercy) — Al-Quran ... This alliance (based far more on religion and ideology than science) has provided the woof and warp of political history in general and Pakistan’s history in particular ... .
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30 Dec 2023
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30 Dec 2023