FSN 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Percale, Chintz, Chambray

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Fashion
• Course: FSN 101
• Professor: Kirsten Schaefer

Document Summary

Describe the various parts of the loom and their function (warp beam, harness, heddle, shed, shuttle, reed, page 273 - The wrap is raised and lowered by a harness-heddle arrangement: a harness is a frame to hold the heddles. Beats or pushes the filling yarns into place to make the fabric denim: the reed is a set of wires in a frame; the spaces b/w the wires are called dents. Warp yarns are threaded through the dents in the weave. S tra ighte r a nd more pa ra lle l ra re ly fa ncy/nove lty or s pe cia l function. Not a s s tra ight or pa ra lle l more like ly to be fa ncy/nove lty or s pe cia l function lowe r. Fa b ric ch a ra c te ris tic s. Unba la nce d (us ua lly more wa rp)