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Out of the many innovative techniques that man has adopted from nature, weaving is one. The nature of yarn interlacement can be varied on the basis of the frequency of interlacing points and their distribution over the plane of the fabric. Seersucker is one such fabric. a. How is seersucker fabric formed? b. Why is it high cost item? c. Where is it mainly used? |
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Answer» a. The yarns on one beam are held at regular tension and those on the other beam are held at slack tension. The yarns are wound onto the two warp beams ingroups of 10 to 16 for a narrow stripe. As the reed beats the weft yarn into place, the slack yarns crinkle or buckle to form a puckered stripe, adds the regular tensioned yarns form the flat stripe. The stripes are always in the warp direction b. slow weaving speed c. summer suiting like dresses, curtains and sportswear. |
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