ALL TEXTILES ARE MADE BY WEAVING TOGETHER CERTAIN THREADS OR YARNS. WEAVING IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE INTERLACING OF THESE THREAD.

THE LEGTHWISE THREADS ARE CALLED THE WARP AND THE CROSSWISE THE WEFT. THE WARP THREADS ARE WOUND ONTO A MACHINE CALLED A LOOM AND THE WEFT THREADS ARE INTERLACED BETWEEN THEM, ONE AT A TIME. THE THREADS ARE PUSHED TOGETHER TO FORM THE MATERIAL. HOW CLOSELY THE WARP THREADS ARE SET ON THE MACHINE WILL DETERMINE THE CLOTH QUALITIES.

THE FOLLOWING WEAVE TYPES ARE THE MOST POPULAR ONES USED IN THE FASHION INDUSTRIES.

TWILL WEAVE
THIS IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS CLOSE DIAGONAL LINES. IT IS CREATED BY THE WEFT THREADS CROSSING OVER TWO WARP THREADS AND REPEATED BUT STEPPED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT

SATIN WEAVE
THE SATIN WEAVE DOES NOT HAVE THE REGULAR STEP THAT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TWILLS SO THERE IS NO DISTINCTIVE DIAGONAL LINE. THUS, THE FABRIC HAS A VERY SMOOTH FINISH WITH A COMLETELY UNBROKEN SURFACE.

PILE WEAVE
PILE WEAVES CAN BE USED TO MAKE TERRY PILE TOWELLING, SILK VELVETS OR CODUROY. THE WEAVE HAS A BASE FABRIC PLUS AN EXTRA SET OF THREADS TIED OR WOVEN INTO THIS BABE AND PROJECTING FROM IT USUALLY IN LOOPS OR CUT ENDS.

KNITTED WEAVES
LIKE THE PILE WEAVE, KNITTED WEAVES USE A SERIES OF LOOPS. HOWEVER IN KNITTING THE LOOPS ARE INTERLOCKED. WITH EACH ROW OF LOOPS CAUGHT INTO THE NEXT ROW. LENGTHWISE LOOPS ARE CALLED WALES AND THE CROSSWISE CALLED THE COURSES.

INLAID WEAVES
AS THE NAME IMPLIES THESE INLAID WEAVES ARE SET AGAINST A BASE WEAVE. THE INLAID WEAVES ARE USUALLY PATTERNED WARPS OR WEFTS THAT CAN CREATE STUNNING LOOKING MATERIALS. A BROCADED FABRIC IS AN EXAMPLE OF INLAID WEAVING.

MULTIPLE PLAIN WEAVE
USE TO MAKE REVERSIBLE DOUBLE WOVEN FABRICS. IT IS WOVEN IN LAYERS WHICH CAN BE MADE TOTALLY SEPERATE AND THEN JOINED TOGETHER ALONG THE EDGES OR BY INTERLACING A SEPERATE BINDING WEFT