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desired length is obtained. It is then run off the drum on to a 

 loom beam. By doing this the necessary length of the warp yarns 

 are obtained ; some may be in different colours. The weaver is 

 thus able to determine the position and colour of every warp- 

 thread in the material. 



Weaving follows spinning and warping. Weaving is simply the 

 interlacing of the warp and weft yarns. There are different ways 

 of interlacing the threads for different materials. For instance, in 



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1. Woollen Yarns to be woven into goods of flannel and 



blanket type. 



2. Worsted Yarn from fine twill suiting. The crimp in the 



yarn is due to its having been woven into cloth. Before 

 weaving, this yarn is perfectly straight and even. 



most flannel the weave is one weft thread over the next under the 

 warp thread, and so on. In other materials every three or more 

 warp threads may be passed over by the weft, for every one it 

 goes under. After weaving, a woollen cloth is by no means 

 finished ; a blanket, for instance, looks more like a piece of a 

 wool-pack than a blanket as we know it. The nice soft appear- 

 ance of finished woollen goods is due to the finishing processes. 



The first of these is called burling and mending. Burling is 

 the picking out of any pieces of burrs and vegetable matter which 



