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**Plain Weave**
 * Is the simplest of the weaves and is the most common.

Interlacing warp and filling yarns in a pattern of over one and under one. Imagine a small hand loom with the warp (vertical) yarns held firmly in place. The filling (horizontal) yarn moves over the first warp yarn, under the second, over the third, under the fourth, and so on.

The weave can be made with any type of yarn, that's tightly twisted or single. They are placed close together both in the warp and filling, and with the same number of yarns in both directions, the resulting fabric will be a durable, simple, and serviceable fabric. However, the warp were to be made from a single yarn and the filling from a colorful boucle yarn, a quite different, much more decorative fabric would result. Both are the product of the same basic plain weave.

Plain Weave fabrics are constructed from many fibers and in weights ranging from light to heavy. Weaves may be balanced or unbalanced. Decorative effects can be achieved by using novelty yarns or yarns of different colors. Together with many of these novelty fabrics a number of standard fabric types are made in the plain weave. In the past these standard fabrics were always constructed from specific fibers. At present suitable manufactured fibers are also woven into many of the standard fabric construction (Bide, Collier & Tortora, pp. 291-292).

Plain Weave Example:

**Twill Weave**


 * One of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are woven over and under two or more warp yarns producing a characteristic diagonal pattern.

 They are identified by the diagonal lines that the weave creates on the surface of the fabric. Because there are fewer interlacing, the yarns in twill fabrics can be spaced closely together, packed tightly, and held firmly in place. Therefore, twill fabrics are usually strong and durable. They are also supple and drape well. The compact structure of twill fabrics enables them to shed soil readily, making it difficult to get clean.

Depending on their construction, twill fabrics generally show good resistance to abrasion. They are often used for (tailored garments), particularly those made of worsted wool yarns.

However, the simplest twill weave is created by the warp yarn crossing over two filling yarns, then under one, over two, under one, and so on. In the next row the sequence begins one yarn down. The area in which one yarn crosses over several yarns in the opposite direction is called a float.

The lines created by this pattern are called wales. When the cloth is held in the position in which it was woven, the wales (diagonal lines) will be seen to run either from the lower-left corner to the upper-right corner or from the lower right to the upper-left. If the diagonal runs from the lower-left to the upper-right, the twill is known as a right-hand twill. The majority of twill fabrics are right-hand twill. When the twill runs from the lower-right to the upper-left, the twill is known as a left-hand twill (Bide, Collier & Tortora, p. 296).

Twill Weave Example:

**Satin Weave**


 * Filling threads are interlaced with the warp at widely separated intervals, producing the effect of an an unbroken surface.

The fabrics are made by allowing yarns to float over a number of yarns from the opposite direction. Interlacing are made at intervals such as over four, under one (using five harnesses); over seven, under one (eight harnesses); or over eleven, under one (twelve harnesses). Harnesses are also called shafts. These satin fabrics may be called five-shaft satin, eight-shaft satin, or twelve-shaft satin. Floats in satin fabrics may cross from four to twelve yarns before interlacing with another yarn. No pronounced diagonal line is formed on the surface of the fabric because the points of intersection are spaced in such a way that no regular progression is formed from one yarn to that lying next to it.

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">When warp yarns form the floats on the face of the fabric, the fabric is a warp-faced satin. When filling yarns float on the face, the fabric is a filling-faced satin. Satin weave fabrics made from filament yarns are called satins; those from spun yarns are sateen. Most warp-faced weaves have filament yarns because filament yarns do not require a tight twist to serve as warp yarns, whereas cotton, being a staple fiber must be given a fairly high degree of twist if it is to serve as a strong warp yarn. Therefore, sateen fabrics are usually filling faced.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">S atin Weave fabrics are:


 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">highly decorative
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">filament yarns
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">high luster
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">smooth and slippery in texture lining fabrics

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Satin Weave Example:

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