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Carpets And Rugs

Kadi spool represents one pick or row of tufts in the design. Therefore, it is only practicable to make this type of carpet in quantity, because there is not more than a couple of inches of yarn used from each spool for each repeat of the pattern. In practice it is usual to use not less than 500 repeats from every design.

Weaving

After a spool has been wound, the ends of the yarn are cut straight and inserted in small metal tubes, which act as guides. All this is preliminary to the weaving. The spools arranged in proper order to bring out the design are then mounted in an endlesss chain which carries them to the loom. The chain slops during the operation of looping the pile into the fabric, and then moves up the distance of one spool alter the operation is complete.

The body of the carpet is woven in the usual way. The warp is made of linen or cotton threads, while the weft is usually of sized jute. The pile is usually woolen yarn.

The unique part of this process is the method employed to insert the pile. The spool with its tube attachment is brought down to the fabric into which it is to be inserted. Out of each tube there Axminster 89 extends an end of woolen yarn presenting the appearance of a carefully trimmed fringe. These ends are laid across a weft thread, the tubes passing through the fabric and between the warp threads, then the weft is carried across by means of a needle from one side and looped about a binding thread, which is manipulated by a small shuttle on the opposite side. It then returns to its original position and the tubes draw the wool up around the weft, after which the needle goes across and back again completing the fastening of the tufts.