Basic Elements of a Woven Design

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What is the Basic Elements of a Woven Design ?

The three basic elements in a woven design are :

(i) Design

(ii) Draft or drawing plan

(iii) Peg or lifting plan

The design indicates the interlacement of warp and weft threads in the repeat of the design. It is made up of a number of squares, which constitute the repeat size of a design. The vertical directions of the squares indicate the picks and the horizontal direction indicates the ends. A blank in a square indicates that a warp goes below the corresponding weft and ‘X’mark in the square indicates that the warp floats above the weft. The draft or drawing plan indicates the manner of drawing the ends through the heald eyes and it also denotes the number of heald shaft required for a given weave repeat. The choice of the type of drafting plan depends upon the type of fabric woven. The peg or lifting plan provides useful information to the weaver. It denotes the order of lifting of heald shafts. In a peg plan the vertical spaces indicate the heald shafts and the horizontal spaces indicate the picks. The peg plan depends upon the drafting plan. In the case of a straight draft, the peg plan will be the same as the design. Hence no peg plan is necessary in the case of a straight draft.

The design, draft and peg plan are illustrated with the aid of an example shown below

       Fig.  Basic elements of a Woven Design (2/2 twill weave)