Basic Glossary of Tapestry Terms
Beat, beat down
to push the weft into place, using the bobbin, fork or other tool
Beater
a tool to push the weft into place
Bobbin
a pointed tool with a shaft around which the weft can be wound, used to both carry the weft and beat it into place
Buckling
when the tapestry doesn't lie flat, often caused by excess weft
Cartoon
the full-size drawing, design, outline, used as blueprint for the tapestry
Closed warp
a warp covered by weft in the previous half pass. In tapestry, tabby or plain weave, every other warp along the fell is closed
Discontinuous weft
in tapestry, the weft does not go edge to edge each time and is therefore discontinuous
Fell
the leading edge of the piece being woven, where the last weft has been placed
Loom
a device for maintaining the warp under tension
Open warp
a warp not covered by weft in the previous half pass. In tapestry, tabby, or plain weave, every other warp is open
Pass
taking the weft once back and forth over the warps, that is, two rows, so that every warp is covered
Pick
half- pass or one row of weft
Pick and Pick
a technique for weaving contrasting colours of weft into
the two opposite tapestry sheds, resulting in narrow vertical stripes
Shed
the space between the warps through which the weft passes
Slit
in tapestry weaving that does not use the interlock
method, a slit is formed between adjacent areas of colour
Tabby
plain weaving, such as tapestry weaving, in which the
weft goes alternately over and under the warp
Warp
the yarn that is under tension on the loom which will be
interlaced at right angles by the weft
Warps per inch
the number of warp yarns in a given inch of the width of
the tapestry. A lower number of warps makes a heavier and chunkier panel, while a higher number allows more detail. The more warps per inch, the slower the weaving.
Weft
the yarn inserted at right angles to the warp
Weft-faced fabric a textile in which the warp is completely covered by the weft, such as a tapestry
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