The following post is a copy of my documentation for my Trimaris Kingdom A&S Masterwork project from 2016, also presented at Gulf Wars XXVI.
Glossary
- Brocading: Technique in which a second supplementary weft is passed across the warp and brought up through the warp threads such as to be visible in the front of the band to add pattern.
- Brocade Weft: The secondary weft used during brocading.
- Shed: An opening formed in the warp between upper and lower threads on a tablet.
- Selvedge: The portion of a fabric which is at the edges. Since this is the location where the weft is turned in its pass back and forth during the weaving process, these edges are clean with no unraveling possible.
- Structural Weft: The main weft passed back and forth along the warp of the band, which provides the band with structure and locks the weaving in place.
- Tablet Turn: The basic motion of turning a tablet along its central axis to create the warp twining, illustrated below:
- Tie-Down: In brocade, these are the background threads which are used to tie down the brocade weft in place and avoid any bucking and lifting which would get caught on objects and damage the band. In addition, they help create the pattern.
- Twill: A textile weave where warp threads pass over and under weft threads in specific count in such a way that diagonal lines are formed.
- Twine: The twist of threads with each other in either a Z or S direction.
- Warp: The lengthwise threads in a weave structure.
