“The thread count of a fabric matters less than the quality of cotton," says Doyle. "For example, 200 thread count sheets ...

the warp threads and the weft threads, at right angles to each other. On an industrial scale, it's used to create all kinds of different fabrics and materials. When we talk about modern-day loom ...

Take a closer look and you'll see a clever design. The warp thread is dyed but the weft thread is left white. This reduces the amount of dye needed for each pair of jeans. It's also why many jeans ...

The team discovered the ancient textile in Israel, finding a plant-based material from the southern Levant that was used to make the fibers and the weft threads were fashioned from wool.

"This is warp thread and that is weft thread. These small wooden rods have different functions. Some are for pulling the threads or arranging the warp, and some are for securing the threads," says ...

Dealing with the warp and the weft of it all isn’t easy, as [Fraens] discovered with this build. The main idea with weaving is to raise alternate warp threads, which run with the length of the ...

the weft is checked for proper tension after each cycle, shuttles with empty bobbins are automatically discarded, while a laser keeps an eye on the warp to ensure none of the threads have snapped.