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Textile & Handloom Exercise 1.5.40
Shawl Weaving Artisan - Weaving and Designing

Prepare designs for different fabrics

Objectives : At the end of this exercise you shall be able to
• prepare designs for different fabrics.

Requirements
Materials

• Note book - 1 No. • Eraser - 1 No.
• Graph paper/book - 1 No. • Sharpener - 1 No.
• Pencil - 1 No. • Handloom - 1 No. (Fully operated)

PROCEDURE

TASK 1: Prepare design for wool fabric

1 Take graph paper. 9 Prepare the warp threads according to the graph’s
2 Mark vertical lines as warp threads. color sequence and density.
10 Then Wind the warp onto the warp beam in the exact
3 Then mark horizontal lines as weft threads.
order indicated in the design.
4 Make a geometrical design on the graph paper and 11 Thread each warp thread through the heddles on the
keep the motif simple.
shafts based on the lifting plan in the graph design.
5 Use color pencils to fill the design.(each square 12 Use the graph to guide which warp threads should
represents intersection of warp and weft threads).
lift or stay down for each weft pass.
6 Write thread color sequence of warp on the graph
paper. (e.g red color = warp thread color A.) 13 Choose weft threads (color, texture) as per the
graph’s plan.
7 Then write the weft color sequence to complement 14 Follow the graph design row by row.
the warp.
8 Use “X” symbol to mark which warp threads are lifted 15 Lift the warp threads and pass the shuttle with the
weft thread as per the design.
for each weft pass.
16 Repeat patterns as indicated on the graph.

TASK 2: Prepare design for cotton fabric
Refer TASK 1 follow the steps for given cotton fabric

TASK 3: Prepare design for silk fabric
Refer TASK 1 follow the steps for given silk fabric

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