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YARN FLOAT [5 records]

Record 1 1999-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
OBS

Overshot : Of a pattern or weave : that is characterized by uninterrupted lines of weft where the yarn has been made to pass over two or more warp threads before re-entering the fabric. Any design that can be arranged on a formation of squares may be reproduced in overshot weaving... In the weaver's language, patterns produced by this system are called "overshot", because when the harnesses are raised, the weft threads skip or "float" over the groups of warp threads.

OBS

Overshot: Term for design effects in fabrics produced by filling floats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
OBS

flotté : Longueur de fil qui n'est pas liée sur deux ou plusieurs fils successifs de la chaîne ou de la trame.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

An arrangement comprising at least two stitches and an auxiliary yarn that forms a tuck loop followed, in the same course, by a float that has been elongated and that protrudes from the fabric surface like a plush loop

OBS

This type of stitch is found in at least one type of double-faced plush fabric

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses
DEF

Ensemble comprenant au moins deux mailles de fond et un fil complémentaire qui forme une boucle de charge suivie, dans la même rangée, d'un flotté qui a été allongé et qui fait saillie sur la face du tricot comme une boucle de peluche

OBS

Cet ensemble de mailles se rencontre dans au moins un type de tricot peluche double face

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

An arrangement of two plated stitches knitted from a ground yarn and a binding yarn and incorporating an auxiliary yarn that forms a tuck loop with the binding yarn followed, in the same course, by a float

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses
DEF

Ensemble de deux mailles tricotées avec un fil de fond et un fil d'attache en relation de vanisage et comprenant en plus un fil molleton qui forme une boucle de charge avec le fil d'attache suivi d'un flotté dans la même rangée de mailles

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

An arrangement of two plated stitches knitted from a ground yarn and a binding yarn and incorporating an auxiliary yarn that forms a tuck loop with the binding yarn, followed, in the same course, by a float that has been elongated to protrude from the fabric surface like a plus loop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses
DEF

Ensemble de deux mailles tricotées avec un fil de fond et un fil d'attache en relation de vanisage et comprenant, en plus, un fil molleton qui forme une boucle de charge avec le fil d'attache, suivie, dans la même rangée, d'un flotté allongé pour faire saillie sur la face du tricot comme une boucle de peluche

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

An arrangement comprising at least two stitches and an auxiliary yarn that forms a tuck loop followed, in the same course, by a float over one or more wales

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses
DEF

Ensemble comprenant au moins deux mailles de fond et un fil complémentaire qui forme une boucle de charge suivie dans la même rangée d'un flotté qui s'étend sur une ou plusieurs colonnes de mailles

Spanish

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