Archive for the
‘who we are’ Category

A power loom is a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. The first power loom was designed in 1786 by Edmund Cartwright and first built that same year. It was refined over the next 47 years until a design by the Howard and Bullough company made the operation completely automatic. This device was designed in 1834 by James Bullough and William Kenworthy, and was named the Lancashire loom.

By the year 1850, there were a total of around 260,000 power loom operations in England. Two years later came the Northrop loom which replenished the shuttle when it was empty. This replaced the Lancashire loom.

Operation of weaving in a textile mill is undertaken by a specially trained operator known as a weaver. Weavers are expected to uphold high industry standards and are tasked with monitoring anywhere from ten to as many as thirty separate looms at any one time. During their operating shift, weavers will first utilize a wax pencil or crayon to sign their initials onto the cloth to mark a shift change, and then walk along the cloth side (front) of the looms they tend, gently touching the fabric as it comes from the reed. This is done to feel for any broken “picks” or filler thread. Should broken picks be detected, the weaver will disable the machine and undertake to correct the error, typically by replacing the bobbin of filler thread in as little time as possible. They are trained that, ideally, no machine should stop working for more than one minute, with faster turn around times being preferred.

Operation of this needs more than 2 people because of the way it works.

Our knitting process is done by automatic knitting machine where Yarn is manipulated to create a fabric. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting creates stitches : loops of yarn in a row, either flat or in the round (tubular). There are usually many active stitches on the knitting needles at one time. Knitted fabric consists of a number of consecutive rows of connected loops that intermesh with the next and previous rows. As each row is formed, each newly created loop is pulled through one or more loops from the prior row and placed on the gaining needle so that the loops from the prior row can be pulled off the other needle without unraveling.

Differences in yarn (varying in fibre type, weight, uniformity and twist), needle size, and stitch type allow for a variety of knitted fabrics with different properties, including color, texture, thickness, heat retention, water resistance, and integrity. A small sample of knit work is known as a swatch.

 A”handloom” is a loom that is used to weave fabrics without the use of electricity. The manipulation of the foot pedals to lift the warp has to be in sync with the throwing of the shuttle which carries the weft yarn. A perfect weave demands coordination between mind and body.

Handloom weaving was done by both genders but men outnumbered women partially due to the strength needed to batten. Spinning  the thread and attend to finishing. Later we obtain the thread from the spinning mill.

Hand dyeing is the process of applying dye to a garment by hand. No machines are used; this coloring is accomplished by people power! Plant fiber, animal fiber, natural dyes, manufactured dyes – it doesn’t matter. The point of differentiation is that a person – usually an artist – applied the dye.

Let’s look deeper at what hand-dyeing means for the yarn community; in particular here at Yarn Love. Hand-dyeing goes deeper into philosophy than you might realise. It’s faster and much less expensive to have a machine dye yarn. Machines don’t get tired, batch sizes can be immense, and they represent a significant advancement in profitability for the manufacturer.

Authoritatively disseminate equity invested platforms before performance.

Hand knitting is a form of knitting, in which the knitted fabric is produced by hand using needles.

Flat knitting uses two straight needles to make generally two-dimensional (flat) pieces. Flat knitting is usually used to knit flat pieces like scarves, blankets, and the backs, fronts and arms of sweaters (pullovers).

In flat knitting, generally the hand-knitter knits from right-to-left on one side of the fabric, turns the work (over), and then purls right-to-left back to the starting position. Usually, the smooth side of the fabric is considered the right side, the one facing outwards for viewing; and the side that faces inwards, towards the body, the ridged side, is known as the wrong side. Thus, flat knitting involves knitting each row on the right side, then purling each row on the wrong side, etc.

If each row is knit (no purls) this creates garter stitch, which has the same appearance on both sides and creates horizontal ridges offset by valleys, rather than a knit and purl side. Patterned stitching, such as cables, can be accomplished with either flat knitting, or in the round, however, the technique must follow the desired pattern.