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Woollen and Worsted Woven Fabric Design explains and provides answers to many of the technical and practical problems encountered in the development and design of woollen and worsted woven fabrics. Today it is as essential as ever to design, develop and produce saleable and commercially sound woven fabrics within considerable financial restraints. However, in the teaching of woven fabric design, emphasis appears to have shifted away from the practicalities of cloth construction and design development. The formulae and calculations used in the weaving industry are clearly set out in the text, with numerous worked examples.

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"""After forty years in the Textile Industry E. Grant Gilligan had the experience and knowledge to provide a training manual on Woolen and Worsted Woven Fabric Design. Diagramsclearly illustrate, in detail, the design structure for basic and aesthetic weaves. In addition to providing examples of direct to indirect count conversions formulas and calculations Gilligan provides insight to the novice designer concerning fabric construction. Quality assurance technicians can use this text as a reference to verify formals on new and existing designs. Industry designers and quality assurance technicians will benefit from the author's expertise."" - E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 4, April 2005"

After forty years in the Textile Industry E. Grant Gilligan had the experience and knowledge to provide a training manual on Woolen and Worsted Woven Fabric Design. Diagramsclearly illustrate, in detail, the design structure for basic and aesthetic weaves. In addition to providing examples of direct to indirect count conversions formulas and calculations Gilligan provides insight to the novice designer concerning fabric construction. Quality assurance technicians can use this text as a reference to verify formals on new and existing designs. Industry designers and quality assurance technicians will benefit from the author's expertise. - E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 4, April 2005

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