Crammed Stripes

Crammed Stripes
CRAMMED STRIPES
These are stripes produced in fabrics by cramming ends in the reed. Some portions of the cloth thus have a greater number of ends per inch than another. A common form of crammed stripe is illustrated, with six-shaft satin stripes on plain ground. In the cotton trade this term is generally used to describe all styles of crammed effects. In the woollen trade a special cloth is known as " Crammed Stripe " and is woven with a plain ground and a six-shaft satin stripe, the construction is 64's botany weft about 60 picks per inch, 72 ends ground 2/64's botany and stripes of 40's mohair and 60's cotton alternating for 48 ends

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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