- Matts
- MATTSFabrics in which two or more adjacent warp ends or weft picks weave alike, such as 2 & 2, 3 & 3, or 4 & 4, ends and picks. Simple matts of this type can be woven on two shafts with two or more threads in one heald eye, but to prevent ends crossing it is best to have each thread in a separate eye. The cloth known as matt shirting is a popular one for many markets. It is bleached and soft finished. It is made all plain matt or in stripes. A typical make is 33-in. wide, 100 ends and 50 picks per inch, 36's warp, 10's weft, double ends, single picks. The weave illustrated is 12 X 12 and is termed a fancy matt. The cloth has 64 ends and 64 picks per inch, 2/17's T., 10's W. These cloths are allowed to shrink to their full extent, this particular cloth was 36-in. loom state and 33-in. finished. The take-up in length was 10 per cent.
Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.