- Naps
- NAPSAn all-wool overcoating made 72-in. wide in the loom to finish 58-in. Woven with indigo dyed yarns about 36 ends and 48 picks per inch. Good quality felting yarns are used and when finished the weave is not visible. During finishing the surface of the cloth is rubbed into small knots. Naps are very similar to Witneys, Waverleys, etc. Typical cloths are made as follow: - Union Nap - Warp 2/40's cotton, 60 ends and 48 picks per inch. Face weft 110 yards per oz. openband mungo, back weft 54 yards per oz. openband shoddy, weight 26-oz. per yard. All Wool - Warp 250 yards per oz. cross-band woollen weft 310 yards per oz. openband woollen, 56 ends and 104 picks per inch. R gives the weave for Reversible Witney, N for Nap and Sardinian, and W for Waverley. NAP WARP - An old time name for pile warp.
Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.