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How to pronounce weft in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms filling, pick, woof
Type of thread, yarn

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To create patterns, weavers tie-dye portions of weft yarn before weaving begins.
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Common component of a loom used to separate warp threads for passage of the weft.
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Music is a part of the warp and weft of the fabric of Nova Scotia's cultural life.
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It concentrated on spinning twists and weft from coarse counts of American cotton.
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It produces a softer less twisted thread that was favoured for fines and for weft.
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The weft passes across the loom in a shuttle, that carries the yarn on a pirn.
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A Double Ikat is when both the warp and the weft are tie-dyed before weaving.
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Weft is the yarn that is inserted crosswise over-and-under the warp threads.
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In grosgrain, the weft is heavier than the warp, creating prominent transverse ribs.
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  • Woof: the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
  • WEFT Champaign 90.1FM is a community radio station in Champaign, Illinois, founded in 1981 and owned by Prairie Air, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation. It has a wide range of programming, including music from nearly every genre, public affairs discussion, theater and arts, and more. ...
  • The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric; The yarn used for the weft; the fill; In hairdressing, a hair extension that is glued directly to someone's natural hair
  • (Wefts) run across the width of the rug, over and under the warp strings and between rows of knots. Most often wefts are made of cotton, wool, or silk . Wefts help hold rows of knots in place and strengthen the structure of the rug.
  • Wefts are temporary hair extensions which are glued into your hair.
  • Threads that run horizontally in a fabric.
  • The weft is the yarn that is woven back and forth through the warp to make cloth.
  • Wool, cotton or silk yarns inserted horizontally over and under the warp forming the foundation of the rug.
  • A filling thread or yarn that runs horizontally in weaving