The field guide · How a rug is built
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Wefts are the crosswise threads passed over and under the warps from side to side. In a pile rug one or more weft shoots go in after each row of knots and are beaten down to lock the knots in place; warps and wefts together make the foundation. How many shoots follow each row is a regional trait, and it is read at an end or a raised edge, never from the back.
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See also Warp, Single-wefted, Double-wefted, Foundation
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