Huckaback Weaves PDF

# Huckaback Weaves - The term huckaback is applied for coarse absorbent linen or cotton cloth used for towels and glass cloth. - The structure of Huckaback weaves is such that it gives the fabric good moisture absorbing qualities. - Huckaback weave structure is designed on principle similar to chec...

# Huckaback Weaves - The term huckaback is applied for coarse absorbent linen or cotton cloth used for towels and glass cloth. - The structure of Huckaback weaves is such that it gives the fabric good moisture absorbing qualities. - Huckaback weave structure is designed on principle similar to checkerboard and are based on plain weave and loose floats. - Plain weave in the structure gives firmness and hard wearing properties whereas the floats in the structure gives good moisture absorbing properties. ## Types of Huckaback Weaves - According to the structure the huckaback weaves are classified as follows: - Ordinary Huckaback - Reversible Huckaback - Grecian Huckaback ### (1) Ordinary Huckaback **Example 1** Construct Ordinary huckaback on 12 threads. **Solution:** - Construct plain weave in the entire design. - Create floats in any two opposite diagonal portions of the weave design. **Image:** Diagram showing a 12x12 grid with red squares representing the material. The red squares are arranged in a checkerboard pattern, with floats present in the two opposite diagonal portions. **Example 2** Construct 8 threads ordinary huckaback on 16 x 16 threads. **Solution:** **Image:** Diagram showing a 16x16 grid with red squares representing the material. The red squares are arranged in a checkerboard pattern, with floats present in the two opposite diagonal portions. **Example 3** Construct 10 threads ordinary huckaback. **Solution:** **Image:** Diagram showing a 10x10 grid with red squares representing the material. The red squares are arranged in a checkerboard pattern, with floats present in the two opposite diagonal portions. ### (2) Reversible Huckaback **Example 1** Construct reversible huckaback on 14 threads. **Solution:** - Construct plain weave in two diagonal portions as shown above. - Create floats on alternate ends in the bottom left hand portion. - Fill the reverse of the left hand bottom portion in right hand top portion. - Fill plain weave in the remaining portion. **Image:** Diagram showing a 14x14 grid with red squares representing the material. The red squares are arranged in a checkerboard pattern in the bottom left side of the grid, and the top right side of the grid has the reverse pattern. Plain weave is used to fill the remaining squares.. **Example 2** Construct 10 thread reversible huckaback on 20 x 20 threads. **Solution:** **Image:** Diagram showing a 20x20 grid with red squares representing the material. The red squares are arranged in a checkerboard pattern in the bottom left side of the grid, and the top right side of the grid has the reverse pattern. Plain weave is used to fill the remaining squares. **Example 3** Construct reversible huckaback on 18 threads. **Solution:** **Image:** Diagram showing a 18x18 grid with red squares representing the material. The red squares are arranged in a checkerboard pattern in the bottom left side of the grid, and the top right side of the grid has the reverse pattern. Plain weave is used to fill the remaining squares.. ### (3) Grecian Huckaback **Example 1** Construct Grecian huckaback on 12 threads. **Solution:** - Construct plain weave in two diagonal portions of the weave design. - Create floats on alternate ends in both these diagonal portions. - The remaining diagonal portions are filled reverse of the existing diagonal portions. **Image:** Diagram showing a 12x12 grid with red squares representing the material. The red squares are arranged in a diagonal pattern with floats on alternate ends. **Example 2** Construct Grecian huckaback on 14 threads. **Solution:** **Image:** Diagram showing a 14x14 grid with red squares representing the material. The red squares are arranged in a diagonal pattern with floats on alternate ends. **Example 3** Construct Grecian huckaback on 18 threads. **Solution:** **Image:** Diagram showing a 18x18 grid with red squares representing the material. The red squares are arranged in a diagonal pattern with floats on alternate ends.