Cord Weave || Plain-Face Bedford Cord Design || OriginStudio

The main characteristic of this weave are cords running in warp or weft direction. They have some similarity in appearance to the preceding weft or warp rib weaves but they are not reversible. The end use is mainly for apparel fabrics.

By using of thick yarns
Weave produces cord effects a. Bedford cord weave,
b. Pique weave.
a) Bedford Cord weave:
Maia features:
The Bedford cord class of weaves produces longitudinal warp lines in the cloth with fine sunken lines between the cords.
Warp face cloth.
In one repeat two or more cords are produced.
Wadding or padding are used to give greater prominence of the cord effect.
Ends and picks are always even number. In special cases ends may be odd number. Picks number always 4. ie. 12X4, 16X4, 20X4 etc. (for plain-face Bedford cord).
Construction principles of plain-face Bedford cord weave:
The stages of building up a Bedford cord weave, illustrated by the following figure are:
Indicate the width of two cords (in this example, each cord has six ends), and then show the outside ends of each cord, known as cutting ends, weaving plain throughout, as at first and second stage;
The first pair of picks float under the warp ends in the first cord and weave plain in the second cord. The second pair of picks weave plain in the first cord but float under the warp ends, and thus on the back of the cloth on the second cord. This fourth stage is the final design.