weft
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In this work, however, the researchers demonstrated that weft knitting, the same industrial method commonly used to produce hats and gloves, can create complex curved structures using yarn alone.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
His prowess and his reputation were magnificent — a magnificent guy — just part of the warp and weft of all good music that came through there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
“These women’s stories emerged from history. Using the metaphor of warp and weft, these women are living in history. They are weaving their lives through history. It’s influencing them. They are influencing it.”
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
Cody was weaned on weaving, tapping weft yarns for her nine-foot-tall textiles with the same wood comb she started out with at age 5.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Shuttles holding the weft thread hurtled themselves like beasts of prey through the tall forests of warp threads, and beaters slammed the threads tightly into place.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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