Features Of Honey Comb || Types Of Honey Comb

Honey comb is a fancy weave. Various types of decorative fabrics are formed by honey comb.

Types Of Honey Comb: Honey comb is classified by the following two ways. They are-

1. Ordinary Honey Comb


2. Brighton Honey Comb

Characteristics of Honey Comb:

• The surface of honey comb fabric is very rough.


• In the repeat size, number of ends and picks may be equal or unequal.


• Ordinary honey comb is produced by pointed draft and Brighton honey comb is produced by straight draft.


• Weaves forms hollows which give a cell like appearance to the texture.


• If repeat size is square then ultimate raised and sunk diamond shaped areas are seen.


• Large honey comb weaves are liable to be loose in structure when constructed in ordinary manner. To secure the firmness of texture a double row of binding is used.


• This structure has high water absorbency property.


• For Brighton honey comb, the number of threads in repeat should be multiple of 4.


• The smallest repeat size for ordinary honey comb is 6 x 4.


• The smallest repeat for Brighton honey comb is 8 x 8.

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

So, that’s all the features of honey comb.

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