They are trapped between the crisscrossing warp yarns and provide strength to resist the internal water pressure.

The weaver will arrange hundreds of heddles to a specified pattern before the beam of warp yarn is tied into the loom by hand.

At the same time, the warp yarns must be let off or released from the warp beams.

Also wax is added to reduce the abrasiveness of the warp yarns.

Floats are missed interlacings, where the warp yarn lies on top of the weft.

Shedding is the raising of the warp yarns to form a loop through which the filling yarn, carried by the shuttle, can be inserted.

The shed is the vertical space between the raised and unraised warp yarns.

Desizing is the process of removing the size material from the warp yarns in woven fabrics.

In weaving, the shed is the temporary separation between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.

The colours of the warp yarn is different from that of the weft yarn.