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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
A machine that holds warp yarns under tension and enables weft yarns to be interlaced with them to make fabric.
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Paper 1
Revise: Commercial processes for textilesA loom holds one set of yarns lengthways under tension. These are the warp yarns. A second set, the weft yarns, passes across the width, at right angles to the warp.
Distinguish warp yarns, which run lengthways on the loom, from weft yarns, which pass across its width.
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