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"ref": "1964 February 6, Kurt Greenwood, “New looms that streamline weaving”, in New Scientist, page 356",
"text": "It is all the more remarkable therefore that in one respect — weft colours — some of the pirnless looms are more versatile than conventional machines. Figure 6 shows the colour mechanism of a conventional loom designed to weave six colours of weft (there is never any problem about colour patterning in the warp).",
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"ref": "1979, Eric Broudy, The Book of Looms: A History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present, page 81",
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"text": "1993, Anni Albers, On Weaving, note on Plate 17, page 48,\nTo give greater firmness to the basket-weave plain weave, thin weft threads can be introduced that will be covered by the heavier pattern wefts of the basket weave."
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"(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric."
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"_dis1": "82 7 11",
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"_dis1": "82 7 11",
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"ref": "2009, Cosmetologists: 150 Great Tech Prep Careers, 2nd edition, page 135",
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"ref": "2011, Ryan Rayston, The Quiet Sound of Disappearing, AuthorHouse, page 289",
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"ref": "2012, Cengage Learning, Milady Standard Cosmetology, page 556",
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"code": "qu",
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"code": "sa",
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