These illustrations are good in that they are easy to understand and you can kind of follow individual yarns and can therefore see the structures clearly.
The first four structures are various kinds of looping/netting that are similar to modern day knitted structures. They generally use one "set" of yarns as opposed to the 2 sets (warp and weft) in weaving. These structures are not considered woven fabrics and do not use looms, although some are aided by the use of scaffolds or stakes.
The last 4 illustrations are of woven structures (these could be created on the loom in the previous post). The vertical yarns are the warp yarns and the horizontal yarns are the wefts. These are just a few of the many complicated ways these two elements can interact to create different design elements, fabric strength, weight, drapability, breathability, texture, etc. These structures are much easier to explain and understand in person when pointing to specific parts of the diagrams, than to write about, so should go over this stuff tomorrow. Hopefully this has helped you start to understand and visualize textile process and structures a little bit.
Again I would like to work with a modeler to create an animation of a loom in use, and I am also intersted in being able to zoom in on a loom in action, or zoom in on a garment from the collection and see structures shown clearly like these are.
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