The Comparison of Woven Fabrics by Reference to Their Tightness

The paper outlines a method for comparing the tightness of two woven fabrics. The tightness of a woven fabric is determined with reference to the nearest maximum-sett fabric to the given fabric. The purpose is not to categorise woven fabrics in terms of their tightness but to enable fabrics to be designed with reference to other known fabrics, tightness being used as the basis for comparison.