Huckaback fabric
Huckaback fabric or Huck is a type of toweling cloth with a bird's eye or honeycomb pattern. It is a loosely woven fabric made of cotton or linen with Huckaback weave.[1][2][3][4]
Structure
[edit]The fabric has small geometric patterns and extra texture. It has a plain, rough pebbled surface.[5]
Huckaback
[edit]Blended Huck towels are made by keeping warp in cotton and weft in linen. Huckaback[6] is a weave in which the weft yarns are of a relatively lower count, and they are loosely twisted (softly spun), making a floating and absorbing weave.[2] It is woven on a dobby loom that has a mechanism for weaving geometric patterns. The Huck cloth has good absorbency hence suitable for towels.[1][7][8]
Swedish weave
[edit]Huck weave is a fabric used for an embellishment technique called Swedish weaving or huck weaving that became popular in mid 20th century.[9]
Use
[edit]Terry, the piled fabrics, and Huck are preferred cloths for towels.[5][7][10][11]
See also
[edit]https://www.chelsealinen.co.uk/shop/towels-robes/irish-linen-huck-towels/irish-linen-huck-towels/
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wingate, Isabel Barnum (1979). Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. Internet Archive. New York : Fairchild Publications. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-87005-198-2.
- ^ a b "Definition of HUCKABACK". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 848.
- ^ Barve, V. R. (1967). Complete Textile Encyclopaedia. D. B. Taraporevala Sons. p. 177.
- ^ a b Marketing Research Report. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1952. p. 19.
- ^ Skeat, Etym. Dict. (1898), says, “The word bears so remarkable resemblance to Low Ger. hukkebak, Ger. huckeback, pick-a-back, that it seems reasonable to suppose that it at first meant ‘peddler’s ware.’ ” The New English Dictionary does not consider that the connexion can at present be assumed.
- ^ a b Revenue, United States Bureau of Internal (1934). Internal Revenue Bulletin: Cumulative bulletin. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 478.
- ^ The English Cyclopedia. 1867. p. 295.
- ^ Tams, Jeanne; Duffin, Nan (1998). Avery Hill's 33 contemporary Swedish weaving patterns for monk's cloth. Internet Archive. Layton, Utah : Avery Hill. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-929582-00-6.
- ^ Farstad, Edmund Harry; Brensike, Valentine John (1952). Costs of Retailing Meats in Relation to Volume. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. p. 19.
- ^ Good Housekeeping. C.W. Bryan. 1888. p. 189.
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