Plain Weave Derivatives: These include warp rib weave, which produces fabrics featuring longitudinal raised ridges on the surface; and weft rib weave, which produces fabrics featuring transverse raised ridges on the surface.
Twill Weave Derivatives: These are derived from basic twill structures by extending the float length of interlacing points, altering the step number (shift) of the interlacing points or the direction of the twill line, or by combining several of these methods.
Satin Weave Derivatives: In these structures, the warp or weft yarns form distinct, isolated interlacing points within the fabric; these points are evenly distributed and are typically obscured by the long floats of the opposing yarn system on either side. The face of the fabric is smooth and lustrous, with a soft and silky hand.
Complex Derivatives: These are obtained by applying various techniques to the three basic weave structures. While retaining the characteristics of the original weave, they exhibit more intricate pattern effects and feature aesthetically diverse surfaces. Examples include bird's-eye weave, huckaback weave, figured twill, and matting twill.
Combined Weaves: These structures are formed by combining two or more basic weaves or weave derivatives using various methods. They can produce geometric figures or small pattern effects on the fabric surface.
Gauze Weave (Leno): This structure is characterized by warp yarns that twist around one another to interlace with the weft yarns, creating a fabric surface featuring distinct, evenly distributed small open pores.
Stripe and Check Weaves: These are created by arranging two or more different weave structures side-by-side, resulting in stripe or check patterns on the fabric surface.
Crepe Weave: This structure utilizes the staggered arrangement of varying warp and weft float lengths to create a fabric surface with a uniformly distributed, fine-grained texture; the resulting appearance features subtle, irregular surface undulations that give the fabric a crinkled or crepe-like effect.
Honeycomb Weave: This structure creates a fabric surface featuring square, diamond, or other geometric shapes that are raised at the edges and depressed in the center, resembling a honeycomb pattern; the structure is defined by a grid formed by relatively long warp and weft floats.
Openwork Weave: This structure produces a fabric surface featuring uniformly distributed small open pores. Because of its visual resemblance to gauze weave fabrics, it is also referred to as "Mock Gauze" or "Imitation Gauze."
Cord Weave: This structure produces a fabric surface characterized by raised ridges (cords) arranged in longitudinal, transverse, diagonal, or other geometric
configurations. Complex Weaves: This category of weaves consists of structures formed by the interlacing of multiple sets of warp and weft yarns. Examples include compound weaves, double-layer weaves, pile weaves, and leno weaves.
Compound Weaves: These are formed by interlacing two or more sets of warp yarns with a single set of weft yarns, or two or more sets of weft yarns with a single set of warp yarns, thereby creating a superimposed structure comprising two or more layers. This technique allows for the production of reversible (double-sided) fabrics.
Double-Layer Weaves: These are formed by two distinct sets of warp yarns interlacing with two distinct sets of weft yarns to create a fabric structure consisting of two mutually superimposed layers-an upper layer and a lower layer.
Pile Weaves: These are constructed through the combination of a "ground weave" (which serves to anchor the pile) and a separate weave structure responsible for forming the pile itself. During the finishing process, specific warp or weft yarns are cut and made to stand upright, thereby creating a raised pile surface on the fabric.
Jacquard Weaves: Characterized by very large weave repeats and intricate patterns, these structures can only be produced on a Jacquard loom.
