Huckaback

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Huckaback, also called simply 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]

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Structure

The fabric has small geometric patterns and extra texture. It has a plain, rough pebbled surface. [5]

Huckaback

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

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

Terry, the piled fabrics, and huck are preferred cloths for towels. [5] [7] [10] [11]

See also

https://www.chelsealinen.co.uk/shop/towels-robes/irish-linen-huck-towels/irish-linen-huck-towels/

References

  1. 1 2 Wingate, Isabel Barnum (1979). Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. Internet Archive. New York : Fairchild Publications. p. 299. ISBN   978-0-87005-198-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  2. 1 2 "Definition of HUCKABACK". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  3. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Huckaback"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 848.
  4. ↑ Barve, V. R. (1967). Complete Textile Encyclopaedia. D. B. Taraporevala Sons. p. 177.
  5. 1 2 Marketing Research Report. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1952. p. 19.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 Revenue, United States Bureau of Internal (1934). Internal Revenue Bulletin: Cumulative bulletin. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 478.
  8. ↑ The English Cyclopedia. 1867. p. 295.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Good Housekeeping. C.W. Bryan. 1888. p. 189.


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