Glossary

In a roll of carpet which has a pattern, the distance from a specific point in a pattern figure to

The number of warp yarn ends per inch crosswise of the loom; usually expressed in terms of the number of

The height of the pile yarn above the backing material; usually expressed in inches or millimeters.

The tufts of yarn that stand erect from the base of the carpet and whose ends form the surface; the

A wood float, covered with a piece of dense-pile carpet; used in plastering to produce a fine-grained texture in a

The material of which the yarn of the carpet pile is made, as wool, acetate, acrylic, cotton, nylon, polyester, polypropylene,