WRAP ANATOMY

WRAP ANATOMY

Key words:

MIDDLE MARKER - These can come in few variations like tag, weft change, pinstriping, faux grad fade, tactile middle marker and blessing threads.

RAILS - the edge of the wrap that run lengthwise.  These are hemmed in a variety of ways. Handwoven wraps usually have no hemmed rails.

TAILS - the ends of the wrap which can be tapered, diagonal, straight, or fringed.

TAPER - refers to the angle of the cut on the tail, or end of a woven wrap. Some tapers are very long, while others are very blunt and are hemmed perpendicular to the rails of the wrap. Some have no taper.

WEAVES - the way that the wrap was woven.  There are a multitude of weaves such as plain, twill, broken twill, pointed twill, shadow weave, eco weave, diamond, jacquard, and etc.

WEFT - the threads running width wise.  The color of the weft can change the entire look of the wrap.

WARP - the threads running lengthwise.  These are the main colors used in the wrap and can be a solid, stripes, pin stripes, gradation and etc.