Pick-and-Pick and Colour Interlacement Effects
topic
Pick-and-pick weaving alternates two weft yarns of different colours or types in successive picks using a two-shuttle or multi-shuttle insertion system, with the alternating weft interlacement creating colour blending effects where the eye perceives the mixed colour of alternating visible weft tops rather than individual weft colours, used in heather and mélange colour effects, yarn-dyed stripe and check fabrics, and technical fabrics requiring alternating weft properties.
Role
Enables colour and property mixing within the woven fabric structure through weft alternation that creates intermediate visual and functional properties from two distinct yarn types, with pick-and-pick being an important technique in woollen and worsted fabric design where alternating colour picks create the subtle heather tones that are characteristic of traditional tweed and flannel fabrics produced from yarn-dyed coloured wool weft combinations.
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