ABSTRACT
Jacquard shedding is used to produce figured woven fabrics used for decorative purposes. Design in fabric during weaving depends on the shedding of harnesses. In mechanical jacquard, design is mechanically fed to the jacquard in the form of punch cards. Design cards are punched on paper cards according to the design of fabric. Jacquard designing is for those patterns having repeat on ends greater than 32 frames. Contrary to the tappet and dobby shedding, the jacquard system has harness or hook responsible for the shedding. To make design using mechanical jacquard, pattern cards that are punched and laced together according to repeat are used. Circular holes are punched in the card corresponding to needles. Artwork is the initial step of jacquard process. In artwork, image is imported. Every image has too many colors. After applying weave and yarns to the design, then it is checked. If the design is correct, then it is imported to jacquard window in Scot weave.
