Jacquard

Jacquard Hook Capacity & Pattern Repeat Limit Tool

Hooks limit the repeat across the cloth; pattern memory limits it up the cloth. Designers hit whichever is smaller, and it is rarely the one they were told about.

Machine Jacquard
no.
picks
Cloth Construction
ends/cm
cm
picks/cm
no.

Design Repeat Width

— cm

Widest repeat the chosen layout allows

Capacity Check

Total Ends in Cloth
— no.
Ends per Repeat
— no.
Hook Utilisation
— %
Spare Hooks
— no.
Maximum Repeat Height
— cm

A negative spare-hook figure means the cloth needs more ends than the machine can control — reduce the ends per cm, narrow the cloth, or move to a larger jacquard.

Jacquard Hook Capacity & Pattern Repeat Limit Tool — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.