Weaving & Fabric Construction
The reed is wider than the cloth by exactly the weft crimp. Get this wrong and the selvedge suffers.
— dents/inch
Dents per inch required in the loom
Keep ends per dent consistent across the width. Mixed denting shows as reed marks, especially on plain and fine constructions.
Reed Count & Reed Width Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.