Terry Weaving

Terry Towel Pile-to-Ground Ratio & GSM Calculator

Pile ratio is the towel. It sets absorbency, hand and roughly three quarters of the yarn cost, all from one let-off setting.

Pile Warp Loop-forming
×

Pile warp length fed per unit of cloth woven.

ends/cm
tex
Ground Warp Base cloth
ends/cm
tex
%
Weft Picks
picks/cm
tex
%

Towel Areal Weight

— g/m²

Loom-state weight of all three yarn streams

Weight Build-up

Pile Warp Weight
— g/m²
Ground Warp Weight
— g/m²
Weft Weight
— g/m²
Pile Proportion of Weight
— %

Warp Weight Split

—% pile warp —% ground warp

Loom-state weight. Terry gains weight per square metre in finishing as the cloth shrinks in both directions — apply your own finishing allowance before quoting a finished towel.

Terry Towel Pile-to-Ground Ratio & GSM Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.