Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-24
IN THE CARPET MILL.
How BRUSSELS Is Made-The Dye House
The Printing Process-The .wIre."

How brussels Is Made-The Dye House.
h Printing P~roeess-The ''wire."
II Brussels carpet is to be made the
yarn goes to the dye room; but if il is TO
be made into tapestry, then it goes to the
printer. When dyed, of course, each
yarn is of one color throughout. When
printed every yarn is of one color for a
certain length, perhaps half an inch, then
another for perhaps a quarter OF an inch
and SO on. The dye house lisa picturesque
place. 1t is filled with clouds Of steam
that roll from the caldrons. over which
half naked men are stopping, lifting
stout rods covered with hanks Of yarn in
and out of the boiling dye. When the
workman thinks the yarn has acquired
the right color he submits a skein of it
to the chief dyer. II he passes it the
batch Of yarn is steamed in order 10
''set" the dye, and is then washed and
dyed in another hot room, and then the
yarn is at last ready for the loom.
A Brussels carpet usually contains five
colors. This is accomplished by filling
five ''framcs" with spools of yarn, each
frame being filed with yarn Of n color.
The threads are carried from each spool
through the ''heddle" to the loom.
Above the jacquard" a part of the
machine of intricate construction, de-
termines just which threads are raised at
a particular moment so rs 10 appear in
the pattern. Thus Brussels is woven, the
pattern growing like magic as the shuttle
flies back and forth, every part of the
complicated machinery of the loom NOV
ing at Its appointed time and place as if
inspired with intelligence.
The printing process is Eve more Won
derful. Imagine 6 huge drum on which
the yarn is wound. Beneath it runs a
carriage carrying a kind of brush loaded
with color. The color is changed as re-
quired by a boy. The operator turns the
drum TO a certain point, and at n signal
the carriage rolls across under the drum,
painting a narrow strip Of color. The
drum moves a notch and the color brush
flies back again, doubling the width Of
the strip. The operator follows the pat
tern before him, and he must follow it
neatly. If he makes the strip of color
too wide, and il the color be dark, 40
that another cannot be printed over it,
the whole drum Of yarn is spoiled and
the blunderer is fined 81.
When the yarn has all been printed il
is steamed. washed and dried, and then
reeled. Now, it must he SIT accord
ing TO the pattern. This is a process re-
quiring much patience and exactness,
and the nimble fingers Of girls are en-
ployed to do il. When a pattern is ''set,"
il is rolled on a cylinder, and then each
thread must be fixed into It's proper place
in the loom. Then the weaving begins
and the carpet commences to grow,
every dot of color coming exactly where
il should to bring out the pattern clearly
and distinctly. The most wonderful
thing about the loom is the wire
movement. The machinery pulls out
from a woven carpet a wire, armed with
a blade at its end. This blade cuts the
wool. and thus makes the pile" Then
the wire is pushed back and again thrust
into the warp, the whole movement
being accomplished with lightning like
rapidity.
The carpet must then be carefully scru-
tinized by women, who sew up any
broken threads; its surface must be
sheared and brushed by machinery, so as
to make it perfectly even and bright,
and then it is ready for the market
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