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Weaving vs Ikat - What's the difference?

weaving | ikat |

In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between weaving and ikat

is that weaving is (uncountable) the process of making woven material on a loom while ikat is (uncountable) a style of weaving that uses a process similar to tie-dye to dye the threads.

As nouns the difference between weaving and ikat

is that weaving is (uncountable) the process of making woven material on a loom while ikat is (uncountable) a style of weaving that uses a process similar to tie-dye to dye the threads.

As a verb weaving

is .

weaving

English

(wikipedia weaving)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The process of making woven material on a loom.
  • (countable) A piece of such material.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 28, author=Holland Cotter, title=Lenore Tawney, an Innovator in Weaving, Dies at 100, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In the 1960s, in addition to small-scale weavings influenced by American Indian, Peruvian and African art, she began producing enigmatic assemblage boxes and collages, including postcard collages, which she sent to friends.}}
  • (countable) An unsteady motion back and forth.
  • * 1980 , David Madsen, Black Plume
    • Through some ill-understood quirk of balance, his drunken weavings did nothing to upset the tray — it seemed to remain calmly horizontal.

    Verb

    (head)
    • The motorcycle is weaving in and out of traffic

    • ikat

    English

    (wikipedia ikat)

    Alternative forms

    * ikkat

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A style of weaving that uses a process similar to tie-dye to dye the threads.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 13, author=Wendy Moonan, title=Glamour Girls for the Middle Class, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Other noteworthy sales included an Etruscan bronze by Royal-Athena Galleries; a 17th-century Mexican tortoise-shell and mother-of-pearl inlaid chest by Arita Gallery of Buenos Aires; Suzani and ikat textiles by Gallery Afrodit of Ankara, Turkey; and a Tiffany Studios peony lamp from 1900, sold by Macklowe. }}
  • A work woven in this style.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 12, author=Susan Joy, title=Smooth Translations, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Madeline Weinrib, for one, works with traditional artisans to update the hand-woven ikats she uses for her chic clutches. }}

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