Diagonal rib

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(Arch.) See Cross-springer.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Work Diagonal Rib chart until piece measures 2 3/4" from CO, ending with an even-numbered rnd.
Left: Twill Weave Distinctive diagonal rib. Good for rugged items like jeans and sturdy canvas.
Yet the incorrigible flatness of Laskey's work is called to task by the process of twilling, in which the shuttle with the weft thread is passed over one but under two or more threads of the warp, giving the cloth a marked diagonal rib. Not only does the fabric itself reveal depth when examined in close-up, however, but the diamond shapes of Twill Series (Camel/Golden Brown), 2006, for example, themselves shuffle between two- and three-dimensional forms, as the diamonds become pyramids, only to dissolve back into diamonds.
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