Talk:Gingham

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Common uses / cultural references
Could mention tablecloths, Dorothy's dress in the Wizard of Oz, or even Rimmer's persona of Mr. Flibble in Red Dwarf... AnonMoos (talk) 02:40, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Nothing about history
the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century seem to be missing. What was gingham doing then? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.113.96.60 (talk) 16:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

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the colouring is on the warp yarns and always along the grain (weft).
The sentence, "It is made of carded, medium or fine yarns, where the colouring is on the warp yarns and always along the grain (weft)." is unclear and possibly incorrect.

1. If all of the warp yarns are colored there would be no pattern, checkered or stripes.

2. If colored yarns existed only on the warp but not all them, one could create a striped pattern (apparently the original pattern in gingham) by alternate bands of colored warp yarns and weft yarns were never colored.

3. A checkered patterned seems only possible with alternating bands of colored and non-colored white warp yarns and likewise for the weft yarns alternating from several colored then several non-colored yarns.

4. Since warp yarns are 90 degrees to weft yarns how can the coloring be "on the warp yarns" and also "always along the grain (weft)" if they are perpendicular?

Also Weft is not the grain. Grain direction is typically along the Warp direction, the weft direction typically called the "Crossgr/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=805777538 my edit]. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
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Perhaps the word (warp)was intended to be in the parenthesis and (weft) is a typo. But that would still be a problem for reason #2 above.

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Checks
I associate gingham not with a certain fabric but with the coloured checks made by intersecting stripes on a white "background". Maikel (talk) 04:20, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Check Shades
Gingham is characterized by the half-tone shade that when overlapped becomes doubled intensity so let's provide an image in the main article that illustrates this defining characteristic. Rtdrury (talk)

Etymology
OED Online (https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/78387) regards the derivation from Malay as "very unlikely". In general, the etymology section is not very helpful, and perhaps should be revised in light of expert sources such as OED. Andy Denis 13:30, 30 March 2023 (UTC) Andy Denis 13:30, 30 March 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andy Denis (talk • contribs)