Weave pattern ‘Happy Birthday to You’
According to Guinness World Records (1997), ‘Happy Birthday
to You’ is the most popular song in the English language
Figure 4 presents the notation of the song, used for the weave
pattern transformation. A modification of the melody was
applied to break the weft floats: instead of a single note mi (E),
a chord of three notes was used in the first, third and fifth bars.
The derived weave pattern is shown in Figure 5, using DB
Weave CAD system for designing weave patterns. Three horizontal
and six vertical repeats are presented in a fabric view, together
with the derived pattern repeat (highlighted).
The largest weft float is over 11 warp threads (see the first weft
thread), which can be acceptable, especially when thin yarns with
small linear density are used. If not, additional one or more warp
overlays may be added.
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Figure 3. From notes to pattern transformation: (a) direct; (b) moving the notes
from the line to the row up; (c) moving the notes from the line to the row down.
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