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Wefts are the yarns that run horizontally on the loom over and under each
successive vertical warp. Wefts may be made of entirely wool, cotton, or
silk, or some combination thereof, and they may be plied or unplied. The
wefts may then be compressed vertically with a weaver's comb to cover the
warps entirely, producing a simple 'weft-faced tapestry' or kilim.
Alternatively, the weaver may repeatedly introduce a row of looped 'knots'
in between several passes of wefting which can then be uniformly clipped to
produce pile.
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