Huckaback

Huckaback, also called simply huck, is a type of toweling cloth with a bird's eye or honeycomb pattern. It is a loosely woven fabric made of cotton or linen with huckaback weave.

Structure The fabric has small geometric patterns and extra texture. It has a plain, rough pebbled surface.

Huckaback Blended huck towels are made by keeping warp in cotton and weft in linen. HuckabackSkeat, Etym. Dict. (1898), says, “The word bears so remarkable resemblance to Low Ger. hukkebak, Ger. huckeback, pick-a-back, that it seems reasonable to suppose that it at first meant ‘peddler’s ware.’ ” The New English Dictionary does not consider that the connexion can at present be assumed. is a weave in which the weft yarns are of a relatively lower count, and they are loosely twisted (softly spun), making a floating and absorbing weave. It is woven on a dobby loom that has a mechanism for weaving geometric patterns. The huck cloth has good absorbency hence suitable for towels.

Swedish weave Huck weave is a fabric used for an embellishment technique called Swedish weaving or huck weaving that became popular in mid 20th century.

Use Terry, the piled fabrics, and huck are preferred cloths for towels.

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