Abalanced fabric is one in which thewarp and theweft are of the same size. Inweaving, these are generally called "balanced plain weaves" or just "balanced weaves", while inembroidery the term "even-weave" is more common.
Abalanced plain weave is afabric in which thewarp threads and theweft threads are equally spaced, and are identical or similar in size.[1]: 76 In addition to the same sett, the yarn is the same in the warp and weft.[2] The term can be used for atabby weave[1]: 86 or abasketweave.[1]: 88
Balanced weaves have also been called "50/50 plain webs",[3] and are a subset ofplain weaves. Unbalanced weaves, in which warp and weft differ in size, may be eitherwarp-dominant orweft-dominant fabrics.[4] The primary advantage of balanced weaves is that they are potentially stronger than other basic weaves.[5]
An even-weave fabric orcanvas, a term mostly used in embroidery, is any textile where thewarp andweftthreads are of the same size.[6][7] Even-weave fabrics include even-weaveaida cloth,linen, andneedlepoint canvas. These fabrics are typically required as foundations forcounted-thread embroidery styles such asblackwork,cross-stitch, andneedlepoint, so that a stitch of the same "count" (that is, crossing the same number of fabric threads) will be the same length whether it crosses warp or weft threads.
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