The Selvage of a piece of curtain fabric. Note self-finished edge, irregular weave pattern, maker's marks and the start of the main print.

In a woven fabric, the selvage (or selvedge) is the uncut edge of the fabric which is on the right- and left-hand edges as it comes out of the loom. This article describes textile weaving For other senses of this word see Weaving (disambiguation. A loom is a Machine or device for Weaving thread or Yarn into Textiles Looms can range from very small hand-held frames to large free-standing As such it is 'finished' and will not fray because the weft threads double back on themselves. WEFT Champaign 901FM is a Community radio station in Champaign Illinois, founded in 1981 and owned by Prairie Air Inc The term also refers to the unfinished but structurally sound edges of flat knitted textiles.

Very often fabric near the selvage is not usable as it may have a different weave pattern, or may lack pile or prints that are present on the rest of the fabric requiring that the selvage fabric be cut off or hidden in a hem. To hem a piece of cloth (in Sewing) a garment workerfolds up a cut edge folds it up again and then sews it down In handknitting, the selvage may be considered finished; it may also be used in seaming garments, or finished and reinforced using crochet or other techniques.

Selvage also can refer to the excess area of a printed or perforated sheet of any material, such as the white border area on a sheet of stamps.

References

• "Selvage" from thefreedictionary.com

See also

• Selvage (knitting)