vertical cords are often known as bedford cords and very finely woven.

This weave is often produced in very fine yarns. My example is much chunkier, woven in a white nylon twist. In the diagram, the maroon colour is the stitching between the vertical ribs in plain weave. The purple is the wadding which runs in between the face weave and the weft floats on the back. This filling gives the ribs a more rounded three dimensional effect.

The face of the vertical ribs is woven in a 2/2 twill, once to the left and then to the right alternately This gives the weave added surface interest. With four shafts for the twill, other variations are possible. If only a plain weave face is wanted then the weave can be reduced to 5 shafts, 2 for stitching between the stripes, 2 for the plain weave vertical ribs, and 1 for the filling.

In the sample on the left, the bedford cord structure has been used in a a jacquard pattern. Alternating in the stripes is a 2/2 twill left and right, with a rib in the dividing stripe. The stripes could not be too wide otherwise the weft floats on the back would have been too long. In this curved pattern no wadding can be introduced.