Pattern Science
XHeliX and the Patterned Plexus of Filaments
These sequences describe how many filaments are crossed before forming a link. The alternating sequences connect adjacent helical columns and organize the filaments into a repeating lattice. The resulting structure...
XHeliX and the Patterned Plexus of Filaments
These sequences describe how many filaments are crossed before forming a link. The alternating sequences connect adjacent helical columns and organize the filaments into a repeating lattice. The resulting structure...
Wraps and Links: From Braid to Bobbinet
Braiding patterns are built from simple crossing rules. By changing how many strands cross before a connection is made, entirely different textile structures emerge. One of the most important rules...
Wraps and Links: From Braid to Bobbinet
Braiding patterns are built from simple crossing rules. By changing how many strands cross before a connection is made, entirely different textile structures emerge. One of the most important rules...
Link Offsets: 2X, 2X+1, 2X+2, 2X+3
Braided lace structures are created by repeating links. A link occurs when one filament crosses the same opposing filament two times consecutively. This rule is written as 2X. Once the...
Link Offsets: 2X, 2X+1, 2X+2, 2X+3
Braided lace structures are created by repeating links. A link occurs when one filament crosses the same opposing filament two times consecutively. This rule is written as 2X. Once the...
Cross, Link, and Interlace
Braided textiles are built from a few simple patterning actions. By defining these actions clearly, more complex lace braid structures become easier to understand. Three of the most important operations...
Cross, Link, and Interlace
Braided textiles are built from a few simple patterning actions. By defining these actions clearly, more complex lace braid structures become easier to understand. Three of the most important operations...
TriLateral Braiding
When strands interact along three axes instead of two, the braid becomes TriLateral. In this system, strands moving in the X and Y directions are intersected by strands moving along...
TriLateral Braiding
When strands interact along three axes instead of two, the braid becomes TriLateral. In this system, strands moving in the X and Y directions are intersected by strands moving along...
The BRAID
Braiding is one of the most fundamental methods of textile construction. At its core, a braid is created by strands moving diagonally across each other in a repeating sequence of...
The BRAID
Braiding is one of the most fundamental methods of textile construction. At its core, a braid is created by strands moving diagonally across each other in a repeating sequence of...
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Fuze Hub 2025
As part of the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund, FuzeHub will hold a New YorkState Commercialization Competition on October 29 & 30, 2025, in Rochester,NY. Participating companies will compete for up...
Fuze Hub 2025
As part of the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund, FuzeHub will hold a New YorkState Commercialization Competition on October 29 & 30, 2025, in Rochester,NY. Participating companies will compete for up...
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Tensengral Look-Book
We've spent over a decade innovating with jacquard circular lace braiding machines to create performance textiles rooted in zero-waste design. Tensengral focuses on simple, single-piece, fully connected garments that balance...
Tensengral Look-Book
We've spent over a decade innovating with jacquard circular lace braiding machines to create performance textiles rooted in zero-waste design. Tensengral focuses on simple, single-piece, fully connected garments that balance...
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Braided Hemp Lacrosse Mesh
We propose to develop and commercialize the first high-performance braided hemp lacrosse mesh, building on TEF Braids’ decade of innovation in programmable braiding. Using our patented XHelX pattern, a...
Braided Hemp Lacrosse Mesh
We propose to develop and commercialize the first high-performance braided hemp lacrosse mesh, building on TEF Braids’ decade of innovation in programmable braiding. Using our patented XHelX pattern, a...
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XhelX Footwear Upper
Iteration 1 - Braided Skeletal Footwear Upper with Integrated Laces and Sole: Another embodiment of the invention is a method of fabricating an article of footwear, the method including or...
XhelX Footwear Upper
Iteration 1 - Braided Skeletal Footwear Upper with Integrated Laces and Sole: Another embodiment of the invention is a method of fabricating an article of footwear, the method including or...
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XhelX Pattern
Patent number: 10159297 Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plexus of filaments which is composed of groups of filaments, whose filament members are linked together, in a repetitious pattern, and whose...
XhelX Pattern
Patent number: 10159297 Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plexus of filaments which is composed of groups of filaments, whose filament members are linked together, in a repetitious pattern, and whose...
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What is Patterning
What we've learned over the years is that patterning is so much more than just the loops of a knit or the interlacements of a weave. We've learned that every...
What is Patterning
What we've learned over the years is that patterning is so much more than just the loops of a knit or the interlacements of a weave. We've learned that every...
