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Description: The Oxford English Dictionary says to deflect is to “cause (something) to change direction; turn aside from a straight course.” In weaving, plain weave is the tightest of all interlacing, with each end and pick floating over and under just one end and one pick. This weave structure will not shift or “deflect” very much when washed, because there is no space for an end or a pick to move around. However, long floating ends and picks are free to move in any direction they wish, and generally they tend to collapse into themselves. When plain weave is adjacent to long floating ends and picks, then suddenly plain weave ends and picks have space to move. They deflect into the floating ends and picks. This combination of weave structures creates textured cloths with the plain weave areas turning into circles. There are several weave structures that fall into this category. This article explores and explains DD and gives a study gamp so you can learn even more!