Linen
Also Flax – An important type of bast fiber, the plant is called the flax plant and the product is called linen. Flax is obtained from the plant stalk which grows in many world areas. It is the oldest textile fiber known in the vegetable group and it may attain a length of about forty […]
Mohair
Mohair comes from the Angora goat. Best breeding on very dry land. South Africa and U.S.A. are the leading producers. Very fine, lustrous, but slightly brittle fiber. Used in summer weigh suitings and tuxedos. Often mixed with worsted or silk.
Merino
A very high grade, distinctive breed developed from several various strains. For 160 years, Australia has constantly improved the quality of its wool. Sheep in this class are large in stature, thrive well in large flocks, and have the stamina to withstand drought and dry vegetation better than other breeds. The fleece is very dense […]
Overplaid
In reality a double plaid. This is a cloth in which the weave , or, more often, the color effect is arranged in blocks of the same or different sizes, one over the other. Again, the cloth may show a plaid design on a checked ground construction. This effect is noted in English and in […]
Pilling
This may be defined as the tendency of fibers to ball or roll up on the surface of a fabric. Pilling results when loose fiber ends escape from the yarn used in making a fabric and work their way to the surface of the fabric. After working the way to the surface of the fabric […]
Plain-weave
The simplest, most important and most used of all of the A hundreds of weaves used in making textile cloths. Eighty percent of all cloth made each year is made on this simple construction. There is only one plain weave, and it gives a checkerboard appearance. It is made, and repeats, on two warp ends […]
Poplin
From the French, “popeline”. It is a staple, dress—goods material. The cloth resembles bombazine, and silk warp and woolen filling are used. In the higher priced cloth, worsted filling is utilized. Filling yarn is particularly cylindrical as it tends to give the rounded form of rib line, noted in the fabric, in the horizontal direction. […]
General term for fabric with designs applied by means of dyes used on engraved rollers, wood blocks or screens. Burn—out Print – Print showing raised designs on sheer ground. Made by printing design with chemical on fabric woven of paired threads of different fibers, then burning out one of the yarns from the parts printed. […]
Rayon
A manufactured fiber composed of regenerated cellulose, as well as manufactured fibers composed of regenerated cellulose in which substituents have replace not more than 15% of the hydrogens of the hydroxyl group. The cellulose base for the manufacture of rayon is obtained from wood pulp or cotton linters, which are the short brown fibers left […]
Satin
A term which signifies that silk or rayon have been used to make the fabric. Satin weaves are used to make satin and sateen. They will give a warp—effect or a filling—effect as desired. When compared with the other two basic weaves, plain and twill, this weave does not have the tightness of interlacing of […]
