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    feel of sateen are produced through the satin weave structure. Standard plain weaves use a one-over, one-under structure. For a satin weave, warp yarns...
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    It is made by passing the weft thread over one or more warp threads then under two or more warp threads and so on, with a "step," or offset, between rows...
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  • lace Rib knit Rinzu Ripstop Russell cord Saga Nishiki Sailcloth Samite Sateen Satin Saye Scarlet Scrim Seersucker Serge Shantung Sharkskin Shot silk Silnylon...
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    Denim is a sturdy cotton warp-faced textile in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This twill weave produces a diagonal ribbing that...
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    felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft, woof, or filling. The method in which...
    70 KB (8,414 words) - 12:32, 17 May 2024
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    fabrics are often created on a loom, and made of many threads woven on a warp and a weft. Technically, a woven fabric is any fabric made by interlacing...
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    are short-staple yarns such as cotton, the fabric formed is considered a sateen. Many variations can be made of the basic satin weave, including a granite...
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    action of the warp and weft threads. The pattern is most commonly created with a warp-faced satin weave and the ground with a weft-faced or sateen weave. Fabrics...
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    well. Chambray is a similar fabric, with a coloured (often blue or grey) warp and white filling; the name "chambray" replaced "cambric" in the United States...
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    tabbinet), is a fine (but thick) wool, cotton or silk fabric that has a vertical warp and a horizontal weft. Nowadays, the name refers to a strong material in...
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    is often achieved during weaving by warp threads for the puckered bands being fed at a greater rate than the warp threads of the smooth stripes. (These...
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    are muslin, percale, sateen, flannel, and knitted jersey. In a plain weave the warp and weft cross each other one at a time. Sateen has multiple (usually...
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    are also achieved by certain weaves, such as varying the tension in the warp and weft of the weave. Silk treated in this way is sometimes called watered...
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    chaon" ("sunshine shade")) is a fabric which is made up of silk woven from warp and weft yarns of two or more colours producing an iridescent appearance...
    5 KB (518 words) - 17:52, 1 February 2024
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    in velveteen is cut from weft threads, while that of velvet is cut from warp threads. Velveteen also has a shorter pile than velvet and is stiffer, with...
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    or plain-woven fabric woven with a linen warp and a woollen weft. Similar fabrics woven with a cotton warp and woollen weft in Colonial America were...
    4 KB (539 words) - 18:20, 28 January 2024
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    Warp printing is a fabric production method which combines textile printing and weaving to create a distinctively patterned fabric, usually in silk. The...
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  • Kersey was a warp-backed, twill-weave cloth woven on a four-treadle loom. As a rule, half the relatively small, numerous and closely set warp ends [threads]...
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    midnight blue. Silk barathea, either all silk, or using cotton weft and silken warp, is widely used in the necktie industry.Frank P. Bennett (1914). A Cotton...
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    thin, often 1⁄30 inch (0.85 mm) in width, and are created with one single-warp yarn. Although found mostly in men's suits, any type of fabric can be pinstriped...
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