Clothing is an essential article in our personal and social life. And fabric is the primary raw material of clothing. The fabrics can be produced from natural as well as synthetic materials. There are different types of fabrics available to make dresses. They are woven, knit, non-woven, braided, net or mesh, lace, quilted etc. But […]
Corduroy Fabric: Definition, Types, Manufacturing Process and Characteristics
Introduction Corduroy fabric is a versatile and long-lasting fabric that has existed for couple of centuries. Its popularity has declined, but it has remained a wardrobe staple due to its ability to keep us warm, comfortable, and fashionable. Its unique texture has ridges or cords, giving it a unique look and feel. In this article, […]
An Overview of Different Types of Lightweight Fabric
It is a sunny day, and you will go for an outing, then lightweight clothing will be the best choice for you. Because on sunny days, your comfort largely depends on the lightness, air permeability, and moisture absorbency of your clothing. Lightweight fabrics are light in weight, have good air permeability, and are also good […]
How to Identify the Warp and Weft yarn of a Woven Fabric
Persons, who deal with fabrics, as well as the home sewing consumer, must be able to identify the warp and the weft or filling yarns, because the direction of the warp determines the way in which the fabric should be cut when a garment is made from it. In a new piece of cloth, the […]
What is Gauze Fabric | Characteristics and End Uses of Gauze Fabric
Definition of Leno or Gauze Fabric Leno or gauze is a weave in which the warp yarns do not lie parallel. Instead, warp yarns work in groups, usually pairs of two; one yarn of each pair is crossed over the other before the filling yarn is inserted. When looking at a leno fabric, one might […]
Hair lines Stripe, Crows Foot, Dog’s Tooth, Shepherd’s Check, Birds Eye and Stepped Twill Pattern or Weave
Hair Lines or Pin Stripe The effect of arranging the warp and weft a 2:2 order of coloring in the 2/2*2 matt-weave cloth is shown in the following figure; similarly the shades indicate the dark yarns. The weave and color arrangement produce the pattern, which consists of thick or coarse horizontal lines alternately dark and […]
An Overview of Diamond Weave Fabric Construction
This is a derivative of twill weave. Diamond design is developed on the basis of pointed draft principle. It is build-up by the combination of vertical and horizontal zig-zag weave. The repeat size of this design is also calculated from the regular or base twill design. In this case the number of both warp and weft yarns […]
What is Basket Weave: Definition and Classification
Definition of Basket Weave The Basket weave is also known as Hopsack and Matt Weave. The Hopsack weave, a variation of the plain weave, uses two or more warp and two or more weft yarns side by side as one yarn. The resultant cloth is relatively loose in the weave. The hopsack weave is obtained […]
What are Stitched Double Cloths? Classification of Stitched Double Cloths
Definition Double cloths are fabrics in which there are at least two series of warp and weft threads each of which is engaged primarily in producing its own layer of cloth, thus forming a separate face cloth and a separate back cloth. The two layers may be only loosely connected together in which case each may be […]
Some Important Terms of Fabric Structure and Design
The weave shows the interlacing pattern of warp and weft. Each weave consists of the following parts or fields. Contact Fields These are the contact points between warp and weft crossing at right angle. The number of contact fields always equals the product of the number of warp and weft threads. Contact field = RNwa X […]