- "spinning," but most
people equate spinning with
spun yarn production. T-shirt
yarn is a
recycled yarn made from the same
fabric as is used in T-shirts...
-
filament yarn. Similarly, core-
spun cotton spandex is a
yarn in
which cotton fibers are
twisted around a
spandex yarn and
covers the core
yarn and are...
-
synthetic fibres are
drawn out and
twisted together to form
yarn. For
thousands of years,
fibre was
spun by hand
using simple tools, the
spindle and distaff....
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underneath a hook that
allows the
spindle to
suspend as it is
being spun. The
newly spun yarn is
wound below the
whorl and
forms a ‘cop’.
Depending on the location...
- (/ˈwɜːrstɪd/ or /ˈwʊstɪd/) is a high-quality type of wool
yarn, the
fabric made from this
yarn, and a
yarn weight category. The name
derives from
Worstead (from...
- the
loosely spun yarns to form a nap on one or both sides. If the
flannel is not napped, it
gains its
softness through the
loosely spun yarn in its woven...
- of the
spun yarn against breaking is
determined by the
amount of twist, the
length of the
fibers and the
thickness of the
yarn. In general,
yarns become...
- or
yarns to
obtain desired traits and aesthetics.
Blending is
possible at
various stages of
textile manufacturing. The term, blend,
refers to
spun fibers...
- from a
given yarn. Smooth,
highly spun yarns are best for
showing off
stitch patterns; at the
other extreme, very
fuzzy yarns or
eyelash yarns have poor...
- was also
historically called "crespe" or "crisp". It is
woven of hard-
spun yarn,
originally silk "in the gum" (silk from
which the
sericin had not been...
