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2. Terrycloth - Wikipedia

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   Towel terry This is a woven fabric with long loops that can absorb large amounts of water. Its content is usually 100% cotton, but may sometimes contain polyester. French terry This is a type of fabric used in clothing. Ranging from items such as hoodies, pants and even shirts. The inside of the fabric is crossed with loops, while the outer ...

3. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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   Fabrics in this list include fabrics that are woven, braided or knitted from textile fibres ... Terry velour; Tulle netting; Tweed; Twill; U. Ultrasuede; V.

4. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...

5. Pile (textile) - Wikipedia

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   The surface and the yarn in these fabrics are also called "pile". In particular "pile length" or "pile depth" refer to the length of the yarn strands (half-length of the loops). Pile length affects and is affected by knot density : "The greater the knot density, the thinner the weft and warp yarns and the more weakly are they twisted; the ...

6. Frieze (textile) - Wikipedia

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   Coarse frieze was manufactured in England for export to Ireland in the nineteenth century. "Frieze cloth, a mixed and for the most part an unraised fabric, has been manufactured for a series of years, and continues so to be, probably, in increasing quantity", wrote Samuel Jubb in 1860. [5] "This cloth is heavy and sound, rather than fine in ...

7. Plain weave - Wikipedia

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   Balanced plain weaves are fabrics in which the warp and weft are made of threads of the same weight (size) and the same number of ends per inch as picks per inch. [ 3 ] Basketweave is a variation of plain weave in which two or more threads are bundled and then woven as one in the warp or weft, or both.