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2. Denim - Wikipedia

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   Denim fabric dyed with indigo Denim fabric dyed with indigo and black dyes and made into a shirt. Denim is a sturdy cotton warp-faced [1] textile in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This twill weave produces a diagonal ribbing that distinguishes it from cotton duck. Denim, as it is recognized today, was first produced in ...

3. Knitted fabric - Wikipedia

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   Weft-knit fabrics are easier to make and more common. When cut, they will unravel (run) unless repaired. Warp-knit fabrics are resistant to runs and relatively easy to sew. Raschel lace—the most common type of machine made lace—is a warp knit fabric but using many more guide-bars (12

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. Slub (textiles) - Wikipedia

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   Slubby cotton fabric includes: Madras (cloth), woven from short-staple cotton; Some denim used for jeans; the slubs cause the cloth to fade unevenly, in a pattern called tate-ochi; Linen is often slubbed. Wool fabrics, such as tweeds, may also be slubbed. [1] Unspun short-fiber silk noil; see sericulture Tsumugi cloth, showing slubs

6. Dungaree (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Although dungaree now also refers to denim, [6] it is unclear whether traditional dungaree was a precursor to denim. In the late 17th century, most dungaree produced was either washed and bleached, or dyed after weaving. [1] Denim refers to cotton twill which may be warp dyed, undyed, or dyed after weaving. Denim may be 2x1 or 3x1 twill. [7]

7. Selvage - Wikipedia

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   Black and red patterned wool shawl; the long edges are selvedges and the short edges are knotted fringe. c. 1820s.From the collection of Conner Prairie.. According to Hollen, Saddler & Langford, "A selvage is the self-edge of a fabric formed by the filling yarn when it turns to go back across the fabric."