Used to describe all kinds of fabrics--wool, cotton, silk, rayon, synthetics and blends-that have a crinkle, crimped or grained surface. Made from worsted cotton, wool, silk, man-made synthetics. Has...
Schiffli Embroidery is a highly intricate and decorative technique of embroidery commonly used in the textile industry. It involves the use of a specialized embroidery machine known as a Schiffli...
It is a type of cloth in which different colours of weft replace one another in succeeding horizontal sections of a design. Thus a figure is formed in more colours than there are series of weft...
A rod that uses a series of carriers that glide within the rod to open and close the draperies. This enable the draperies to traverse past the supporting center brackets. Commercial quality traverse...
a) A multi-filament yarn with no twist.
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The term is still used in respect of these yarns after a small amount of twist has been introduced by subsequent processing, e.g. as in over-end...