The condition in which the ground cloth of a pile fabric becomes visible when it is folded or creased.
An invisible vertical line parallel to the selvage of a fabric. The pattern visible on the outer surface of a hide after the hair has been removed.
Fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving.
A fiber from the Linum plant used to manufacture linen.
A fiber of indefinite length, either natural (silk) or man-made. Silk filament is the actual thread of a silkworm’s cocoon, while man-made filament...
Also called stock dyeing, fiber dyeing refers to the dyeing of fibers, or stock, before it is spun into yarn. It is done by putting loose, unspun f...
A compact, durable plain-weave cotton fabric.
A silk thread made from two cocoons united by two worms spinning close together. The yarn is uneven, irregular and thicker than that from one cocoo...