Parts of a garment other than fabric and sewing thread, such as linings, shoulder pads, piping, ribbons, buttons and zips.

A woollen fabric used for ladies' riding habits, made from good quality wool, generally dyed to dark shades and given a napped finish. The term is applied widely to a range of costume fabrics. Note: The word habit also has a series of meanings associated with clothing:

(i) dress worn by ladies when on horseback;

(ii) a sleeved tunic worn by those in holy orders - originally of coarse fabric in naturally occurring undyed colours such as white, blacks, browns and greys;

(iii) the dress characteristic of a particular rank, degree, profession or function;

(iv) bodily apparel or attire.

A Japanese word meaning as moothlight weight faibric woven from net silk yarn in a plain weave. Originally used for lining kimonos.

A Japanese word meaning as moothlight weight faibric woven from net silk yarn in a plain weave. Originally used for lining kimonos.

(flax) A process in which stricks of scutched flax are combed from end to end to remove short fibre, naps (or neps) and non-fibrous material, and to sub-divide and parallelise the fibre strands.

Animal fibre other than sheep's wool or silk. It is recognised that this definition implies a distinction between sheep's wool and the covering. of other animals, notwithstanding the similarity in their fibre characteristics. Thus the crimped form and the scaly surface are not confined to sheep's wool. It seems desirable in the textile industry, however, to avoid ambiguity by confining the term wool to the covering of sheep and to have available a general term for other fibres of animal origin. Normally the less widely used fibres are known by name, e.g., alpaca, mohair, etc., but collectively they should be classed as hair.

A fabric in which the weft consists of single fibres of horsehair, obtained from tails and manes and woven on a special loom which is capable of inserting picks of the discontinuous fibres. The fabric width is governed by the length of available horsehair and normally varies between 47cm and 76cm. The woven structure, which usually has a cotton warp, varies according to the enduse, e.g., interlinings, furnishing fabrics, sieve and press cloths, and the horse hair may be dyed.A fabric produced from yams in which horsehair is mixed with cotton, polyester, linen or other fibres to make it strong and inflexible. Used in upholstery and also as a chest canvas in tailoring.

A plain-woven cotton fabric, characterized by fine rib lines in the warp direction created by alternate coarse and fine ends, or by having two (or more) ends weaving as one alternately with a single end. A possible construction is 28 ends x 26 picks per cm; 2 ends 18 tex and 1 end 21 tex cotton warp x 21 tex soft spun cotton weft.

The half Hitch, also known as Italian Hitch or Münter hitch, is a simple knot, commonly used by climbers and cavers as part of a life-lining or belay system. To climbers, this knot is also known as HMS, the abbrevation for the German term Halbmastwurfsicherung, meaning half hitch belay. Therefore, carabiners used for this belaying technique are called HMS carabiners.

Additional courses used in the manufacture of knitted articles either as protective courses or to facilitate handling in subsequent operations. These courses are afterwards removed.

The needle is brought to the upside of the fabric. For doing the stitch proper, it is inserted into the fabric, and brought back to the surface in one movement. Then the thread is pulled through. The same method is used for plain handsewing.It is strongly recommended to use a thimble for this. It is best to put the thimble on the middle finger. Once the needle is inserted into the fabric,the hooded middle finger is used to push it through, the thumb and index finger grab it at the front as soon as possible and pull at the same time. This can speed up working when the embroiderer is used to it.This method can be done using an embroidery frame or free-hand. But it needs to be a frame that allows for adjustment of fabric tension, because the fabric mustn't be too strongly stretched in order to allow inserting the needle without pulling the fabric too much.

Looms used for weaving traditional tapestry are classified as haute lisse looms, where the woof is suspended vertically between two rolls, and the basse lisse looms, where the woof extends horizontally between the rolls.

A set of threads making a half or complete revolution around one another between picks at the edge of a fabric.(sub category of selvedge woven , list, listing)

Hemp, common name for an Asian herb, and also for its fibers. This species is often called true hemp or Indian hemp. It is cultivated in Eurasia, the United States, and Chile. Hemp stems are hollow and have a fibrous inner bark. The fibers from this bark are used to make a great variety of textile products, including coarse fabrics, ropes, sailcloth, and packing cloth. The seed of hemp is commonly used as birdseed. Hempseed also yields an oil that is used in the manufacture of soap and oil paints. Flowers and leaves of hemp are used to produce the narcotics bhang, hashish, and marijuana. Scientific classification: Hemp belongs to the family Moraceae. It is classified as Cannabis sativa.