A process originating from Indonesia and Malaysia in which a warp is dyed to a pattern through the use of a resist agent. The warp is made first in rope form and predetermined sections are bound tightly to protect that section from the dye. When the warp is opened out after dyeing a pattern is shown on the warp which comes through into the woven fabric (warp ikat). A variation can be achieved by dyeing the weft yarn in a similar way (weft ikat) and in some cases both warp and weft may be treated (double ikat). Careful control and planning can give interesting and unusual figured effects in the cloth. The pattern shapes tend to have soft edges due to some movement of the threads in weaving, and a certain amount of bleeding and capillary action in the dye process.

Fabric made from ikat dyed materials.

An open mesh character of mock-leno fabric created primarily by the weave. Two examples and the corresponding weaves are given below. Light-weight open texture structures are sometimes referred to as 'imitation gauze' or 'mock gauze'.Arrows on the weave diagrams show where the spaces will develop, because at these 240 places the interlacings completely reverse. Elsewhere the interfacings are such that the threads crowd together. The effect may be emphasised by leaving one or more dents empty and varying the rate of take-up.

fibre where little wall thickening has taken place during growth;

(cotton) fibre where little wall thickening has taken place during growth;

the yarn is plasticized by a passage through a jet of hot fluid and is impacted on to a cooling surface (impact texturing)

A heavily wefted fabric based on an eight-end sateen weave with one or more extra risers added. The weft face may be smooth or raised.

(carpet) A secondary backing consisting of a polymeric material, e.g., rubber., PVC, etc.

(lace) A leavers-lace construction made with beam and bobbin threads only, in which each beam thread in a set-out is supplied from a separate beam, and its movement is controlled by an individual steel bar. This permits independent control of the movements of all beam threads in the repeat.

Ingeo is a product from Cargill Dow. This fiber is corn-based.The main benefit of this fiber is that it does't depend on the Earth's supply of oil. as Synthetic fibers do.

In all of the fabrics of this class, designs are created by inserting pattern warp or weft yarns between ground warps or wefts.Brocaded fabric has a pattern of coloured or metallic threads, or both, set in low relief against the ground weave. The ground weave can be any basic weave, since the brocaded pattern is merely inserted between ground wefts and is bound by ground warps. Until the advent of the Jacquard mechanism in the early 19th century, brocaded fabrics were woven by drawloom weavers who inserted the pattern wefts by hand. These weft yarns were wound on small brocading shuttles that travelled across the width of each pattern repeat, a separate shuttle being used for each colour in the repeat. Generally, these extra wefts were found only in the area in which the pattern was located and usually formed long floats on the reverse side of the fabric.

A mechanical process closely corresponding to hand brocading is called swivel, a system of figuring fabrics by using mechanically controlled pattern shuttles. The figures, inserted between ground-weft fabrics by using mechanically controlled pattern shuttles. The figures, inserted between ground-weft swivel figuring, but the pattern yarns are extra warps (rather than wefts) brought into play from separate warp beams. Lappet weaving is generally confined to coarse pattern yarns and can be distinguished from swivel by its interlacing with weft rather than with warp yarns.

A type of knitting. Usually featuring large diamond checks showing light, dark and halftones in between. The diamond areas are separated from each other by complete loops, and not loops superimposed on ground loops made from other yarns. Mock intarsia knit gives the same patterning motif using the jacquard mechanism. Design is most often seen on sweaters, scarves, socks and stockings. The word intarsia refers to all kinds of 'inlay' including marquetry, which is a form of decoration for furniture and architectural panels. Derivation: From the Italian word, intarsiare meaning 'inlay'.

An insulation, padding, or stiffening fabric, either sewn to the wrong side of the lining or the inner side of the outer shell fabric. The interlining is used primarily to provide warmth in coats, jackets, and outerwear.

The stitch variation of the rib stitch, which resembles two separate 1 x 1 ribbed fabrics that are interknitted. Plain (double knit) interlock stitch fabrics are thicker, heavier, and more stable than single knit constructions.

(vīs¹kos“) noun A thick, golden-brown viscous solution of cellulose xanthate, used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane.