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Know Your Fabrics

Know Your Fabrics. Beginners. How Fabrics Are Made. Fabric Construction. Fibers. Yarns. =. Fabrics. +. +. Woven. Types of Fibers. Plant Animal Man-made (chemical). Is is a Knit or Woven Fabric?. Need Clues to the Mystery of Fabric ID? 1- Does the fabric stretch?

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Know Your Fabrics

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  1. Know Your Fabrics Beginners

  2. How Fabrics Are Made Fabric Construction Fibers Yarns = Fabrics + + Woven

  3. Types of Fibers Plant Animal Man-made (chemical)

  4. Is is a Knit or Woven Fabric? Need Clues to the Mystery of Fabric ID? 1- Does the fabric stretch? It is a knitted fabric. 2-Does it ravel or fray? It is a woven fabric.

  5. A Closer Look at Weaves! • Woven fabrics have lengthwise (warp) and crosswise (filling) yarns. • Lengthwise yarns form the foundation of the fabric are generally stronger. • They run parallel with the fabric’s selvage, the finished edge. • Crosswise yarns cross over and under the lengthwise yarns….creating a plain weave.

  6. A Closer Look at Weaves! A Basket weave is created when 2 or more yarns cross over 2 or more lengthwise yarns. Up close it looks like a woven basket. It is just a variation of the plain weave.

  7. A Closer Look at Weaves! • A Pile Weave is using 3 sets of yarns where 1 set of the yarns creates a loop on the surface. • Can you think of something you use each day that is made from a fabric that is woven this way? Here’s another clue….

  8. Name That Fabric! Ask yourself: Is is a knit or woven? If woven, what type of weave? If you can answer these basic questions you are on the road to discovering the fabric ID!

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