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textile collection samples 46-50

textile collection samples 46-50. dimity monk’s cloth hair canvas herringbone houndstooth. sample 46 dimity. fiber content: cotton, blends yarn: spun yarn fabric construction:

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textile collection samples 46-50

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  1. textile collection samples 46-50 dimity monk’s cloth hair canvas herringbone houndstooth

  2. sample 46 dimity fiber content: cotton, blends yarn: spun yarn fabric construction: plain weave with occasional heavier warp yarns which makes it one of the rare plain weave lengthwise rib fabrics; sometimes heavier warp & weft yarns creating a crossbar dimity weights, uses: top or bottom weight for dresses, shirts, skirts, slacks, suits, coats, accessories and curtains names: Greek dimitos, meaning of double thread

  3. sample 47 monk’s cloth fiber content: cotton, flax, blends yarn: carded yarn only fabric construction: exaggerated basket version of a plain weave—4x4 or more; made in a natural oatmeal color weights, uses: used for furniture covers and curtains, but is so loose it tends to sag names: may have been the rough, coarse sackcloth worn for penitence in monasteries

  4. sample 48 hair canvas fiber content: better quality still made of wool, plus a stiff wiry fiber in the weft—mohair or horsehair yarn: carded only yarns, wiry fiber in weft yarns fabric construction: fairly close plain weave, narrow fabric (27 inches) weights, uses: interfacing in tailored suits and coats, especially for the lapels; weight suitable to main fabric names: canvas probably from the Latin cannabis, meaning hemp; hair refers to mohair or horsehair

  5. sample 49 herringbone fiber content: any, often wool and blends yarn: any, usually spun fabric construction: 2/2 twill weave, line of wales reversing at regular intervals; may be differently colored yarns where the twill lines reverse, to make a striped herringbone weights, uses: any, often bottom weight to heavy, used especially for suits, coats names: resembles the backbone of a fish (herring) thus herringbone

  6. sample 50 houndstooth fiber content: any, often wool or blends yarn: carded or combed yarns, warp and weft the same fabric construction: woven in a 2/2 even right-hand twill, with the same numbers and order of dyed and undyed yarns used in warp and weft in almost every case four dark then four light yarns, producing the familiar pointed extension of the solid dark block that looks like a four-pointed star or the tip of a canine tooth weights, uses: usually bottom weight to heavy, but can also be made in top weight; used for suits, slacks, skirts, jackets, dresses, coats, scarves, blankets, and countless other applications name: looks like the tip of a canine (hound) tooth, smaller version sometimes called puppytooth

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