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Complex OR NOVELTY YARNS

Complex OR NOVELTY YARNS. Textile Science Yarns FCS – TS – 4 M. Chatelain. Fancy Yarns. Deliberately created with differing parts Irregular at intervals Differences may be: Subtle Very obvious Random. What are fancy yarns made of?. Single ply, or Plied, or Cord, or

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Complex OR NOVELTY YARNS

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  1. Complex ORNOVELTY YARNS Textile Science Yarns FCS – TS – 4 M. Chatelain

  2. Fancy Yarns • Deliberately created with differing parts • Irregular at intervals • Differences may be: • Subtle • Very obvious • Random

  3. What are fancy yarns made of? • Single ply, or • Plied, or • Cord, or • Any combination of yarn types

  4. Why are they called novelty yarns? • The yarns are unique and create a “novel” look to the fabric • These novelty yarns add visual interest to the construction of fabrics

  5. How are novelty yarns classified? • Number of parts in yarn • Usually classified for the effect that dominates the yarn (slub, tweed, spiral, boucle, etc)

  6. How are novelty yarns used? • For a variety of applications • Add permanent interest to plain fabrics • Used only in the filling direction of the weaving process because it is more economical

  7. What are some of the common novelty yarns? • Tweed • Slub • Spiral or Corkscrew • Ratine • Knot, spot, nub, or knop • Spike or snarl • Loop or boucle • Metallic • chenille

  8. Tweed • Single spun novelty yarn • Has flecks of short colored fibers that add its characteristic “tweed” appearance

  9. Slub Yarn • A single, spun novelty yarn • A yarn that has obvious thick and thin parts • The thicker part is referred to as the “slub” • Typically used in shantung , drapery, and upholstery fabrics

  10. Spiral or Corkscrew Yarns • Have 2 or more plies of yarn • The plies may differ in color, twist, size, or type • Have a spiral or corkscrew appearance • These yarns are used for both furnishings and apparel.

  11. Ratine Yarns • Ply is twisted in a spiral pattern around a ground ply • A longer loop is thrown out at intervals, kinks back on itself and is held in place by a binder yarn • Ratine yarns are mainly used in furnishings

  12. Knot Yarn • Also referred to as spot, nub, or knop yarns • Made by twisting the effect yarn many times in the same place to form the “knot”, “spot”, etc. • Knot yarns are used in apparel and furnishings

  13. Spike Yarns • The effect yarn forms open loops along both sides of a yarn • Spike yarns are utilized in apparel and furnishings

  14. Boucle Yarns • Also known as loop or curl yarns • Effect yarn forms closed loops at regular intervals • Create a look like lambskin

  15. Metallic Yarns • May be made with a single or ply yarn • Metallic component is made with actual metal parts or a ultrafine plastic fiber

  16. Chenille Yarns • Produced by cutting specially woven ladderlike fabric into warpwise strips • Cut ends of the softly twisted yarns loosen and form a fringe • Weaving of strips produce a pile on 1 or both sides • Chenille yarns are used in fur

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