Looms
The principles of weaving are known very clearly perhaps a long ago as 400BC our ancestors knew how to make baskets and mats by interlacing twigs., reeds, and grasses. Later…
Non woven fabrics
Non woven fabrics are made by the any process other than weaving. They are defined as textile materials made directly from fibers and held together as fabrics by different methods.…
Difference between Weaving and Knitting
Weaving and knitting are the two most common process of making cloth. Weaving is the process of interlacing two sets of yarn at right angles. This operation is done either…
Fabric Construction Methods
Fabrics are produced mostly from yarns. Few fabrics are directly produced from fibers. In Indian market 70% of the fabrics are produced by weaving. Among the other fabrics that is…
Yarns and Classification of yarns
Yarns can be classified based on length of fibres present and number of parts present. According to the length of fibres present in yarn. Yarn are broadly classified as staple/spun,…
Spinning and Yarns
Spinning is the process of drawing out and twisting of a group or bundles of fibres into a continuous thread or yarn of sufficient strength to be woven or knitted…
Properties of Polyester
Fabrics Properties of Polyester · It resists wrinkling. · It is easy to launder · It dries quickly · It’s resistant to stretching Physical Properties Shape and Appearance : These…
Polyester Fiber
Polyester is a synthetic fiber invented in 1941. The first polyester fiber is known as ‘Dacron’ in America and ‘Terylene’ in Britain. Later various types of polyesters are produced. Terylene…
The Viscose Process
This is discovered in 1892 in England. In this process Spruce, a type of treechipsareused. Spruce logs are reduced to wood pulp and purified for cellulose base. Wood pulp is…
Manufactured Fibres
Robert Hooke, the English naturalist, had prophesied the production of a fiber such as rayon, the first of the man made fibers long ago in 1664. He believed that it…
