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Weaving - ✔✔process of making fabric on a loom
Interlacing - ✔✔point where yarn changes its position from fabric's surface to its
underside or vice versa
Float - ✔✔where a yarn crosses over more than one yarn at a time; in twills, satins,
basket weaves, & fancy weaves
Warp yarns - ✔✔yarns threaded through loom; parallel to selvage; less stretch,
straighter in fabric; less crimp; usually simple; smaller & more regular with higher tpi;
rarely novelty or crepe; higher density
Filling yarns - ✔✔yarns inserted through shed during weaving; perpendicular to
selvage; more stretch, path not as straight in fabric; more crimp; more likely to be
novelty or crepe; less regular with lower tpi; larger; lower density
Grain - ✔✔position of warp yarns to filling yarns; on-grain fabrics have yarns at right
angles; better quality fabrics
Off-grain - ✔✔Yarns not at right angles; lower quality fabric
Skew - ✔✔filling yarns not at right angle with warp
Bow - ✔✔filling yarns do not cross all warp yarns at same angle; form dip or curve
, Count or density - ✔✔number of warp & filling yarns per square inch of gray goods;
usually as warp X filling (i.e., 40 X 50)
Balance - ✔✔ratio of one warp to filling; ratio of 1:1; unbalanced fabric has more of
one set, i.e., 2:1 or 1:2
Selvage - ✔✔edge of fabric where filling yarn returns in a different shed or where
filling yarn ends; selvage type determined by loom type
Fabric width - ✔✔distance from selvage to selvage; steadily increasing for better
economy
Fabric weight - ✔✔identified as oz/yd2or g/m2
Light weight (top weight) - ✔✔less than 4 oz/yd2
Medium weight - ✔✔between 4 and 6 oz/yd2
Heavy weight (bottom or suiting weight) - ✔✔more than 6 oz/yd2
Woven Fabric Properties Related To - ✔✔•Count•Balance
•Interlacing pattern (weave)
•Fiber content
•Yarn structure
•Finish
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Weaving - ✔✔process of making fabric on a loom
Interlacing - ✔✔point where yarn changes its position from fabric's surface to its
underside or vice versa
Float - ✔✔where a yarn crosses over more than one yarn at a time; in twills, satins,
basket weaves, & fancy weaves
Warp yarns - ✔✔yarns threaded through loom; parallel to selvage; less stretch,
straighter in fabric; less crimp; usually simple; smaller & more regular with higher tpi;
rarely novelty or crepe; higher density
Filling yarns - ✔✔yarns inserted through shed during weaving; perpendicular to
selvage; more stretch, path not as straight in fabric; more crimp; more likely to be
novelty or crepe; less regular with lower tpi; larger; lower density
Grain - ✔✔position of warp yarns to filling yarns; on-grain fabrics have yarns at right
angles; better quality fabrics
Off-grain - ✔✔Yarns not at right angles; lower quality fabric
Skew - ✔✔filling yarns not at right angle with warp
Bow - ✔✔filling yarns do not cross all warp yarns at same angle; form dip or curve
, Count or density - ✔✔number of warp & filling yarns per square inch of gray goods;
usually as warp X filling (i.e., 40 X 50)
Balance - ✔✔ratio of one warp to filling; ratio of 1:1; unbalanced fabric has more of
one set, i.e., 2:1 or 1:2
Selvage - ✔✔edge of fabric where filling yarn returns in a different shed or where
filling yarn ends; selvage type determined by loom type
Fabric width - ✔✔distance from selvage to selvage; steadily increasing for better
economy
Fabric weight - ✔✔identified as oz/yd2or g/m2
Light weight (top weight) - ✔✔less than 4 oz/yd2
Medium weight - ✔✔between 4 and 6 oz/yd2
Heavy weight (bottom or suiting weight) - ✔✔more than 6 oz/yd2
Woven Fabric Properties Related To - ✔✔•Count•Balance
•Interlacing pattern (weave)
•Fiber content
•Yarn structure
•Finish
