TEXTILES, YARNS, & FIBERS

ACETATE

REGENERATED CELLULOSIC FIBER, CHEMICALLY TREATED WITH ACETIC ACID.

ACRYLIC

MADE FROM POLYMERS OF ACRYLONITRILE, SYNTHETIC SUBSTITUTE FOR WOOL.

ARAMIDS

HIGH-PERFORMANCE SYNTHETIC FIBERS, SOLVENTS HAS NO EFFECT

ASBESTOS

MINERAL FIBER KNOWN FOR ITS HEAT RESISTANCE, FIREPROOFING ABILITY, AND DURABILITY.

BLENDS

MADE BY COMBINING 2 OR MORE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIBERS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE, APPEARANCE, COMFORT, OR DURABILITY.

BURLAP

MADE FROM JUTE, RESISTANCE TO MICROORGANISMS & INSECTS.

CASHMERE

KASHMIRI GOAT, VERY WARMED FIBER, NOT FOR TROPICAL CLIMATE

CELLULOSICS

THEY MAY BE NATURAL OR MANUFACTURED FROM WOOD PULP OR OTHER PLANT MATERIALS.

CLOTH

A FINISHED PIECE OF FABRIC THAT CAN BE USED FOR VARYING PURPOSES SUCH AS BEDCOVERS, PILLOW CASES.

COTTON

WIDELY USED PLANT FIBER, STRONGER THAN WOOL.

DENSE FIBER, KNOWN FOR COMFORT.

DUPPION

CRISP TEXTURE AND IRREGULAR SLUBS, PRODUCED WHEN TWO SILKWORMS SPIN THEIR COCOONS TOGETHER, CREATING UNEVEN FILAMENTS

DURABILITY

INCLUDES ABRASION RESISTANCE

EGYPTIAN COTTON

PRODUCED IN EGYPT, LUXURIOUS AND FAVORED BY UPMARKET BRANDS.

ELASTOESTER

ELASTIC POLYESTER-BASED FIBER, MADE FROM ELASTIC POLYESTER POLYMERS.

TRADE NAME: REXE

ELONGATION

DEGREE TO WHICH THE TEXTILE CAN STRETCH WITHOUT BREAKING

FABRIC

MADE THROUGH VARIOUS PROCESSES SUCH AS WEAVING, KNITTING, CROCHETING, BONDING.

FABRIC ABSORBENCY

MOISTURE ABSORPTION HELPS AVOID STATIC BUILD UP

FIBER

BASIC ELEMENT TEXTILE

FIBERGLASS

MADE FROM VERY FINE STRANDS OF GLASS, MID 1800s EXPERIMENT

FILAMENT YARNS

BULKED CONTINUOUS FILAMENT (BCF). CONTINUOUS STRANDS MADE FROM A SPINNERET OR FROM SILK.

FILAMENTS FIBERS (M OR YARDS)

PRODUCED THROUGH A SPINNERET, LONG CONTINUOUS FIBERS.

FLAX

OLDEST FIBER, GRAYISH IN COLOR WITH SILKY LUSTER.

HOLDS COLOR BETTER.

EX: TABLE LINEN, DRAPERY

GREEN COTTON

WASHED WITH MILD SOAP AND NOT BLEACHED.

HAIR

VICUNA, THE RAREST AND HORSECHAIR

HEMP

CANNABIS SATIVA, STRONG FIBER

EX: ROPES AND SACKS

HIKING

SWELLS WHEN DAMP DAMP AND SHRINKS WHEN DRY

HYDROPHILIC

WATER LOVING

HYDROPHOBIC

WATER FEARING

HYGROSCOPIC

ABSORB MOISTURE WITHOUT FEELING WET

JUSI

MADE FROM BANANA FIBERS

JUTE

UV PROTECTION, SOUND & HEAT INSULATION, LOW-STATIC.

EX: HOME DECOR

KAPOK (POOR MAN'S COTTON)

LIGHTWEIGHT & NON-ABSORBENT, KNOWN TO CAUSE ASTHMA.

TOO BRITTLE

KEVLAR

PARA-ARAMID FIBER, KNOWN FOR EXTREME STRENGTH

LINEN

MADE FROM FLAX, RESISTANT TO MILDEW.

"GUSOT MAYAMAN"

MANILA HEMP

ABACA; OUTER LAYER OF THE LEAF OF A MUSA.

RESISTANT TO DAMAGE FROM SALT DAMAGE.

METAL FIBERS

FIBERS MADE FROM ALUMINUM, STEEL, COPPER, SILVER, OR STAINLESS STEEL.

MINERAL FIBERS

MANUFACTURED FROM MINERAL MATERIALS SUCH AS GLASS, METAL, OR ROCK.

MODACYRLIC

MODIFIED ACRYLIC FIBER, KNOWN FOR ITS FLAME RESISTANCE, SOFTNESS, AND DIMENSIONAL STABILITY.

MOHAIR

FROM THE ANGORA GOAT, RESEMBLES HUMAN HAIR

NATURAL

FROM PLANT, ANIMAL, SILK, OR MINERAL SOURCES. PRODUCED SEASONALLY AND SUSCEPTIBLE.

NATURAL RUBBER

LIQUID RUBBER, IMPERMEABLE TO WATER & AIR

NOMEX

FLAME-RESISTANT ARAMID FIBER, USED IN SPACE SUITS

NON-CELLULOSIC

USUALLY MADE FROM PROTEIN SOURCES, CHEMICALS, OR SYNTHETIC POLYMERS.

NYLON

FIRST FULLY SYNTHETIC FIBER, MADE FROM PETROLEUM, CARBON, NITROGEN, OXYGEN, AND HYDROGEN.

IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH STRENGTH, ELASTICITY, AND ABRASION RESISTANCE.

OLEFINS

SYNTHETIC NON-CELLULOSIC FIBERS MADE FROM POLYMERS SUCH AS POLYPROPYLENE OR POLYETHYLENE.

ORDINARY WOOL

RECLAIMED SCRAPS FROM KNITS, BROKEN THREADS

ORGANIC COTTON

NO SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS

ORGANZINE

THROWN SILK, MADE FROM LONG FILAMENTS

PASHMINA

FROM HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN GOATS, SOFT AND LUXURIOUS

EXTRA ORDINARY LIGHT

PIÑA

LEAVES OF THE PINEAPPLE PLANT

EX: BARONG TAGALOG

POLYAMIDE (POLYNUDE NYLON)

THE CHEMICAL FAMILY OF SYNTHETIC FIBERS TO WHICH NYLON BELONGS.

POLYESTER

SYNTHETIC NON-CELLULOSIC FIBER MADE FROM POLYMERIZED ESTERS, MOSTLY DERIVED FROM PETROCHEMICALS.

TRADE NAMES: DARCON, FORTREL, KODEL, TREVIRA

POLYPROPYLENE

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON OLEFIN FIBERS, USED IN AIRPLANE SEATS.

RAMIE

SUBSTITUTE TO FLAX, STRONG FIBER.

RESISTANCE TO BACTERIA & MOLDS.

RAYON

MADE FROM NATURAL CELLULOSE, USUALLY WOOD PULP, THAT IS CHEMICALLY PROCESSED INTO FIBERS.

FIRST SYNTHETIC FIBER

RECYCLED WOOL

FELTED FABRIC SCRAPS

RESILIENCY

ABILITY TO RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE AFTER BEING BENT, TWISTED, OR CRUSHED.

RING SCARF

PURE WRAP, FINE AND DELICATE

SARAN

VINYL-BASED SYNTHETIC FIBER, USED IN OUTDOOR FURNITURE

SERICULTURE

GROWTH OF SILK MOTHS FOR THEIR SILK PRODUCTION.

SHAHTOOSH

PLEASURE OF KINGS, FUR OF CHIRU AND ENDANGERED TIBETAN ANTELOPE

SHINY COTTON

PROCESSED VERSION RESEMBLES STAIN

SILK

ALL NATURAL FIBERS EXCEPT ______ ARE STAPLE FIBERS

SILK COCOONS

ARE SUBJECTED TO CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS WHICH ENABLES IT TO HAVE LONG LENGTHS.

SILK FIBERS

SILK IS A NATURAL PROTEIN FIBER PRODUCED BY SILKWORMS, MOST COMMONLY THE LARVAE OF THE SILK MOTH

SPANDEX

A MANUFACTURED ELASTOMERIC FIBER, MOST ELASTIC SYNTHETIC FIBER

SPINNERET

SHOWER HEAD LIKE DEVICE USED FOR FILAMENT FIBER EXTRUSION.

SPUN YARNS

COMPOSED OF STAPLE FIBERS TWISTED TOGETHER.

STAPLE FIBERS (CM)

SHORT FIBERS, LOOSELY TWISTED

SYNTHETIC

MAN-MADE FIBERS, MOST ARE THERMOPLASTIC.