Textiles Quiz Review

Plain Weave

A basic weave in which each filling strand goes over and under each warp strand once.

warp

a lengthwise yarn or thread in a weave

Weft

a crosswise yarn or thread in a weave

courses

horizontal rows of stitches in a knit

Wales

vertical columns of stitches in the knit fabric

twill

a fabric so woven as to have a surface of diagonal parallel ridges.

pile weave

A weave created with three sets of yarns, one of which creates a texture in the fabric; corduroy, velvet, and terrycloth.

woven

formed or made by lacing together thread,yarn,or strips of straw or other material

knit

made on a loom that can be circular or straight

warp knits

a process in which yarn sets are interlooped in essentially a lengthwise direction to form a fabric, zig zags and overlaps

weft knit

A knit made with only one yarn. Has two way stretch in lengthwise and crosswise directions. Can get lengthwise "runs" from broken threads. Made on either flat or circular knitting machines

satin weave

A weave that produces a smooth, shiny-surfaced fabric resulting from passing the weft yarn over and under numerous warp yarns to create long floats.

jacquard weave

refers to large-figured designs that require more than 25 different arrangements of the warp yarns to complete one repeat organic design

pile knit

a type of weft knit in which deep-pile fabrics or simulated fur pile fabrics are made on a jersey knit machine by the addition of a special attachment

Dobby

little geometric patterns

spun yarns

Composed of staple fibers twisted together

filament yarns

is composed of long fibers grouped together or slightly twisted together; smooth, straight, almost parallel

Denier

direct measurement for filament yarns

Count

used for cotton, indirect, size/ply

Ply

adding multiple yarns together to increase strength and uniformity

Worsted

used for wool, indirect, ply, size

tricot

a warp-knit fabric made with filament yarns with one or more bars with fine, vertical wales on the technical face and horizontal ribs on the technical back

methods of spinning yarns

ring, open-ended

Raschel

A general term for patterned warp-knit fabric made with coarser yarns than other warp-knit fabrics.