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SCHIFFLI/ EYELET EMBROIDERY

A type of decorative embroidery created using a Schiffli machine, characterized by intricate designs and patterns often featuring openwork, used primarily on fabrics like lace or cotton.

APPLIQUE

Pieces of the fabric are cut out and sewn
/ embroidered on another surface

Staple Fibers

Natural or synthetic fibers that are short in length, typically less than 2 inches, used to produce spun yarns and textiles.

Filament Fibers

Long, continuous fibers used in textiles, providing smoothness and strength, often seen in silk and nylon.

Melange

A mix of colored fibers or yarns creating a subtle, blended effect in textiles.

Crepe

Highly twisted yarn with granular texture

Hank

A unit of yarn measurement that typically contains a specific length, often 840 yards, commonly used in the textile industry.

Ply Yarn

A type of yarn made by twisting multiple strands together for added strength and texture.

Boucle Yarn

A type of textured yarn made from loops that create an irregular, bumpy surface, often used for decorative purposes.

Chenille Yarn

A soft, velvety yarn made from short lengths of fiber that are twisted together, often used for plush items and decorative projects.

Slub Yarn

A type of yarn characterized by uneven thickness, creating a textured effect in the fabric, often used in fashion and home decor.

Cotton Ginning

The process of separating cotton fibers from their seeds after harvesting, essential for cotton production.

Cotton Carding

The process of untangling and aligning cotton fibers to prepare them for spinning into yarn, ensuring uniformity and removing impurities.

Cotton Combing

parallel strands of untwisted fibers called sliver, also called first stage yarn that is made by further aligning and refining cotton fibers after carding, resulting in a smoother and more lustrous yarn.

Cotton Drawing

The process of further aligning and blending cotton slivers to create a more uniform thickness before spinning, enhancing the quality of the final yarn. Slivers become roving while passing through smooth drums.

Cotton Spinning

The process of twisting together roving to create yarn, which can then be used for weaving or knitting fabrics. This involves applying tension to the fibers and can be done using various spinning techniques and machinery.

keratin

Animal proteins found in wool

merino sheep

A breed of sheep known for its fine wool and high-quality fleece, prized in the textile industry.

Wool Scouring

The process of boiling off lanolin on sheeps wool

Worsted Combing

combing the fibers to align them parallel, resulting in a smoother, denser yarn with less air trapped between fibers

sericulture

the practice of cultivating silk

Fibroin filament

continuous protein filament that silk worms produce

Sericin

A protectice gum that keeps the silk filament together in the cocoon

Silk Reeling

several silk filaments are wound together on a bobbin

Silk Throwing

Applying a twist to silk filament

Degumming

Further finishing technique applied dot silk to remove sericin

Tussah Silk

Type of uncultivated silk

Silk Noils

waste fibers produced in the manufacturing of silk

Skein

loosely coiled length of silk yarn or thread