textile design quiz

fiber

a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.

filament

a slender threadlike object or fiber, especially one found in animal or plant structures.

roving

a long narrow bundle of fiber. Rovings are produced during the process of making spun yarn from wool fleece, raw cotton, or other fibres.

ply

the number of strands or layers of which something is made

yarn weight

thickness of yarn

warp

the set of yarns or other things stretched in place on a loom before the weft is introduced during the weaving process

weft

the yarn which is shuttled back and forth across the warp to create a woven fabric.

jacquard loom

a loom designed to weave fabrics of intricate design whose control mechanism makes use of cards with holes punched in them

knit

make (a garment, blanket, etc.) by interlocking loops of wool or other yarn with knitting needles or on a machine.

felt

a kind of cloth made by rolling and pressing wool or another suitable textile accompanied by the application of moisture or heat, which causes the constituent fibers to mat together to create a smooth surface.

ikat

fabric made using an Indonesian decorative technique in which warp or weft threads, or both, are tie-dyed before weaving.

batik

producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed.

burnout

a method of producing textile patterns in which a design is etched by chemicals that destroy only the surface fibers.

flocking

the application of millions of tiny fibers onto an adhesive-coated surface to create a velvet-like texture.

gray cloth

raw, unprocessed and unfinished woven fabric taken directly from a loom.

piece dye

dying fabric material before it is ever cut into a finished garment. The fabric is dyed in large pieces and can be done on knit or woven fabrics, but it is more commonly used for cotton fiber

crocking

the rubbing off of color from a fabric when subjected to abrasion.

elasticity

The ability of a material to bounce back after being disturbed

elongation

The fractional increase in a material's length due to stress in tension or thermal expansion.

cellulose fiber

plant fiber; A material which is composed of thin and continuous strands

protein fiber

consists of the animal fibers (wool and other animal hairs, known also as α-keratin fibers) and insect fibers (silk, a fibroin fiber).

synthetic fiber

a fiber made from a man-made substance such as plastic

resist prints: tie-dye, ikat, batik

the fabric is first printed in a design with a chemical that resists dye. The fabric is then dyed. The resist chemistry will leave the fabric white or a lighter version of the base color in the printed areas.

screen prints: silk screen

force ink or metal on to (a surface) through a prepared screen of fine material so as to create a picture or pattern.

direct prints: block, roller, discharge, burnout, flock

a process involving the use of large-format ink-jet printing machines that contain several fine nozzles, which squirt tiny droplets of ink onto rolls of pre-treated fabric and textiles.

maintenance

protect the cables from external interference

colorfastness

the resistance of a material to change in any of its colour characteristics, including the transfer of its colourants to adjacent materials; Fading means the colour changes and lightens; Bleeding is the transfer of one colour to another material.

abrasion resistance

the ability of a fabric to resist surface wear caused by flat rubbing contact with another material. There are two different test methods commonly used by the textile industry to assess abrasion resistance: Wyzenbeek and Martindale

fire resistance

The property of a material or assembly to withstand or resist the spread of fire or give protection from it.