The thickness of two yarns can be very similar, but they can still be different because of twist. Twist refers to the spiral configuration that contributes to the cohesion of the spun yarn. In particular, beginners may pay attention to…
After you learn how to distinguish between warp and weft, woven fabric is much easier to analyze. Both of these are necessary to create a woven fabric, but I always get confused the first time I look at a swatch.…
If you place a handful of loose fibers, a snippet of yarn, and a scrap of fabric next to each other, they could all be made of the same basic textile material, but they represent three distinct phases in textile…
Even though we may consider fabric to be a finished material, there is more to it than meets the eye. Before you can analyze the weave or knit structure of a textile, there are fibers. These fibers have to be…