Natural Fiber
Natural Cellulosic Leaf Fibres
Natural Cellulosic Leaf Fibres from nature.
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Resources & General
Natural Cellulosic Bast Fibres
Natural Cellulosic Bast Fibres
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Natural Fiber
Natural Cellulosic Seed Fibres
Cellulose is the substance that makes up most of a plant’s cell walls. Since it is made by all plants, it is probably the most abundant organic compound on Earth.Many varieties of plant fibers exist such as hairs (cotton, kapok), fiber-sheafs of dicoltylic plants or vessel-sheafs of monocotylic plants (e.g. flax, hemp, jute, and ramie), and hard fibers (sisal, henequen, and coir), not to mention a large number of fibers obtained from trees.
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Fabric
Fabric Washing Techniques
These garment washing techniques were originally developed for denim garments, but are now being used for a wide variety of different garment types. The mills and commission houses involved in garment processing continually search for ways to achieve unique new looks.
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Fabric
Common fabric defects and its causes
Common Defects of Fabrics during manufacturing process includes back fabric seam impression, birds eye, bowing, broken colour pattern, colour out, colour smears, crease mark, drop stitching, dye streak in printing, hole, jerk in, knots, mixed yarn, mottled, needle line, open reed, pin holes, press off etc.
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Manmade Fiber
History of Fibres Natural and Manmade Fibres
Fibres have traditionally been used in all cultures of the world to meet basic requirements of clothing, storage, building material, and for items of daily use such as ropes and fishing nets.
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Fabric
Denim Fabrics – properties and types
Denim is a strong, durable fabric constructed in a twill weave with indigo and white yarns. The blue/indigo yarns are the lengthwise or “warp” threads (parallel to the selvage). The white yarns run across the fabric width (the weft threads). Denim is traditionally woven with 100%-cotton yarn; however, today it’s blended with polyester, to control shrinkage and wrinkles, and Lycra to add stretch. Today, denim has many faces. It can be printed, striped, brushed, napped and stonewashed, and the indigo
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Resources & General
Short Story of Textiles transformation of fiber to fashion
Transformation of textile materials from fibers passing through various processes and enhancements and become a product for the end user explained briefly.
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Knitting
Manual Flat Knitting Machines
A flat knitting machine is a two-bed machine. The most important mechanical features of a flat knitting machine are the supporting frame, the yarn feeding system, a transmission system, a fabric take-down motion, a central programming unit, and a needle-bed racking system.
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Knitting
Needle-bed of Knitting Machine
The needle-bed of a knitting machine is made up by the needles.
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