Fabrics Flashcards
What are the two types of fabric classifications?
Felt and Interworked
What are the two types of Felted Fabric?
Natural and Agglomerate
What is an example of a Natural felted fabric?
Beated Bark Cloth
What is an example of an Agglomerated Felted Fabric
Felted wool
What are the types of Interworked Fabrics
Single Element, One set of Elements and 2 or More Sets of Elements
What are the two classifications of single elements?
Looping and Interlooping
What is an example of Looping under the single element
Needle Lace
What falls under Interlooping
Knitting and Crocheting.
Vertical (knitting, weft knits) and Vertical and lateral (crochet)
What are examples of one set of elements
Bobbin lace, warp knits
What are two or more sets of elements easily called?
Woven textiles
What is the classification that falls under “2 or more sets of elements”?
Interlacing warp and wefts
What are two classifications under the Interlacing warp and wefts
Simple weaves and Compound weaves
What are two types of simple weaves
Plain weave and Float Weaves
What are examples of Plain weave?
Balanced, warp faced, weft faced, ribbed, basket
What are examples of Float weaves
Twill weaves and satin weaves
What are examples of satin weaves
Sateen, damask, jacquard, dobby
What are the two types of compound weaves
Compounded by adding sets of elements and Compounded by combining complete weave structures
What is an element
component part of the structure of an interworked fabric. Refers to the fibers or filaments interworked to form a fabric
What does a single element mean
fabric built by interworking of a single continuous element
