Yarns

Question 1

What is Yarn?

Answer 1

• A continuous stand of threads composed of either natural or man-made fibres or filaments
• Spun together with or without twist into a variety of different types of yarn
• Yarns are then used in weaving and knitting to form textile fabrics

Question 2

What is the fabric’s weight, flexibility, handle, texture and appearance determined by?

Answer 2

The thickness and tightness of the yarn

Question 3

What is a twist?

Answer 3

• Put into yarns to make them stronger
• Lower number of turns gives a softer, weaker and more bulky yarn suitable for knitting
• Higher number of turns give a much stronger yarn suitable for weaving

Question 4

How is Spun yarn made?

Answer 4

By mechanical methods of assembly, spinning and twisting staple fibres together

Question 5

What is a flat filament yarn?

Answer 5

The assembly of continuous filaments; could be silk or manmade fibres

Question 6

What is a Mono filament yarn?

Answer 6

A single continuous filament

Question 7

How do you make a Multi-filament yarn?

Answer 7

• Twisting together two or more single yarns of the same type
• Sometimes referred to as plied yarns or folded yarns

Question 9

What are Core spun yarns?

Answer 9

• Multi component yarns
• The core stays at the centre; other staple fibre yarns are spun around it to cover the core