Fabric Construction

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: The process of interlacing one or more sets of yarns at right angles on a loom.

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What is the title of this PowerPoint?

• Understanding The Design Process

• Understanding The Technical Design Process

• Understanding The Technical Process of fashion

• Understanding The technique

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Yarns that run lengthwise in woven fabric

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Yarns that run crosswise in woven fabric.

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The direction of the lengthwise and crosswise yarns in a woven fabric

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The diagonal grain of a fabric. The bias provides the greatest stretch in the fabric.

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The simplest weave in which the weft (crosswise) yarn is passed over then under each warp (lengthwise) yarn.

• Plain weave

• Twill Weave

• Plank Weave

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_____ _____: A very strong weave in which the weft yarn is passed over and under one, two, or three warp yarns

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A very weak weave that produces a smooth, shiny-surfaced fabric resulting from passing the weft yarn over and under numerous warp yarns to create long floats.

• Setin Weave

• Satin weave

• Silk Weave

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What is pile in textiles?

• The smooth, flat surface of a fabric

• The raised surface or nap made of upright loops or strands of yarn

• The tightly woven base layer of fabric

• The decorative print applied to fabric

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Types of fabrics created using a pile weave include Velvet, Corduroy, Terrycloth, and Velveteen

• Velvet

• Terrycloth

• Corduroy

• Velveteen

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the process of pulling loops of yarns through other loops to create interlocking rows of stitches

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What is a knit made with only one yarn called?

• Weft Knit

• Warp Knit

• Rib knit

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a knit made with several yarns on flat knitting machines. Multiple yarns are looped together to produce a run-resistant knitted fabric.

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What is seamless knitting?

• The production of a whole garment in one piece on a knitting machine with little or no sewing required

• A knitting technique that creates individual fabric panels

• The process of adding seams to knitted garments

• A hand-knitting method used for delicate fabrics

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Nonwoven Fabrics: Made from fibers, not yarns

• True

• False