Know Your Fabrics

Beginners

How Fabrics Are Made

Fibers + + =Yarns Fabric Construction

Fabrics

Woven

Types of Fibers

Plant

Animal

Man-made (chemical)

Is is a Knit or Woven Fabric?

Need Clues to the Mystery of Fabric ID?

1- Does the fabric stretch?It is a knitted fabric.

2-Does it ravel or fray?It is a woven fabric.

A Closer Look at Weaves!

• Woven fabrics have lengthwise(warp) and crosswise (filling) yarns.

• Lengthwise yarns form the foundation of the fabric are generally stronger.

• They run parallel with the fabric’s selvage, the finished edge.

• Crosswise yarns cross over and under the lengthwise yarns….creating a plain weave.

A Closer Look at Weaves!

A Basket weave is created when 2

or more yarns cross over

2 or more lengthwise yarns.

Up close it looks like a

woven basket. It is just a

variation of the plain weave.

A Closer Look at Weaves!

• A Pile Weave is using 3

sets of yarns where 1 set

of the yarns creates a loop

on the surface.

• Can you think of something you use each day that is made from a fabric that is woven this way?

Here’s another clue….

Name That Fabric!

Ask yourself:

Is is a knit or woven?

If woven, what type of weave?

If you can answer these basic questions you are on the road to discovering the fabric ID!