Wire, Thread & Cord

The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of man's technologies. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fibre from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. (Both fibre and fiber are used in this article. more...

Home
Art
Basketry
Bead Art
Bead Kits & Instructions
Bead Storage & Display
Beaded Flowers
Clasps
Craft Beads
Other Bead Items
Pendants
Pliers & Tools
Wire, Thread & Cord
Candle & Soap Making
Ceramics, Pottery
Crafts Wholesale Lots
Crocheting
Cross Stitch
Decorative, Tole Painting
Drawing
Embroidery
Fabric
Fabric Embellishments
Floral Crafts
Framing & Matting
General Art & Craft Supplies
Glass Art Crafts
Handcrafted Items
Kids Crafts
Knitting
Lacemaking, Tatting
Latch Rug Hooking
Leathercraft
Macramé
Metalworking
Mosaic
Needlepoint
Other Arts & Crafts
Painting
Paper Crafts & Origami
Quilting
Ribbon
Rubber Stamping & Embossing
Scrapbooking
Sewing
Shellcraft
Spinning
Upholstery
Wall Décor, Tatouage
Weaving
Woodworking
Yarn

) The yarn is processed by knitting or weaving, which turns yarn into cloth. The machine used for weaving is the loom. For decoration, the process of colouring yarn or the finished material is dyeing. For more information of the various steps, see textile manufacturing.

A

Absorbency

A measure of how much water a fabric can absorb.

Acetate

Acetate is a synthetic fiber.

Acrylic

Acrylic fiber is a synthetic polymer fiber that contains at least 85% acrylonitrile.

Aida cloth

Aida cloth is a coarse open-weave fabric traditionally used for cross-stitch.

Alnage

Alnage is the official supervision of the shape and quality of manufactured woolen cloth.

Alpaca

Alpaca is a name given to two distinct things. It is primarily a term applied to the wool of the Peruvian alpaca. It is, however, more broadly applied to a style of fabric originally made from alpaca fiber but now frequently made from a similar type of fiber.

Angora

Angora refers to the hair of either the Angora goat or the Angora rabbit, or the fabric made from Angora rabbit; see Angora wool. (Fabric made from angora goat is mohair.)

Angora wool

Angora wool is a generic term for either Mohair if the hair is from an Angora goat or Angora fabric if the hair is from an Angora rabbit.

Applique

Applique is a technique in which pieces of fabric are sewn onto a foundation piece of fabric to create designs.

Aramid

Aramid fiber is a fire-resistant and strong synthetic fiber

Argyle

An argyle pattern is one containing diamonds in a sort of diagonal checkerboard pattern.

B

Backstrap loom

Backstrap looms, as the name implies, are tied around the weaver's waist on one end and around a stationary object such as a tree, post, or door on the other. Tension can be adjusted simply by leaning back. Backstrap looms are very portable, since they can simply be rolled up and carried.

Baize

Baize is a coarse woollen or cotton cloth, often coloured red or green.

Ballistic nylon

Ballistic nylon is a thick, tough synthetic fabric used for a variety of applications.

Batik

Batik is an Indonesian traditional word and refers to a generic wax-resist dyeing technique used on fabric.

Bedford-Cord

Combination of two kinds of Weave, Namely Plain and Drill.

Bias

The bias direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually referred to simply as "the bias", is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other.

Binding

In sewing, binding is used as both a noun and a verb to refer to finishing a seam or hem of a garment, usually by rolling or pressing then stitching on an edging or trim.

Blend

A Blend is a fabric or yarn made up of more than one type of fiber.

Bobbin lace

Bobbin lace is a delicate lace that uses wound spools of thread (the bobbins) to weave together the shapes in the lace.

Bobbinet

Bobbinet is a tulle netting with hexagonal shaped holes, traditionally used as a base for embroidery and lingerie.

Bombazine

Bombazine is a fabric originally made of silk or silk and wool, and now also made of cotton and wool or of wool alone. It is twilled or corded and used for dress-material.

Braid

To braid is to interweave or twine three or more separate strands of one or more materials in a diagonally overlapping pattern.

Broadcloth

Broadcloth -material of superior quality.

Brocade

Brocade is the term for forming patterns in cloth with a supplementary weft.

Buckram

Buckram is a stiff cloth, made of cotton or linen, which is used to cover, and protect, a book, and although is more expensive than its look-a-like, Brella, is stronger and resistant to cockroaches eating it. Buckram can also be used to stiffen clothes.

Burlap

Burlap is a type of cloth often used for sacks.

Read more at Wikipedia.org