Lesson 9: Effects of Yarn, Weave, Colour and Finishes on Textiles
Effect of different yarns on textiles
The vast collection of textiles available today is expected to serve a huge variety of purposes, each requiring a different characteristic and property. To ensure that the yarns used to produce these textiles have the characteristics and properties appropriate to their end use, the yarns have to be carefully designed. Strength, elasticity, extension, handle and feel, abrasion resistance, and the visual and aesthetic quality of the yarn must be appropriate to the end use of the yarn. Some of these properties will come from the
Spun yarns, Constituent filaments, and Complex yarn structure.
Man-made fibres are made into filament yarns except for silk, which is a natural filament.
Yarns made from only one filament is known as monofilaments (used for invisible sewing thread and knitting-in elastics) and made from more than one filament are known as multifilament yarn for example knitting yarns.
Filament yarns can be further divided into four sub-groups flat, textured, bi-component and film (tape or split) yarns.
Role of filament yarns in creating designs
By combining mono and multi filaments – fancy fabrics.
By combining multi filaments in different colour ways – Fancy sarees, dress materials, furnishings.
Producing basic and fancy weaves (extra warp or weft figures, dobby and jacquard designs) employing mono or multi filaments.
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