Transcript Know Your Fabric - Florida 4-H

Know Your Fabrics
Beginners
How Fabrics Are Made
Fibers
+
Yarns
+
Fabric
=
Construction
Woven
Fabrics
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!