Yarns

Yarns

Carding
1. Brushes long fibres into thinner ones
Spinning
1. Twisting fibres together
2. Stronger
Twist
1. Done during spinning
  1. Stronger
    1. Suitable for weaving/knitting
2. Low twist = softer, weaker, bulky
3. High twist = strong, hard
4. Visual effect
  1. Colour twist
Staple
1. Spun from variety of yarns
Filament
1. Continuous fibre filament
Single
1. Single strand held together by twist
Plied
1. Individual yarns put together
  1. Thicker/stronger
Textured
1. Slub
2. Boucle
3. High twist
  1. Crepe
4. False-twist
  1. Heat - twist
5. Air-jet
  1. Natural as no heat
  2. Blows yarn into series of loops
6. Stuffer-box
  1. Heat applied
  2. Bulk & texture
    1. Crimped
7. Knit-deknit
  1. Knit - set - unravel - crimp
8. Changes yarn appearance
Bulked
1. Thicker & softer
2. Blended through heat
3. Inexpensive
4. Blended staple fibres of different shrinkage
Fancy
1. Expensive product
2. Colour effects
  1. Mixing fibres during spinning/plying
3. Slub = textured, feed yarn in a different rates
4. Boucle = curled appearance/irregular
5. Chenille = rich/soft
Blends
1. Combining different fibres to create a new one
Core-Spun
1. Expensive threads
2. Core of continuous filament polyester wrapped with cotton
  1. Polyester = strength
  2. Cotton = easier to sew

Resource summary

	Created by Kayleigh anderson about 10 years ago