Rep, rip, repp, or reps is a cloth woven in fine cords or ribs across the width of a piece, usually made of silk, wool, or cotton. The name is said to...
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up rep in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rep, REP, or a variant may refer to: Rep (fabric), a ribbed woven fabric made from various materials Rep (TV...
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Velour (category Knitted fabrics)
tracksuits. Velveteen Duvetyne Rep (fabric) "Velvet vs Velour vs Velveteen: how to Choose, Sew and Care". Dalston Mill Fabrics. Retrieved 23 January 2024...
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Woven fabric is any textile formed by weaving. Woven fabrics are often created on a loom, and made of many threads woven on a warp and a weft. Technically...
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Fabrics in this list include fabrics that are woven, braided or knitted from textile fibres. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y...
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Jersey is a knit fabric used predominantly for clothing manufacture. It was originally made of wool, but is now made of wool, cotton and synthetic fibers...
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Gabardine (redirect from Gabardine (fabric))
Gabardine is a durable twill worsted wool. It is a tightly woven waterproof fabric and is used to make outerwear and various other garments, such as suits...
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Nonwoven fabric or non-woven fabric is a fabric-like material made from staple fibre (short) and long fibres (continuous long), bonded together by chemical...
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Chenille (French pronunciation: [ʃənij(ə)]) is a type of yarn, or the fabric made from it. Chenille is the French word for caterpillar, whose fur the yarn...
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which means "cloth or rag"; is a lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist)...
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Poplin (category Woven fabrics)
the fabric has a ridged structure, like rep, which gives depth and softness to the lustre of the silky surface. The ribs run across the fabric from selvedge...
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Sherpa is a fabric with a pile on one side and flat on the other side. Sherpa is a curly piled fabric structure made of synthetic yarns like acrylic or...
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Serge is a type of twill fabric that has diagonal lines or ridges on both inner and outer surfaces via a two-up, two-down weave. The worsted variety is...
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North America, or crocus in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, is a woven fabric made of vegetable fibres, usually the skin of the jute plant or sisal leaves...
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Drill is stout, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave. It can be used unbleached, although it is more often bleached or dyed...
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Cambric (redirect from Chambray (fabric))
Cambric or batiste is a fine dense cloth. It is a lightweight plain-weave fabric, originally from the commune of Cambrai (in present-day northern France)...
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Aso oke (redirect from Aso oke fabric)
Aso oke fabric, (Yoruba: aṣọ òkè, pronounced ah-SHAW-okay) is a hand-woven cloth that originated from the Yoruba people of Yorubaland within today's Nigeria...
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Knitted fabric is a textile that results from knitting, the process of inter-looping of yarns or inter-meshing of loops. Its properties are distinct from...
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Brocade (redirect from Brocade (Fabric))
Brocade (/broʊˈkeɪd/) is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in coloured silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads....
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Georgette (from crêpe Georgette) is a sheer, lightweight, dull-finished crêpe fabric named after the early 20th century French dressmaker Georgette de la Plante...
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Mohair (redirect from Tonic (fabric))
(pronounced /ˈmoʊhɛər/) originated from the Arabic word [مهير] and it is a fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat (not Angora wool from the...
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Calico (redirect from Calico (fabric))
fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is far coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than canvas or denim...
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Lamé (/lɑːˈmeɪ/ lah-MAY; French: [lame]) is a type of fabric woven or knit with threads made of metallic fiber wrapped around natural or synthetic fibers...
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the surface and make the fabric smoother and more lustrous. High temperatures and pressure are used as well, and the fabric is often damped before being...
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Gossamer fabric is a thin, sheer woven fabric. The structure of the fabric is similar to a gauze. It is usually made of silk, cotton, or wool. The fabric may...
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Tweed (redirect from Fabric tweed)
Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is usually woven with a...
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Ballistic nylon (redirect from Ballistic fabric)
Ballistic nylon is a thick, tough, nylon fabric with several uses. Ballistic nylon was developed by the DuPont corporation as a material for flak jackets...
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Seersucker (redirect from Candy stripe fabric)
hickory stripe or railroad stripe is a thin, puckered, usually cotton fabric, commonly but not necessarily striped or chequered, used to make clothing...
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Waffle fabric, also known as honeycomb fabric, has raised threads that form small rectangles. It can be made by either weaving or knitting. Waffle weave...
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