Compare The Surface Appearance Of Yarn Vs. Combed Yarns

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MAKING FIBERS INTO YARNS
1. Define

a. Carding – Fibers are aligned to form a carded web that is converted into a rope-like silver.

b. Combing – Fibers are combed to remove short fibers and further align the fibers.

c. Woolen – a type of yarn made carded wool. Woolen yarn is soft light, stretchy, and full of air.

d. Worsted – Finer quality yarn produced by combing wool fibers.

e. Blended yarn – A yarn obtained when two or more stable fibers are combined in a textile process for producing spun yarns.

f. Combination fabrics – Fibers are combed to remove short fibers and further align the fibers (only in combed yarns).

2. Compare the surface appearance of fabrics made of carded yarns vs. fabrics made of combed yarns: …show more content…

a. Find a sample fabric containing smooth-filament yarns:

Sample #90 Fabric Name: Bridal

b. Find a sample fabric containing bulk-continuous filament yarns:

Sample #85 Fabric Name: Neon Twill

c. List three characteristics of bulk yarns that differ from those of smooth-filament yarns:

Stretch, bulk, and texture

8-3. Sample #82 Fabric name: Herringbone

Fiber content: 100% wool

Sample #88 Fabric name: gabardine

Fiber content: 100% wool

a. Define woolen: a type of yarn made carded wool. Woolen yarn is soft light, stretchy, and full of air.

b. Define worsted: is finer quality yarn produced by combing wool fibers.

c. What two cotton processes parallel these two wool processes?

Carding and combing.

8-4. Sample #4 Sample name: pointed oxford

Fiber content: 100% Pima cotton

Sample #86 Sample name: denim

Fiber content: 100% cotton

Compare and contrast the performance of ring-spun yarns versus the performance of open-end-spun yarns (OE

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