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| Where do natural fibers come from? |
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| Cellulosic fibers are made from----- |
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| Natural fibers from animals or insects are called____ |
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| Popular protein fibers are |
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| Popular cellulosic fibers are |
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| How long are staple fibers? |
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| Staple fibers are better quality if they are longer or shorter? |
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| Long continuous fibers are called ______ fibers. |
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| What is the only natural filament fiber? |
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| What fiber is the most popular world wide, equaling almost half of the world's fiber consumption? |
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| Where does wool come from? |
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| What does 100% virgin wool mean? |
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| The wool has never been used before,it is not recycled fibers. |
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| Where does silk come from? |
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| the cocoons of silk worms |
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| What is the world's oldest textile fiber? |
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| Flax,which is made into linen |
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| What are the advantages of cotton? |
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| strong,absorbent and inexpensive |
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| What are the disadvantages of cotton? |
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| What are the advantages of wool? |
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| What are the disadvantages of wool? |
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| needs to be dry cleaned,shrinks alot when wet |
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| What are the advantages of linen? |
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| stands high heat,resists dirt and stains |
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| What are the disadvantages of linen? |
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| Wrinkles,hard to remove creases |
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| What are the advantages of silk? |
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| luster,dyes and drapes well |
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| What are the disadvantages of silk? |
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| Expensive,needs special care |
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| preserving cowhide to make leather |
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| A manufacturer of fur items |
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| How are synthetic fibers made? |
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| from chemicals in a laboratory |
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| cellulosic manufactured fibers are made from |
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| plants and chemicals,they are not considered as natural fibers. |
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| What is another name for non-cellulosic manufactured fibers? |
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| What are the names of some manufactured fibers? |
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| polyester,rayon, acetate, nylon |
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| What does resiliency mean? |
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| The fiber and therefore the garment,retains it's shape |
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| What does absorbancy mean? |
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| Water is taken in to the fabric (like a toweel) |
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| What does elasticity mean? |
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| Water is oulled to the surface of a fabric,where it can evaporate. |
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| What happens during the spinning process? |
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| Fibers are twisted into yarns |
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| What is a multifilamnet yarn? |
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| When more than one filament yarns are twisted together |
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| little balls of fiber on the surface of a garment |
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| What kind of yarn is made by twisting together 2 or more yarns? |
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| What is made by combining two or more fibers? |
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| What is structural design? |
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| Building a pattern into the weaving process |
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| when color or pattern are added after the fabric is made |
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| The process of interlacing two sets of yarns at right angles to each other is called? |
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| What are the crosswise yarns in a woven fabric called? |
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| What are the lengthwise yarns in a woven fabric called? |
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| The direction the threads run in the fabric |
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| What grain do warp yarns form? |
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| diagonal across the fabric |
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| What are the three basic weaves? |
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| What basic weave is used in denim? |
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| What basic weave produces a shiney fabric? |
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| What fabric features large,intricate designs woven in on a special loom? |
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| A yarn with loops projecting from the fabric is what kind of fabric? |
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| How is a knit fabric made? |
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| by looping yarns together |
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| What is an advantage of using a knit fabric? |
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| What kind of nmachine is used to make a tube knit? |
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| circular knitting machine |
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| What fabric is made on a double needle weft knitting machine? |
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| What is the fastest way to make a knit fabric? |
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| Warp knits made on flat knitting machines |
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| What is an example of a warp knit? |
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| Tricot (underwear and lingerie0 |
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| What machine makes knits with stripes,patterns and heavy textures? |
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| How are non woven fabrics made |
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| from a web of fibers held together by heat,pressure or chemicals |
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| What type of business finishes greige goods? |
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| Giving color to textiles is called |
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| When the color in a fabric won't change or fade,it is called |
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| When coloir is added to the fiber making solution in a manufactured fiber,the dying process is called |
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| The term for dying the fibers in the yarn stage is called |
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| The term for when dye is added to the geige goods |
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| What is the advantage of garment dyeing |
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| more flexibilty as color can be changed at the last minute |
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| What is the most common,least expensive and fastest method of dyeing? |
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| What print is the same acroos all of the fabric |
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| What printing method apples color directly to the fabric between rollers that are engraved with the design? |
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| What is the newest method for printing? |
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| What do fabric finishes do? |
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| enhance the appearance,feel and performance of fabrics |
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| What type of finish lasts for the life of the garment? |
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| A term for the way fabrics feel and touch |
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| a finish that improves strenth and luster |
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| What finish helps retain shape and resist wrinkles? |
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| a finish that makes a fabric smooth and polished |
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| a finish that makes a fabric smooth and polished |
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| a finish that makes a fabric smooth and polished |
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| a finish that makes a fabric smooth and polished |
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| a finish that makes a fabric smooth and polished |
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| a temporary startch finish that provides body and weight |
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