HECOL170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Nyishi (Tribe), Knitting, Hosiery
13 Jul 2018
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Yarn types staple yarn (also called spun yarn): composed of short staple bres held together by spinning or twisting. Lament yarn: composed of long single lament or multiple laments grouped together and slightly twisted silk is the only natural bre that can be a lament yarn and a staple yarn. Treatments such as crimping, twisting, texturing, nishing uniform as they come from the spinneret. Bres are parallel there are no protruding ends, so they do not lint or pill they give little bulk, loft, or cover to fabric fabrics made from smooth- lament tarns shed soil more lustre than staple yarns. Affected by the twist and and amount of delusterant in the bre. Maximum lustre is obtained with bright laments with little or no twist. Laments with round cross section pack well into compact yarns that give little bulk, loft, or cover compact yarns are used in wind and water-resistant fabrics.
