[FSN 101] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (37 pages long)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Fashion
• Course: FSN 101
• Professor: Kirsten Schaefer

Document Summary

Many products (item) look alike but their performance and care differ significantly. To ensure the product purchased are appropriate for the end use. Ensure consumer trust is not damaged by poorly performing textiles products. Polymer: a very large molecule made by connecting many small molecules together. Almost all fibers are polymers made of organic materials, but some polymers are formed into thin films and used as textiles. Fiber: any substance, natural, or manufactured, with a high length-to-width ratio possessing suitable characteristics of being processed into fabric; the smallest component, hairlike in nature that can be separate from a fabric. Fiber can be absorbent, stretchy, warm & bulky or very strong and abrasion resistant. Yarn: an assemblage of fibers that is twisted or laid together as to form a continuous strand that can be made into a textile fabric. Fabric: a flexible planar ( ) substance constructed from solutions, fibers, yarns or fabrics, in any combination.