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Cloth Fibers / Textiles

  1. Cotton

  2. Linen

  3. Hemp

  4. Polyester

  5. Wool

  6. Acrylic

  7. Silk

  8. Nylon

  9. Spandex/Elastane/Lycra

  10. Rayon

  11. Bamboo

  12. Lyocell/Tencel

Pros & Cons of Common Fabrics | Fibres & Fabrics Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B4tfduOQ7w

Zoe Hong - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMQ_mPIBPi4IMpYEmuyOMqQ

Pill​

A pill, colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, orlint ball is a small ball of fibers that forms on a piece of cloth. Pillis also a verb for the formation of such balls.

Pilling is a surface defect of textiles caused by wear, and is generally considered an undesirable trait.It happens when washing and wearing of fabrics causes loose fibers to begin to push out from the surface of the cloth, and, over time, abrasion causes the fibers to develop into small spherical bundles, anchored to the surface of the fabric by protruding fibers that haven't broken. The textile industry divides pilling into four stages: fuzz formation, entanglement, growth, and wear-off.

Pilling normally happens on the parts of clothing that receive the most abrasion in day-to-day wear, such as the collar, cuffs, and around the thighs and rear on trousers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill_(textile)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap_(fabric)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pile_(textile)

Knit vs Woven Fabric​

Construction​

Woven fabrics are created on weaving looms. These looms can be 54 inches wide and above. The main difference between knit vs woven fabrics is how they are constructed. Woven fabrics are created using several warps, or longitudinal yarns, and wefts, or latitudinal yarns. Knitting involves interloping or interlacing a single yarn or thread.

https://www.dutchlabelshop.com/en_us/blog/difference-knit-woven-fabric

Knitted Vs. Woven Fabrics - What's The Difference???

Twill​

Twill is a type of textile weave with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs. It is one of three fundamental types of textile weaves along with plain weave and satin. It is made by passing the weft thread over one or more warp threads then under two or more warp threads and so on, with a "step," or offset, between rows to create the characteristic diagonal pattern. Because of this structure, twill generally drapes well.

Twills can be divided into even-sided, warp-faced, and weft-faced. Even sided twills have the same amount of warp and weft threads visible on both sides of the fabric. Warp-faced twills have more warp threads visible on the face side, and weft-faced twills have more weft threads visible on the face side. Even-sided twills include foulard or surah, herringbone, houndstooth, serge, sharkskin, and twill flannel. Warp-faced twills include cavalry twill, chino, covert, denim, drill, fancy twill, gabardine, and lining twill.

Twill - Wikipedia