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Nap typically has a direction in which it feels smoothest. In garments, nap direction is often matched across seams, because cloth will not only feel but look different depending on the direction of the nap. For this reason, sewing patterns frequently show the nap direction, or warn that more fabric will be needed if the fabric has a nap.
Farhang-e-Asifiya (Urdu: فرہنگ آصفیہ, lit. 'The Dictionary of Asif') is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary compiled by Syed Ahmad Dehlvi. [1] It has more than 60,000 entries in four volumes. [2] It was first published in January 1901 by Rifah-e-Aam Press in Lahore, present-day Pakistan. [3] [4]
This fabric is also known as Venetian velvet, or more generally, as épinglé velvet. In the actual terminology of furnishing fabrics it is mostly named with its French name velours de Gênes. This kind of fabric is made on a wire loom or épinglé loom. geotextile A geotextile is a synthetic permeable textile. gingham
The "front" of a piece of fabric having a distinct front and back; same as right side. facing A facing is fabric used to finish the raw edges of a garment such as at neckline and armhole. Shaped facings are cut to match the edge they will face, and bias facings are strips of fabric cut on the bias or cross-grain and shaped to fit edge.
The term frieze can also be used for the curly nap frieze fabrics have, as well as the action of raising the nap, [2] which differs from standard methods. Today, frieze is also a term applied to a textile technique used in modern machine-loomed carpeting , as well as the textile produced.
A gig-mill (gigging machine, napping machine) was a type of raising machine that used teasels to produce a nap on cloth. [1] [2] Examples of the results of gigging are woolen fabrics such as chinchilla, beaver cloth, and melton. [3] The process involved gradual teasing of the surface to raise the nap. [4] Spelling in some localities is "Gigg".
Pile is the raised surface or nap of a fabric, consisting of upright loops or strands of yarn. [1] Examples of pile textiles are carpets, corduroy, velvet, plush, and Turkish towels . [2] The word is derived from Latin pilus for "hair". [3]
Zibeline (/ ˈ z ɪ b əl ɪ n / or / ˈ z ɪ b əl aɪ n /) is a thick, soft fabric with a long nap. [1] It is usually made of wool, such as mohair or alpaca, but can also be made from the hair of other animals, such as camels. Zibeline can also refer either to the sable (Martes zibellina) or to its pelt, from which zibeline was originally ...